I don't think I'd expect the Eucomis above ground until May or even June. The flowers will be later - July, August, September. They have a long flowering time. They should be fine with temps 14-20C and 8-10 hours of light. They're fairly drought hardy, yet do appreciate having a good, deep drink. Drooping leaves is indication enough, though the leaves tend to drape later in the season. About the offsets: you may have to cut them off at this stage, yet it's just as easy to let them grow on with the mother bulb. It certainly doesn't harm the flowering performance. In the ground they form a slowly increasing clump with the bulbs showing above ground. After the first frosts the leaves turn horridly slimy and drape all over the bulbs and the surrounding ground to give insulation. If you want more Eucomis then you could try leaf cuttings over the summer, as well as offsets later on. Be prepared to pot on your bulbs - even this season. The leaves are often 40cm+ and the flower stems at least as high. Wider rather than deeper and your JI3 would give them a good start in the pot - plus excellent drainage. It also lets them increase to a more spectacular clump. Unless you are in a flat with no garden, they will probably be fine outdoors against a south or west wall. When you have enough bulbs to spare, you could try over-wintering. They certainly survive 5+ degrees of frost for me, and came through our extremely rare snowfall of a few years back without any check whatsoever. (Still dormant. They might not have appreciated the same thing a couple of months later, though.)

Ton.... Are you seeking the North American species? If so, seed is rarely available and thus, very expensive. The last offering of Hymenocallis occidentalis (caroliniana) seed that I saw was $5.00 USD per seed! Bulbs are sometimes available from nurseries specializing in NA Native plants, but I suspect they are harvested from the wild. I recently purchased Hymenocallis rotata (traubii) from a TC Lab in Minnesota, but they only sell in tray quanities of 72. You can combine other perennials to fill a tray, but minimum quanity of each is one cell pack, containing 9 plants. Hymenocallis caribaea and littoralis, both tropical species, are often available, but must be grown in a TGH, when temperatures fall below 5 Deg.C. Most gardeners here view them as difficult to maintain, because of the constant moisture requirement and opt for the S American species, which are cheap and readily available. Rb

Tropsanddune I just googled a pic of the spider lilly and the first that came up was what I have.How could that happen they were amarylis when I planted and like I said I still get the few a year...Can they cross? I guess I never had the right pic of a Spider lilly in my head .Well the mystery is over except where did they come from.Thanks a lot for your help.Now I am going to send that site to my mother in law because she seen them when they where all amarylis.we where both puzzeled.Thanks again

The spring blooming species(with foliage) and the yellow center is Hymenocallis liriosme. I must admit that I have not noticed those to be fragrant though. The fall flowering ones on naked stems are likely Hymenocallis occidentalis(syn: H. caroliniana). They can bloom anytime from mid-summer to early fall, after the foliage dies down. None of mine have put up any bloom stems yet, although the foliage has died down.Both of these native species are found in NW LA. My H. liriosme came from a late dear friend near El Dorado, AR. Rb