Hi Jim, mine have been blooming here in TN for a few weeks. It's very considerate of them to do it a few at a time, they are one of my favorite blooms. I've never heard that about the water, my pots are sitting outside with everything else and they don't get special treatment, and seem to grow just fine. The one I've had trouble with is S. puniceus (I think the spelling is right, not sure!)- it puts up nice leaves every year but has never flowered. Susan zone 6-ish TN, USA --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> wrote: From: Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> Subject: [pbs] Scadoxus multiflorus To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 10:37 AM Scadoxus multiflorus is putting up the first scape of the season here. This plant is evidently very well adapted to pot culture and “glad treatment”. I keep the pot in a shallow dish which almost always has water in it. I’ve read the in the wild some Scadoxus and Haemanthus sometimes grow in sites underwater during the flowering period. I’ve never seen any sign of bulb rot in my potted plants – continually wet soil during the growing season is what they get here. Is this species an anomaly in that respect? Are other species in these genera touchier about water? Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/