| Suggestions most welcome. Lola, I think Diana did all the hard work. I received my bulb June 2nd of 2017. I potted it in a mix of sand, grit, and small amounts of peat moss and leaf mold. (It's not really leaf mold - I live on a lake, so every Spring, the lake will flood (mostly just around a foot, but sometimes a lot more) and that will churn up lots of leaves and glop that has been decaying on the bottom of the lake all Winter. If you rake the beach, you get what looks and acts like leaf mold...) It got a good watering, and then it sat in the basement all summer. The temps were probably around 50 - 60, and the only light was from a window well at the other end of the basement. Once all my other plants came inside in mid-October, it was under lights and got an occasional splash of water. I was just starting to worry it had died (and preparing to dig down to check on it), when I noticed the soil in the center of the pot was 'swelling.' I moved it up to the window a few days later because that area of the plant bench has low light levels. After about a week, I gently teased apart the leaves (they were spreading apart at the tips, but the first four inches were still all tightly wrapped together). Imagine my surprise when I discovered that there was a developing flower bud in there! There is a second bud developing as well, but the current one is still going strong. I'm watering it about once every four days; it seems to be doing well with that. Off topic, but ... Does anyone have any pointers on how to sprout pineapple seeds? I never realized pineapples had seeds in them until I was chopping one up Monday. I dug out maybe twelve seeds, but then got distracted, so they ended up sitting on a paper towel on the counter until earlier today. They're just starting to look desiccated, so I put them in a little warm water. Not really sure where to go after that. I will probably try a mix that's heavy on the sand/grit. (And, yes, I realize they most likely won't end up growing 'supermarket' pineapples; it's more an issue of satisfying my curiosity.) Mike we're getting steady accumulations of snow today; schools are mostly closing early _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…