Hi all, It's interesting, Mary sue, that my Cochicum have just started to bloom too. C. byzantinum is blooming and one group of C. cilicicum has started flowering. Also have one hardy clump of Rhodophiala bifida in flower now too. The Lycoris are almost all gone; only L. caldwellii seem to be hanging on in bloom. Inside the greenhouse, one bulb of Haemanthus coccineus (out of many) is about to produce its first ever flower. These bulbs were grown from seed, and not a one has heretofore bloomed. Of course, this one may not make it all the way into full flower; so far only the rosy tips of the bracts are peeking out of the neck of the bulb. Only one of my four "reliable" Haemanthus barkerae is showing the tip of a bloom scape. I guess I should never have bragged how faithfully these four bulbs always flower for me! One of the larger bulbs of a batch of Haemanthus montanus that I bought from Dawie Human this year looks like it might be trying to start a scape. Wish me luck!!! Regards, Jim Shields in central Indiana ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA