Hi Ken, The Cyrtanthus mackenii I grew from seed from Rhoda's friend has a long bloom season. I have a few starting to bloom now. I had blooms on one pot or another every month from November 2008 until April 2009. I'm not really sure if the same bulb has put up multiple blooms or that different bulbs bloom at different times. My plants which I grow in my unheated greenhouse never seem to go dormant so I continue to water them. It sounds like you are having success growing them the way you have been if they are growing well and blooming frequently. The Narcissus bulb fly got into my pots in 2007 and took out some of the bigger bulbs. By then there were a lot of offsets so I unpotted them and gave them all the squeeze test and repotted the ones that were firm and disposed of the ones that were squishy. I've had this problem with other Cyrtanthus species too. Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers