I have yet to read the posting over the last few days but I wanted to put in my two pence before the TOW is over. I only have a few species but they are really easy for me. The abliflos (my specimen is pathetic) has flowered once for me. I have ripped (literally) several offsets off and the plant never gets properly planted afterwards. it is laying on it's side, basal plate exposed and it still goes on. Everyone wants to by the poor thing (probably to save it from me <G>). But since it is still the only one I have, I keep it. Tom, thanks for the info on how you grow yours. I will plant mine now into a larger pot. Does anyone have experience with scaling or other mass propagation techniques other than seeds? DougW? I have been offered a ton of Haemanthus species from several sources in RSA. I have yet to decide which to import. I am leaning on just getting coccineus (flowering size) and that is all. The other species that I have are unifoliatus and montanus (both these came from Hugh Bollinger's collection). The coccineus that I have is a huge bulb that is splitting into 4 bulbs. That will make a few of my clients happy. There are 2 guys that drool over it everytime they come by and just keep asking to buy it. ===== John Ingram in L.A., CA. http://www.floralarchitecture.com/ check it out Floralartistry2000@yahoo.com 310.709.1613 (cell, west coast time, please call accordingly. Thank you)