Hi all, My Crinum pedunculatum is flowering. It's tender in my climate so I grow it in a large container on my deck during the growing season and store it in my unheated, but frost free, garage from late autumn through early spring. Its container gives it a boost in height, placing the flowers are a little over my head and I'm over 6 feet (1.8m) tall, so it makes an impressive container plant whether flowering or not. This plant was grown from seed sown in 2006, 4 years to grow to flowering size. It's been much easier in cultivation for me than C. asiaticum, which is prone to red spotted leaves during late summer and also leaf shedding when it gets consistently chilly in the garage during the winter. My C. pedunculatum loses few, if any, leaves during winter and comes out of storage looking much like it did when it went in, which probably speeds its growth. The garage has 3 large windows facing southeast, allowing the plant to get some light during the winter. It has begun to offset, so when I get around to removing them I'll be certain to share them with the PBS BX if there's interest. I've been applying pollen from a superior form of Crinum xherbertii (C. bulbispermum x C. scabrum) to these flowers with the hope of getting some hybrid seedlings which might have enough cold tolerance to survive outdoors and thrive in my climate. If you're interested in seeing the pictures on the wiki the link is: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… If you want to see larger, higher resolution photos the Picasa links are: http://picasaweb.google.com/Jay.Yourch/Garden2010/… http://picasaweb.google.com/Jay.Yourch/Garden2010/… Regards, Jay Yourch Raleigh, North Carolina (Zone 7b)