Mary Sue, The Tritoniopsis was grown from seed, I think from the IBS a few years ago. I can check if any one needs to know. I start all seed in a mixture of coconut fiber, perlite and sand, about equal parts of each, with the seeds placed on top of a very wet mix, and started in a plastic bag. As soon as germination starts I take them out of the bag. I kept the youg plants in relatively small pots for a year, then planted them out in a raised bulb bed. They get light watering from a lawn sprinkler (nearly every day) in the summer, but just rain from when ever the night temperatures drop below 50 until they get above 50. Usually November to March. The bulb bed mix is native (Southern California) aluvial soil, mixed with some pumice, and a long time ago some organic compost. The bed is covered with red rock (Home Depot stuff). I do fertilize when in active growth, spraying all of the bulbs a few times. In the same bed, and adjacent to the Trits are Kniphofia uvaria, some Ornithogalum and some Urginea. It blooms repeatedly, and seems to be increasing slowly. I don't disturb the bulbs during or after growing, and just pull off the brown leaves, long after they have died back. Not much very special. They make lots of seed. The seed pods are as interesting as the flowers. The albuca circinata is seed from plants originally from Silverhill (2000 catalog). These are wonderful albucas, The leaves are about 8 inches long, straight and narrow, and then make a single 1/2 loop at the end. Typical albuca flowers, white and green. I grow it for the leaves. I found it necessary to hand polinate the flowers to get seed. What ever does it in South Africa doesn't come to my back yard. Two years from seed to flower, seed planted in April 2000. They also offset, but not much so far. The plants are young, and like all albucas do better in bigger pots than you might expect. My flowering plants were in 5 x 5 round pots. I haven't tried these in the ground yet, but I'm sure they would do fine. Tom