Amaryllis belladonna

Marc Rosenblum via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:40:28 PDT
Many years ago when I lived in the Bayshore district of Daly City, CA, 
there was a park in the Visitation District of San Francisco where tens 
of thousands of A. belladona had naturalized.
They grew in large clumps with the tops of the bulbs above ground.  The 
older larger bulbs seldom flowered; but I got the distinct impression 
that they somehow supported the floriferousness of the clump. Often the 
clumps were so tight that the sides of several bulbs were fused together.
Marc

On 10/12/2021 4:03 AM, Randall P. Linke via pbs wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 11:52 AM Brian Whyer wrote:
>
>> What I find interesting is that the older large bulbs exposed on the
>> surface. . . may not have produced any flowers, or leaves, for some
>> years.
>>
> Many years ago I noticed several large clumps of A. belladona growing in a
> lot that was going to be developed.  I contacted the developer and he
> allowed me to dig them out.  It was fortuitous timing as they had just
> finished blooming.  After separating them out and replanting all the bulbs,
> old and young, leafed out and most if not all those of blooming size
> bloomed the next year.
>
> Randy in sunny Granada, Spain, where sadly I currently do not have any A.
> belladona.
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