Interesting that Amaryllis belladonna can remain dormant through a succession of dry years. I've seen this with Rhodophiala in northern Chile. I think there are some arid-zone Hippeastrum species -- do they do that also? Woke up this morning to the first rain in a long time, though probably not enough to soak in. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA On 8/20/2020 11:40 PM, Andrew via pbs wrote: > Last winter restored our gardens in San Diego. That included bulbs. Of special note in high summer was, for many years, Amaryllis belladonna. For five years little, if anything, was seen of these lovely creatures. I mean, no flowers and no foliage. Clumps with over a hundred bulbs each lay dormant. Finally, and not until mid-July, they burst up. After their absence for five years it was a wondrous sight. Other South Africans had flowered once or twice over that period but A. belladonna had not. The clump sizes had not changed but the individual bulbs had shrunk somewhat. Steady, non torrential winter rains made all the difference. > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…