Rick,
You are right, the bulb should be on the right with the stem traveling out before it puts up its stem.
Tony, you are lucky the bulb stayed in the pot! It would be better in good fertile ground otherwise all you will get is lots of small bulbs producing leaves instead of flowers. Each of the small bulbs next year will produce stolons as well. A good covering of mulch will create ideal conditions for it to run. Some times it can be hard to get it to flower it just produces many leaves, it can depend on the clone but if you have grown from seed it probably has a better chance.
Winwen,
I have not seen L. semperivoideum around here for a while, I don't know if anyone managed to get it going from seed. All the ones I saw were from original imported stock. You really need it to be growing from seed before it will stay in cultivation.
Susan
