You can't define the season perfectly because bulbs in many habitats are opportunistic bloomers, having little dependence on day length or temperature, just rainfall. On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 8:51 PM Robert Parks via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > In San Francisco, this year, Amaryllis started blooming in early August in > some locations, and was finished by early October everywhere...well before > the rains started. An unusually spread out season, the leaves have waited > for penetrating rains and are just coming up now. > > So go figure. > > Season of bloom roughly, season of growth roughly (i.e. winter > grower/summer grower) > > Robert > in misty SF, who just spent the day sorting and cleaning the lifted summer > bulbs (aroids and Andean tuber crops) > > On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 5:10 PM Marc Rosenblum via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Mary Sue, > > > > Amaryllis belladonna flowers when rains start after a dry summer rest. > > The months are variable because rainfall start times are inconsistent. > > > > Southern hemisphere bloom times should be 6 mos out of phase in the > > northern hemisphere. > > > > I think that season of bloom is more helpful than calendar months; but, > > I think some clue about bloom time is better than silence. > > > > Marc Rosenblum > > Falls City, OR zone 8b > > > > On 12/22/2024 4:33 PM, Mary Sue Ittner via pbs wrote: > > > 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 > > > latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…