Jim McK. wrote, >Notholirion thomsonianum is now dormant for the summer. It's in its third >season here but has never bloomed. I feed it gently, but it seems to make no >difference: suggestions, anyone? This is a monocarpic bulb that makes many small offsets. If Jim got it from me, I probably sent a bulb that would take two to three years to flower. I also sell very small offsets that take about 5 years to mature. It flowers best if kept quite dry in summer. I grow it both in the bulb frame and in a sand bed that is not watered in summer (it rarely rains here in midsummer), and it flowers in both places. Patience is the key, and not disturbing it too often. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA