Yes, those things are scary. At the risk of Urginea overload, attached are three pics that give a look at the bloom initiation and early growth. Day 1: 2 cm. Day 4: about 8 cm. Day 7-8: about 30 cm and adding 10-12 cm a day on its way to five feet tall. At some point, you just back up and get out of its way! This is obviously the large form in a 2-gal pot. Bob E Tenn Zone 7 On Thursday, November 19, 2020, 12:44:56 PM EST, Robert Parks via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: Thanks to the discussion here, I picked up a package the other day that was shockingly heavy. My thought, pulling out the almost football sized bulb was, probably the best bulb value per pound outside the grocery store! Robert -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Day 2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 619967 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Day 4.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 509528 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Day 7.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 615600 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>