Well, then perhaps we should try to grow them here. A new market. The second coming of the potato and the tomato! On Tillandsia, was the seed from the coastal or mountain areas. T. palacea is a nice one to grow but T. latifolia is big. Andrew San Diego Andrew, That is a very interesting paper. I'm still not sure where my succulent Oxalis falls within the group. I have attached photos of what appears to be Oxalis tuberosa taken about 20 miles or so south of Lima. The Peruvian coastal plain is about the dreariest place I have ever been and these yellow flowers stuck out like little neon lights among shades of gray. I also attached a photo of Oca taken at a farmhouse outside Cajamarca at about 3300 meters elevation. They are as tasty as they are beautiful! http://www.flickr.com/photos/u4banut/5190800202/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/u4banut/5190202189/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/u4banut/5186036455/ I did not have a permit to collect plants, so I just collected some Tillandsia seed at various places along the way. (Hopeful I should live so long to see them flower!) Gregg DeChirico Santa Barbara, California http://www.flickr.com/photos/u4banut/sets/