Hi, They are both evergreen. The aulicum can use a month of drying off in summer to help initiate bloom in winter -- I have some aulicum seedlings in the greenhouse blooming for the first time right now. I think two years old is still too young to expect blooms on Hippeastrum species seedlings. My greenhouses are too cold in winter for the calyptratum, I'm afraid, and have too low a relative humidity as well, I suspect. H. calyptratum has never bloomed for me, but I keep hoping. Jim Shields in cold and snowy Westfield, Indiana USA At 03:46 PM 12/24/2010 +1000, you wrote: > I have H. aulicum and H calyptratum seedling bulbs that are a >couple of years old, just wondering if they are evergreen or if i >need to force a dormant period for them to flower? >thanks and regards kym ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344