Ernie wrote: " I have one in my classroom and it is in one of my earlier blog posts, I was blown away when it first bloomed. " As well you should have been. Ernie, you're too modest. I hope you don't mind, but I'm giving a link to that blog post. If nothing else, I hope it engenders intense Sansevieria envy in those who see it - especially all those folks who post stunning images of the umbellate amaryllids (the sort of images that make me want to move to California). Here it is: http://geraniosgarden.blogspot.com/2007/08/… Jim McKenney