Hello Jane, Interesting that you garden in two VERY different places, I imagine your Mexican garden very interesting. I have been to Mexico twice with a long time in between the trips and found the country extremely intersting botanically and culturally. But I have not been to Yucatan. However, I think that Urginea maritima will not grow there as it is a typical mediterranean bulb with the leaves emerging in late autumn after the winter rain has started and drying off in spring when it gets warm again. Mediterranean winters are cool, almost frost free and wet. In general it is the onset of warm weather that sends the bulb into dormancy, so that may be the problem in Yucatan. The bulb will "think" that it is summer (dormancy) all the time. It flowers in early autumn before the rains start in a leafless state and a large field of flowers is an impressive sight indeed. Also impressive are the huge bulbs that sometimes are only half buried in the ground and are well visible this way. Bye for today, Uli