I have just added a picture of Alstroemeria philippiana to the wiki:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

I sowed 114 seeds of F & W 10575 last December in my warm dining room,
and they surprised me by germinating in nine days. They grew fast,
sending long shoots along the window sill. They are each over a metre
long, and one has a single flower at the very end, 19 weeks from
germination, 20 weeks from sowing.

Only a quarter to a third of the seeds seem to have germinated. The whole
lot are in a single pot. I moved them up to bigger pots a couple of
times, expecting to separate them after they went dormant, but I never
expected such speedy growth.

This is a desert plant, primed to grow fast as soon as it gets rained on,
which is a rare occurrence in its home - Atacama/Coquimbo area, Coastal
Semi-Mediterranean Desert Zone.

A lot of its leaves are drying. I wonder what it will do after ripening
its seed. On the desert, would it die back, leaving its rhizomes waiting
years for the next rainfall? Or does it act essentially as an annual?