Hippeastrum papilio is an interesting plant. It, like some other species of Hippeastrum, seems to do better with a rest period in summer. These include, besides papilio and/or some of its hybrids, Hippe. mandonii, from Peru or Bolivia, and aulicum. They don't have to lose all their leaves, just stop growing for a month or so. Mine suffer a fair amount of neglect most years, and they so they bloom only occasionally. Too bad.... Another oddity is that my "species" papilio is not fertile with other clones of the same species, but most of my [other species x papilio] hybrids are fertile. I even have (or had) some seedlings of Hippe. [mandonii x papilio] F2 generation growing. Jim Shields ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W