My plants of Acis trichophylla and A. trichophylla 'Rosea' came from Jane several years ago, and therefore it will come as no surprise to anyone that I've experienced the same results here under East Coast conditions - right down to the detail that one form is less vigorous than the other. I grow them in the protected cold frame - I think I need to be redundant about this every once and a while and emphasize that this is a true cold frame, it gets no supplementary heat. They grow in a gritty mix of pine bark fines, crushed granite, perlite and some of the local heavy loam. They remain dry and very hot during the summer. However, my plants have never bloomed, probably because I grow them in such a lean mixture and do not water them much at all. They do give good bulb increase from year to year. One difference between Jane's experience and mine is that the one labeled as white-flowered form seems to be more vigorous. Since they have not bloomed, perhaps I mixed up the labels. I've been extremely conservative about watering with many of the frame-grown bulbs here - it's an area of their culture where I'm still feeling my way. Acis trichophylla is such a tiny plant: I can't imagine a garden where it could be grown. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/