Joanna, Current thinking is that the correct name for this wonderful plant is Drimia maritima, and that Urginea maritima is a synonym of that correct name. (Yes, we all weary of the changes those taxonomists inflict on us!)
So I've changed the title of your postings and merged them into this existing thread on the plant.
Thanks for those very clear pictures, and for posing this conundrum - presumably it's not just the bulbs being kind to those who lift them, wrap them in silver paper, and sell them in markets before Christmas!