It was last year that Shoprite supermarket had the African Beauty hybrid lachenalia, several cultivars. Thought I'd written / asked about them then but perhaps I have a memory lapse. Anyhow, here's an update. I bought 'Franzee' as at the time it was the only one not past bloom and I was reluctant to spend ? hmm, I think $8 or $9 for an out-of-bloom unknown. This year I found lots of offsets when I repotted in September. Had sufficient for two pots. They are all growing away in excellent manner. The pot which has the larger size bulbs is showing clusters of small offsets tight to the main growth point. Perhaps hidden within the scales? No sign of flower buds as yet, but it is early in their cycle. When I repotted this year I followed a piece of advice from Scott Canning, Director of Horticulture at Wave Hill, and added a pinch of bone meal to the potting mix. I put it towards the bottom of the potting medium and then added more unamended mix. I find that bonemeal throughout the potting medium may result in scuzzy yucky white mold-like growth on the soil surface. Anyhow, this year many of the lachenalia are showing a lovely rosy flush at the base of the leaves, and growth seems more vigorous. Any comments? regards from Judy in overcast New Jersey where maples and tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) are bare