Folks, PBS was contacted by Owen Robinson, who recently inherited a pot of bulbs among his grandmother's belongings. He wondered if we could identify the bulbs for him. I'll let Owen explain: ==== I can't recall what the flower is but I do have a photo of the bulb above the soil and leaves. All my gardening books and most stuff online just shows the flower which is why I thought I'd try you folks. If your members can help that would be great but in not, maybe I'll have to wait to see what it does. The link to the photo is as follows. http://www.flickr.com/photos/51868833@N08/ The bulbs were my grandmothers and probably have been around for 15 years or more. No idea where or when they were bought. The bulb is about 2-3" in diameter and the leaves grow to 18-24" above the bulb. I thought they might be amaryllis but the leaves are totally different. They grow in a layered pattern up from the bulb a ways before branching out a various heights. The plant is in a window that gets direct sun from sunrise until after lunch. I haven't been around the plant frequently until this year so I don't know when/if it blooms but it started producing leaves in late September (perhaps coincidentally shortly after I started watering it - so perhaps the timing this year is meaningless). One noticeable feature is the top of the bulb and lower part of the "stem" of leaves are covered with layers of thin material similar to garlic bulb covering. ==== Any ideas on what grandma was growing? Thanks, Mike