Re: Naked Ladies
>We have somthing called Naked Ladies here in California that sounds
>similar. The foliage preceeds the flowers, though I've never had as many
>blooms on a stalk as you describe. Ours grow well in full sun and need
>almost no care, they naturalize in old gardens. I believe that the
>botanical name is Amaryllis belladonna.
A friend of mine just brought me some bulbs from northern California that
he says they always called Naked Ladies or amaryllis. Here in the midwest,
Naked Ladies are generally what we call Lycoris squamigera. The bulbs
looked pretty much the same. I planted them several months ago and expect
to see blooms as the bulbs were large enough. The lycoris are blooming in
the garden now, but nothing from the California bulbs, but maybe
transplanting upset their timetable.
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
d*@post.its.mcw.edu
"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."
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