Just sharing some images of the first bloom I've had on a Brunsvigia bosmaniae, which is blooming in a pot. This is its first bloom, and I am wondering if this will get larger every year, or is this a bulb that will bloom every ten years or so? ( please don't tell me that!). http://www.growingwithplants.com/ I've had the bulb for about 8 years, and purchased it from Paul Christian. It is growing in a mixture of roughly equal parts sharp builders sand, pumice, granite gravel and garden loam ( not sterilized). It was repotted about a month ago into a 24 inch diameter clay pot. It spends its winter sitting on a very damp damp sand bed in the greenhouse where it receives about 6 hours of winter sunlight through single pane glass. ( it's in my sunniest corner in the winter). Around September 1, I move the dormant bulb outdoors so that it can get a taste of the first autumn rains, and it remains outdoors until frost arrives around Oct 15, when it is returned to the greenhouse. Matt Mattus Worcester, MA USA Zone 5b > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/