Jim, I picked up one of these at a cactus and succulent show several years ago (I have a similar fascination for such things) and also have found it to be easy and undemanding. Frost free, of course, and in my climate (NW Arkansas, USA) shaded during mid-day but fairly high light in the morning, as long as watering isn't extreme either way it seems quite happy in a standard fast-draining mix. Mine seems to be the typical form and not the unusual one Dylan mentioned. It's never gone dormant, even when the days hit 38 C (100 F) outdoors and at least 43 C (110 F) in the corner of the greenhouse where the C&S live. It flowers frequently and as Roy noted every flower seems to produce seed. I've collected some (it is an exercise in patience) to send to the BX; I've held off because I wasn't sure how viable it was - you'd think I'd have this everywhere by now, with all the seed that's gotten away, but only a couple. (Unlike the Anacampseros arachnoides I got at the same time - similarly self-fertile but every single seed of that germinates. Not a bulb, but if anyone wants any I can almost supply wholesale quantities.) Steve On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Roy Herold wrote: > Jim, > > What a coincidence, there was a nice Schizobasis intricatus in *our* > cactus and succulent show this past weekend, and it got a blue ribbon. > This is an easy bulb to grow, and can be treated similar to boweia. It > may or may not go dormant in hot weather--the one in our show did not, > but mine did. The flowers are exceedingly self fertile, and each will > produce seed without an active pollinator. I would have sent some of > mine into the BX, but they always drop before I can collect any. ... > > --Roy > > James Waddick wrote: > > I confess a mini-obsession - let's call it 'fascination' with > > succulent plants. I was at the local Cactus and Succulent show to > > enjoy the variety* when I saw a new plant (many actually). This plant > > is Schizobasis intricata a bulbous Liliaceae superficially similar > > to the common Boweia volubilis, but 'more so'. > > > > Does any know or grow this plant? Is it difficult to > > cultivate? The annual herbaceous growth is even more finely divided > > than in Boweia and it seems to bloom easily with tiny white flowers. -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com