I saved an old article by Jenks Farmer in Carolina Gardener (1999) in which he described an elaborate system he devised to try to grow Spreklia formosissima in a raised bed to try to mimic the dry conditions of the native soil where they grow. I never learned if it worked. I never tried it, hindered by the price of bulbs that might not persist here. He did mention that 'Orient Red' and 'Peru' were supposed to be reliable in South
Carolina.

Nell