The word is that Amaryllis belladonna do not like to be transplanted and sometimes takes years to recover after they are moved. Or at least that is what people say. I don't know if this has been scientifically studied or not. Mine never bloomed in a container. Rand, do your grow in a container or do you dig them up every year. In my garden if they don't flower the leaves appear in late fall and winter and they grow through the wet winter and the leaves die back as the soil dries up perhaps in May. Blooms if you are going to have them occur from late July to October followed by leaves later. Warmer places seem to have blooms sooner, but also it may depend on where in your garden they are growing and some of my hybrids always bloom after the species. Joyce Miller reporting from Lester Hannibal once told me the best time to transplant them was just before they started into growth again. One year she sent me three in that state and one bloomed after I planted it. The others waited for years and the one that bloomed skipped years afterwards. The next best time to transplant is after bloom and before the leaves I understand. If Robert is going to experiment it sounds like it is time to plant his. Perhaps Bill Welch can comment on this although this is no doubt a busy time for him. Mary Sue