Dear All, I kept my rain lilies in the greenhouse for a few months to be warm and dry and then saturated them. Immediately Habranthus robustus bloomed. That was the second time this summer. The other time was when I placed the pots where they got watered by the sprinkler when I was giving a section of my garden its monthly deep watering. None of the others bloomed. So I am with Diane. They are not going to be part of my collection. I'll keep Zephyranthes atamasca which bloomed last spring and had striking large flowers in bloom for days. Since it is a woodland plant it appears to be more easy to adapt to my conditions. Have you tried that one Diane? While we were gone in August our Meyer lemon tree didn't get quite enough water and has lost most of its leaves. That Mexican Erigeron had seeded itself in the container in large amounts and as I was pulling them all out and trying to decide what to do about the lemon, I spied flowering stalks on Zephyranthes candida growing in the container. There were four which is a large number for me. I occasionally see one in my garden in bloom, but that is usually all. They weren't as dramatic as Lauw's I saw in France years ago, but now that I have removed the competition they are very pretty. Could drying out the soil followed by our attempts to water the lemon a lot when we got back in our attempt to rescue it have made the difference? This is the time of the year it blooms, if it is going to bloom so I can't be sure. So of the eight species I have left three have bloomed this year. Oh and that other one that probably is not what it is named. Only a few of the bulbs of the species that bloomed have bloom and they have been in flower for only two days (except for Z. atamasca which lasted much longer). Another two species I already sent to a friend in Texas. She e-mailed me yesterday that it had been very hot where she lives, but they had rain and the next morning there were spikes. Obviously they are happier in their new home. Since I saturated all of them they are growing well. We have had some of our fall hot weather so maybe I'll dunk them one more time for good measure. Mary Sue