My name is Jim Foster and I live in Santa Barbara, California. I have been interested in bulbs for quite a while even when living in Pennsylvania 11 years ago. I am a neophyte when it comes to these interesting plants in fact I have maintained one bulb for over 10 years without knowing what it is because I've never gotten it to flower! We call it the resurrection plant because it looses its leaves a couple of time every year but manages to do a revival on an adequate watering. I also have several Boophane disticha bulbs which I have brought to flower and have given silver paint sprayed seed heads to folks to use a Christmas tree crowns. I thought there might be a meeting someplace in my area to meet others with similar interests. Is that the case? Regards Jim