Hi, I'm growing some of these from seed. I don't know if I'll live longer enough to see them bloom. Someone asked awhile ago for long lived bulbs and I don't think anyone answered. My understanding from a conversation with Cameron and Rhoda in South Africa was that Boophone bulbs can be very long lived and get very large. I separated some in a communal pot I think it was late last summer. None of them died. It seemed to me that there were going to be set back whenever I did it and eventually would need more room so doing it when the roots weren't as tangled made sense to me. My still young plants haven't ever gone completely dormant. Since this species usually grows on a summer growing cycle, but can grow on a winter cycle depending on when it gets rain in the wild, I'm trying to convince mine that winter is when they want to grow so IF it ever stops raining, am going to withhold water and see what happens. I purchased a bulb of Boophone haemanthoides from Telos Rare Bulbs (prices much more reasonable than Paul Christian and I know the grower is very careful) and it is definitely a winter grower that loses its leaves in summer. A couple of weeks ago when Nan asked about Boophone I found I had saved an introduction by Rhoda about this genus from another list. It has a lot of helpful information so anyone growing this genus who is interested in a copy please contact me privately and I will email it. Mary Sue