I can definitely say that it doesn't take 21 years for this species to bloom. The first one from a batch of seeds bloomed after 6 years. I have a feeling that it could probably bloom faster if it got really nice and warm, long summers rather than a Berkeley summer. Nhu On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > So many environmental factors go into how fast a bulb goes from seed to > flower. A lot of talented growers on this list speed up the process. We > visited Harry Hay in the UK in 2004 and we saw Pseudogaltonia clavata in > flower. Harry said it weighed over a kilo and took 21 years from seed to > flower. He obviously had a lot of patience. Nhu is growing this same > species. Perhaps it will flower sooner for him. > > Mary Sue