Luminata and all, Many people confuse Belladonna and Lycoris because of the similar common names - Naked Ladies or Surprise Lilies. They are very easy to tell apart and here’s the PBS story: https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… <https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…> Luinata, I am absolutely certain your bulbs are Lycoris squamigera. Best Jim W. > On Sep 8, 2021, at 7:35 AM, Luminita vollmer via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > I also have a few Belladonna bulbs that I bought from someone at the local > farmer's market about 10 years ago. I planted them in the garden, the > seller told me they multiply like crazy and they live outside during the > winter. > > I only saw them blooming once, like maybe the second year I planted them, > and forgot about them every year until spring when a large bush of green > leaves appeared and then quickly disappeared until next year. > > But this year - I had a large group of blooms, a dozen stalks or so , just > a big bunch of flowers that you could see from far away in the yard. Early > in August the spikes came up and bloomed. > > The seller told me Belladonna, but they could be L. squamigera. We get > really cold weather here, -20F or even more. And for many days in a row. > This year we had over 90F for week, and high humidity. Many of my > perennials are behaving like they were under war-like conditions - they all > have bulbils where usually they don't. > > If anyone's worry is about Belladonna being outside in cold weather, mine > are doing it. And if they are L. squamigera, they are also doing it. > Maybe I planted them deep, I will try to dig them up in a couple of weeks, > they really are not in a good spot for me, but apparently yes for the > bulbs. > > Luminita > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>