I just don't know! I have not seen blooms in my yard on the big pink striped crinum yet and my Crinum americanum holds its bloom for one or two nights only then flops like that. It's a shorter version, maybe 12 - 16 inches tall (foliage).

I've never had a crinum stem that didn't flop, at least eventually. What is this thing rain of which you speak?

Good to know about floppy blooms.

rain: good one!

this is 2011 all over again. We lost a few trees that year from the stress. This year we’ve picked of a number of big branches, and it’s only June.

You'd have to be awfully small for that to happen.

Well I've seen Ellen bloom taller than my head ;)

Yes, I have read that certain varieties flop when they bloom. We had some of this rain you speak of and some wind with it and it laid the tall ones on the ground, stalk and bloom . They went from being 4' tall to about 1 1/2' tall. Go to ebay and look up the seller BULBSNMORE. He is quite knowledgeable, also go to Jenks Farmer, on his site he tells you which varieties tend to flop.

It's nice to see someone else still grows crinums. They tend to be out of style more than in style.

Fashion be damned. Crinums are unexcelled for fragrant, exquisite summer blooms and luxurious foliage. I grow as many as I have room for because not only do they take they heat, they relish in it. Why are they out of style when a well-sited crinum will outlive the gardener who planted it? Maybe it's the demand for instant gratification that pervades our culture. "I have to wait three years for a flower? No thanks. I'll grow something already in bloom." Kudos to Nestor White for making crinums available to the average gardener.

We finally got some of that rain thing — 3/4" over three days. Hardly the inundation South Texas received, but in June we'll take what we can get.

Until recently, I was very anti-crinum b/c I really dislike broken foliage. See pic. It looks even worse when you have a really big clump, IMO

Once I discovered the minis (dwarf Hannibal, menehune) and that there were stiff upward foliage crinums, I began growing them. This is one the most low maintenance plants I’ve ever grown. As to fragrance, nothing has wowed me. This is not my Plant, just posted to illustrate foliage.

Okay bossy, I'll give you a pass for your broken foliage peeve. If you select certain crinums for their nocturnal fragrance, IME you have to have a tolerance for floppy stems and broken leaves. If your priority is visual aesthetics, I have no idea if the twain ever meet.

Yeah, no plant has it all (lol).