Therain lilies现在，随着夏天的降雨几乎不断地绽放，现在在花园里非常令人难以置信。这是本周拍摄的两个图像......顶部是Zephyranthes ‘Batik’, and the bottom isZephyranthes ‘Rose Perfection’. Rain lilies can tolerate bone dry conditions for months, then the flowers explode 3 days after a rain shower. Flowering cannot, however, be coaxed by sprinkler irrigation…one of the great mysteries of nature.
I find that I can stimulate bloom of rain lilies by drenching the bed with the garden hose with no attachment on it. That after dry spell of maybe two weeks.
Jerry