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Lily seeds - Hellp!

Hi all,
I don't know the proper name of the lily plant I inherited -- it's the
kind with the stem that is sort of "spiked" with leaves (Please excuse
my very unscientific description -- no time to run to the library!) and
produces seeds along the stem, one on each leaf. Get the picture?

Anyway, I have collected some seeds with the intention of trying to
propogate more plants. I have had the seed for some days (a week or
two?) sitting in a sea shell in a cool, shady corner of the kitchen.
This morning I noticed that the seeds have sprouted!  So I feel I must
take some kind of action at once. I thought of putting them into pots
for now, either in soil or vermiculite, but how should I go about
planting them?

Am I correct in assuming that what has sprouted first is the root of the
plant, so I should plant with the sprout down? How deep should they go
-- Should I follow the 3x the size of the seed rule?

I would appreciate some quick advice, as I'm not sure how long the
plants will survive in their present state.

Many thanks,
Pat
Zone 7, Maryland
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