For the non-Yankees that's just a bit larger than a criket ball. Arnold ------------------------------ Sent using Verizon.net Mobile ----- Original Message ---- From: "MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER" <markmazerandfm13@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> CC: Sent: Thursday, 05 July, 2012 09:05:38 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Boophone excitement! > > > Will Boophone bloom in a pot? I've had one in a pot for several years and it has yet to bloom. I wonder if I need to find a permanent home for it. Yes, big ones. It takes 10 years or so from seed for B. disticha. Mine bloom when the bulb gets to be about the size of a hardball. Mark Mazer Hertford, North Carolina USA Zone 8