Corms of second cycle from the following cultivars: Havaii, Snowprincess, Han Van Megeren, Alfred Nobel, Aristocrat, Happy End, and Rosa de Lima, were cultivated in 5 and 15 centimetre depth in dark red "latossol" of good fertility in ESALQ - Piracicaba - SP. The results were analysed as: quantity and average weight of corms and cormels; quantity and quality of stipe and spike floral. It was verified: The depth of 15 centimetre was the best. The depth of 5 centimetre causes excessive stumbling and it presented some advantages on the prodution of cormels. It is significant the difference of performance among the cultivars.