Hi, We had this message come to our list from someone who was searching the Internet and found a message in out archives about Hymenocallis. He is needing help with seed. He has now joined our list, but I am copying the message since it includes the information he found in the archives. Mary Sue I found your name on the internet when I was looking for more information about the Hymenocallis. During my last visit to South Africa a couple of weeks ago, I found a couple of seeds of the Hymenocallis, Common names: Spider lily, Ismene, Peruvian daffodil, Sea daffodil. I don't know the precise name of this plant but I'm rather sure that it is a kind of Hymenocallis. The Hymenocallis is from a botanical garden in Stellenbosch SA where a lot of these species were growing. But this one was without a nameplate. Now back in Holland one of the seeds, seize 3 to 4 cm diameter, is germinating. A small white/green spike is growing out. Is this a starting root? How do I handle this seed? Should it be planted with the spike downwards and how deep? Please advise. Kind regards, Dick Huijsman d.huijsman at wanadoo.nl