Dear All, It's been interesting reading all the Eucomis posts. Dave led us in the topic of the week on this subject a number of years ago. When Jim M. asked about pictures I looked at Cameron McMaster's CD to see if there were any pictures of those species there and there weren't, but there were some habitat pictures of Eucomis autumnalis and maybe Eucomis comosa so I added them to the wiki. The one of Eucomis autumnalis I found rather amazing since somehow I was under the impression that they would like shade and there they were growing in a very open grassland. We saw some Eucomis comosa in the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens last summer. It was a very broad patch with a lot of flowers and quite pretty. But also quite floppy. I've added a picture to the wiki. These plants were in the perennial garden so I'd think the air circulation would be just fine. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Look for the pictures from Cameron McMaster of Eucomis autumnalis and Eucomis comosa and the one from me of Eucomis comosa blooming last August at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. I'm not getting good blooms on the ones I've grown from seed and I suspect it's just too dry here in summer. I planted some out last year after seeing the ones at the MCBG and they look quite stressed. Agapanthus close by look much better so are obviously much more tolerant of dry conditions in summer. I thought it would be better to grow the Eucomis in deep containers so I could be sure they got more water, but they aren't blooming there either. It looks like I might get one flower spike. The plants look happier however. Mary Sue