[Quiet Man Cometh]

They are tubules, like Irises. They basicaly grow from little potato looking things that sit a little way into the soil. The are neat lookign because their flower petals grow up, rather than out.

In the wild they grow in the mountains around Israel and such. They like cold, but the florists kind can't handle frost well. They bloom over autum and winter instead of summer and die back when it gets hot. Apparently if kept in good conditions, they can continuously bloom but I wouldn't know about that yet. Their leaves are two toned green, and there is a king that's ruffled, which looks a little odd to me. They are essentially houseplants.