Pancratium maritimum
Theladygardens@aol.com (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:56:01 PST)

The bulbs I bought came from an ethnic store in Long Beach CA. It is no
longer there. They were labeled Pancratium maritimum and I planted them
according to the instructions. I do remember buying sand to mix in which
other ingredients to plant them. The bulb rack they came from had lots of
bulbs I had never seen for sale before. I also bought double tuberose which
wasn't around much back then, an onco aril iris which I have never seen in a
nursery or store before or since. I did not succeed with it but I do grow
a few now. I had the tuberose several years but gave it away in a move.
There were bulbs that I knew would grow in Hawaii but doubted if they would
grow in Ca so I didn't get them. I just checked my pot labeled Pancratium
and nothing is showing. I think they bloom late and I'm always surprised
to see them. I did buy a yellow Hymenocallis later and remember thinking
they were similar but different. It didn't survive. I will check my bulbs
when they bloom this year and try to get a photograph. I am wondering if
they are what they say or if they were mislabeled.
Carolyn in Los Gatos, CA zone 9