Technical Abstract: The growth and flowering response of Ornithogalum thyrsoides, `Chesapeake Starlight¿ as influenced by bulb size and storage temperature treatments were investigated. Development of inflorescences and florets as influenced by bulb storage temperature was also followed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Three experiments were carried out. Development of inflorescences and florets were studied using SEM (Expt. 1). The shoot apex of the bulb is vegetative at harvest and bulbs should be stored dry at 28o - 30oC for six weeks (28-30o/6W) for rapid inflorescence development. Once the shoot apex becomes reproductive, the bulbs are then stored at 20o/4W, and finally at 10o/8W. At the end of the 20oC treatment when root primordia are clearly visible from the basal plate and the scape of the first inflorescence is clearly formed, bulbs are then treated at 10oC. Flowering was also accelerated and only one inflorescence was produced when bulbs were stored at 10o/6W. A sequential treatment of 30o/6W¿ 16o/6W¿ 10o/6W ensured a longer flower stem and accelerated flowering. However, only one inflorescence is produced as shown by SEM. To produce two or more inflorescences from one bulb, we recommend treating bulbs at 10oC for 3 to 4 weeks or 13o/3W, although flowering is somewhat delayed. Scanning electron micrographs are useful to study the effect of various storage conditions on the development of inflorescences and of individual florets and to further develop precise treatment temperatures and durations to shorten the pre-treatment period of bulbs after harvest.