California Gardening: I'm counting on you, Californians, 1 by lily13

lily13 wrote:
Vossner,

For Christmas, I got one of the spotted-leafed ones that they sell on E-Bay, and my DH paid $51 for it at auction. It arrived with two leaves that had been creased, but otherwise in perfect condition. I put it into a large pot, and have grown it in a sunny window as shown in the photo below. Sorry that the flower had faded by the time I took this picture, but you can see that it was large and lovely for a 'seedling'. It continues to grow and get larger by the day. One of the online nurseries says that this is not the true Hercules, because of the spots. Personally, I don't care what it is called, I absolutely love it.

I have also bought some of the seeds from the same guy, and about half of them have turned into lovely little plants, that also get larger by the day. The seller of these says that they do not go dormant like the standard calla lilies do. Once I have enough of them to spare, I may consider putting them outside, but will grow them as spectacular house plants until then.

Sheral

p.s. I live right outside of Austin Texas.