| While I grow these I also have trouble getting them to bloom. However, below are a few notes on Cyrtanthus elatus (synonym: Vallota speciosa) from my bulb society forum which might be of assistance. I'm also emailing you privately and attaching a much longer document on Cyrtanthus in general. Some of the cultivation notes there might apply to your specific plant. NOTES: "The form usually cultivated by growers reproduces vegetation at a sometimes alarming rapid rate--the clumps become overcrowded very quickly and, if they are not lifted, split up and replanted on a very regular basis, flowering can cease. They prefer full sun rather than shade and flower mainly in summer." "Here in the UK people have no problem getting C. elatus to flower. A friend, not a gardener, has one in an out building which flowers every year without fail even though it is rarely watered." "Cyrtanthus elatus never bloomed for me in all the years that I had it. I have to say that I threw out my last bulbs of C. elatus several years ago! Never again will I waste good greenhouse space on Cyrtanthus elatus." | 
