Diana Chapman wrote > I remember having read somewhere [having curly leaves is] an adaptation > to a dry environment. Does anyone have anything to say about this? > Do the leaves tighten and relax according to sun/heat/drought? Here in arid, sunny Phoenix, many curly-leaved bulbs display their true circinality. Some of these same plants grown by my friends in southern California do not become so curly. What are called Albuca circinalis and A. spiralis always start growing here in August or early September, when temperatures are far too high to put them outside in the sun. As a result the first set of leaves is quite lax. When it cools down enough to put them into full sun, the new leaves display the more characteristic form. Unfortunately A. "spiralis" is hysteranthous, flowering before leafing out, and I can't get seed on the plants because even in the house, the inflorescences wither in the heat. It does offset slowly with age. My one Gethyllis almost does this, but it emerges somewhat later (two weeks ago) so I can usually get it outside before the leaves expand. I wish it would flower every year but it does not. I have tried to self it and also tried its own frozen pollen from the previous year without success. Leo Martin Phoenix Arizona USA