I planted your Z. citrina in two batches and the second batch beat the first batch in speedy germination. It came up in three days. It is in a HURRY. I guess it likes to germinate in the 90's.

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I have always heard that amaryllis type plant's seeds like to germinate fresh. I guess so! So if you have seed, don't wait around for next year. Get them in the ground now. Their viability might deminish. This is passalong hearsay knowledge so if I am mistaken , PLEASE contradict me.

Can't disagree. It is true in amaryllidaceae case

The first time citrina has put such a nice show

with Esperanza in the background

RL from my Indian friend in their prime

First blooms ever on RL Star of Bethlehem, an orange that I got from PD. I'm thrilled!

Bossy, you're the Queen of rain lillies.

Omar

I virtually salute you w/my royal scepter, ha

I kneel at your feet, with bowed head , drooling and begging for leavings. LOL.That Star of bethlehem is a Wowzer.

Ha, if only, but one can dream

Omar, when I read your post I was binge watching GoT. I thought that show was for gamer/nerds but I'm not ashamed to admit hubs and I are TOTALLY hooked on that show. Crude, violent, gratuitous nudity, but it still manages to take me to fantasy world.

anywho, the mother of Dragons was being saluted right when I was reading, so for a second I did believe myself to be queen of rain lilies, ha.

my last pic is Prairie Sunset, a rather disappointing hybrid. It was described as producing peachy blooms but what they really are is faded pink.

I am SO out of popular culture I had to google GoT to figure out it was Game of Thrones.....Never seen it but my son is hooked.

All of them are very beautiful. I wish their show were longer. In my medium size garden, I try to keep long show performers.

Omar

One can tuck them in anywhere and they can be in your lawn, if you have a lawn.,

We have one small surviving patch and seed-grown pot of copper lilies (Habranthus texanus/tubispathus) obtained from Eden Blooms while they still carried them.

They repeat bloom "naked" all summer with the rains and don't put up leaves until after the last bloom of the season. Seem to do fine in our blackland prairie clay, so am pretty certain I wiped out our other small planting by inadvertently digging or covering with landscaping objects/material while they were "invisible".... I was slow to figure out to move them while the leaves are still up.

Bostedo, I had one copper RL come up but it was so puny and lonely looking, I didn't find it picture worthy

So pardon my ignorance, but are rain lilies evergreen in central TX? I saw a variety called Prairie Sunset that looked intriguing. I really want something that stays evergreen for this spot though.

No, almost every bulb has a dormancy period, that's why they need storage structures. Rain lilies tend to be in foliage for a very short time (imo).

In my garden in San Antonio most rain lilies produce their foliage in fall, winter and spring and go dormant by early summer. Then the blooms come up with summer showers without any foliage. Some have foliage all year round.

Zephyranthes candida can be kept pretty much evergreen in Dallas with irrigation; otherwise may go dormant as Eric describes during the longer summer dry spells.

In my neck of the woods they go semi dormant in extreme hot and cold.

Prairie Sunset is not a fave but it multiplies well.

@bressler tile, I posted a comment and pic re: PS about 9 posts b4 yours

I haven't had much success with Praire Sunset. I've had a nice clump for 5 or 6 years and have had only one good flush of blooms. The other years had only a couple of blooms and I agree that the color was more washed out pink, than the coral it was supposed to be. I grew them in Austin before moving to the Houston area 2 1/2 years ago. I brought starts of all of them with me. All of mine have foliage 'most' of the year, but they do have a short time when the foliage dies back some and then new growth starts. Here's that one good bloom flush:

Sall20 mine has never looked as pretty as yours. I'm repeating myself but truly disappointed that it wasn't a peachy color.

Hmm, looks like Rain Lilies may not be the best choice for my situation. They're really pretty when in bloom though.

Here is Prairie Sunset on the right side of screen. Next to the grandiflora, it looks peachy. But it fades quickly to a pitiful pink.

I have one that I got from a gardener in Florida that bloomed today. The bloom is huge compared to my other rain lilies.

Hey Backwillow, Can you save me some seed from that one. That is a pretty one! I am about ready to collect some drumundii for you.

I am planting out some of the Z. citrine from BossyV. The H. tubithpathus and ajax were A LOT slower at popping out of the ground , but they are. Thank you every one. In a couple of years (fingers crossed) I should be doing good..

This hurricane has made some pop.

Thanks wantonamara! Do I need to hand pollinate the flower myself? I don't think any pollinators have visited the blooms yet. Last year I had a seed pod on one of my candida ones but it shriveled up after a couple of weeks. I want to be successful with pollinating the pink one do you have any tips?

I'm glad you're having success with all your seeds. I have some yellow ones from Omar that took about a week to pop up. Here's a bad picture of them. They're sharing their quarters with Monarda and lyre leaf sage seedlings lol.

Here's a better picture of the pink one. The petals have curved back. The bloom is nearly the size of my Stella D'Oro daylilies.

Nah, If it makes a seed it makes a seed. I never pollinate them myself.

I went ahead and took one of the anthers off and pollinated it just in case. I'll keep my eyes open and my fingers crossed that it will produce a seed pod.

For most Amaryllis clan members, they make seeds easily (for me).

I hope mine makes seeds? One of my amaryllis plants made it's first seed pod this year and I planted them and have lots of little seedlings now.

I have never seen seed pods on my anaryllis

This is the first time I've seen a seed pod on any of my amaryllis. It's a Noid with reddish/magenta blooms.

So jealous of all y'all's beautiful rain lillies. I have the native whites all over and some groups of copper in the fields that just showed up last year. The small white ones when transplanted into the beds did so well that their blooms are now double their normal size. I's love to get more colors if anyone would like to sell me some bulbs. I'm in Austin/Del Valle

We do not sell things. I did get seed from a friend on here. Earlier in the summer is a better time to ask for seed and then grow them yourself. They germinate really easy off of fresh seed. Also there are good places online if you are wanting to pay money for them. I am jealous that you have yellow ones naturally in your field. I am blessed only with the white drummundi naturally.

I will salvage a few yellows and also save some seeds. That way I have some currency for barter. :) I'm actually ordering some from Amazon to try. I know they take a couple of years before flowering from seed but I'm in no hurry. Thanks!

Are the Zepheranrhes citrina or Habaranthus tubispathus. I am interested in the later but I planted gobs of the first one this year.

In what area are you located in Texas. Central?

Wow! That's a nice stand. Just beautiful!

Yes. In Del Valle. Just outside of Austin. Black clay.

Abarbie4me2, that is a picture off the web.

@ Gator, I will collect some seed next summer for you of the pink ones if I remember. Hmm, I wonder if they will grow in red clay.

Thanks! I’ll see how many copper ones come up next spring. I might be able to collect some bulbs for you too. But definitely some seeds. I tie little red ribbons on the flower stalks so I don’t mow over them. They look just like grass when they’re done blooming.

I've never been comfortable buying plants seeds bulbs from Amazon b/c they act as resellers. There are many sellers on eBay that offer their extras or are small biz. Bulbsandmore has been a good source for me. I also bought 50+ White RL bulbs from an ebayer in LA and bulbs (mixed sizes) were great and cheap

Gator, I was thinking my coppers were not thriving b/c planted in amended clay. If you grow in black clay, then my problem must be something else.

too late for seeds. Next spring summer early fall,

Found an actual picture I took Oct 2015 of the patch I have. That was the first time I have noticed them in 30 years of living there. They were growing in my pasture in front of the house. Since then they have popped up in two other places. Something must have been moving them around.

Alkalinity? or lack of it?

Beautiful picture, Gator.