In a message dated 1/6/2006 11:02:42 AM Central Standard Time, pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org writes: > What you grow may very well be a hybrid as there has been a lot of > hybridizing of this genus and even the sarniensis hybrids often have other > species in their mix. It would be interesting to see if you changed the way > you are treating your plants, if it would change when they grow and bloom. Hi Gang, Thanks for all your notes. The season of growth was something I wondered about. This year was a pretty dry summer. I kept thinking I would take the plant in but I left it out and it just sort of cycled on its own, dying down by later spring. However, the offsets (the smaller bulbs) did stay green all summer. I didn't put it in a lot of sun, but it got very bright light and perhaps 1/3 the amount of water I would give a summer growing bulb. When cool weather came, it has still been a dry year. However, there were some fall rains and the major bulbs leafed out in the combination of shorter days, cooler weather, and a bit of fall rain. So, now I water it every week or 10 days; there are about 5-6 duck-egg-sized bulbs in a 10-inch pot. There was a cold spell about a month ago, and the leaves did their usual cold weather trick. If it doesn't get too cold (23-25 F for a few hours at most), the leaves don't freeze but they collapse and don't really get back their full turgor for a week or two. But, they don't die and they recover OK, without burns, etc. I like the idea that it might be a winter grower hybridized with something else. Thanks again for all the input, I'll try to post a photo. Cordially, Conroe Joe