Hurray!!! This summer I lit a fire... TEENY-TINY fire, over my
Haemanthus sanguineus. Using Dioscorea elephantipes, old Haemanthus
leaves and bit of orchard grass, the fire went for a few minutes a
day for about a week. Voila! After ten years of two leaves -
beautiful, foot 'round leaves mind you, it finally bloomed. While
not entirely open, it's putting on a pretty god show. It's planted
in a 16" terracotta, gravel, sand, pine bark with coir, worm casting
dressing each season before growth. The leaves remain viable each
year from September/October through April/May. I keep it completely
dry in summer, when dormant.

Michael
Interlaken, NY