Anyone interested in taking this on? It would be a huge task. I often have written the months of the year the plant flowers in the wild while listing the country of origin (which is sometimes the only information available) and I have no interest in now going back and changing that. In addition what happens in the wild may not be the same as what happens when we grow the same plant in different microclimates, with different amounts of rain, different temperatures, soil, atmospheric pressure changes, all which can impact when something flowers. So I don't know how you would figure out for sure in a very specific way when something might flower that would apply to everyone. When we used to announce when Amaryllis belladonna was in flower, it was very different in different places. So reporting when something flowers in its native habitat is probably more accurate, but with climate change the previous reported times may no longer apply. Maybe it is best just to leave off this information in the future so people won't be unhappy. On 12/22/2024 12:39 PM, Diane via pbs wrote: > Another suggestion from one of our members, but I’ve forgotten whose: > > Use the season rather than the month when describing the flowering time, so there is no confusion between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. > > It would probably be a good idea to expand a bit on this idea: not just Spring, but maybe Early, Mid or Late Spring. > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…