Update on Kushi Maya in old compost pile. As described above, this healthy plant was divided and reset with 4 mature bulbs and one small bulb on the side last Fall of 2016. The bulbs never got any attention after that. The weather turned wet and it never got fed. It got a good winter mulch until January when that was blown away, clean as a whistle and then wet again throughout the Spring. So, nothing spectacular to show but the numbers will surprise you.
Six blooming stems emerged, each to almost an identical height of 31 inches level as a bunch. And each stem produced one single full blooming size bud. Stem diameters were narrow, but stiff and self supporting. One stem got what I call a stem browning syndrome, where the stem starts turning brown about a foot above ground and creeps slowly downward. That bud aborted shortly before opening and the plant eventually died back. But based on the consistency of the numbers, I think I can safely predict this group will be about 40 to 44 tall with a bud count of 3 or 4 per stem next year. That is if It gets even normal care.
