Scadoxus multiflorus bloomed here about a month or more ago. As Diana mentions, it’s an easily grown plant. The stock I grow is of the mass-market version which is sold in local retail nurseries and derives, I think, from commercial stock grown in India. I assume this is Scadoxus multiflorus multiflorus. As I know it, it’s a smaller plant than the one described by Diana: mine have never been taller than about eight to ten inches in bloom, and the foliage has never topped fifteen to eighteen inches. The inflorescence is about the size of a grapefruit. I’ve often wondered what differences there are between S. multiflorus multiflorus and S. multiflorus katherinae, but in the images on Diana’s site and on the wiki I can see that the leaves and inflorescence are somewhat different. Do these plants have a distinct distribution in nature? Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7, where Cardiocrinum cordatum is still blooming. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/