It is really helpful to be traveling with someone who knows the area and can show you plants that you might otherwise miss. We were supposed to be spending two nights at a new location which turned out to be a great disappointment and Cameron immediately canceled the second night and booked us into a very nice place as a substitute. This area is very near where his family has a farm and where he lived much of his life so he knows the area very well. As we were driving down a road, he directed us to turn off and next to the fence off a side road was a whole population of Crinum macowanii in bloom and in seed. We were very excited to see it. I'm not sure we would have seen it if we hadn't known where to look. We have quite a number of lovely photos of this species on the wiki already, but I still added photos of the ones we saw in habitat as where we saw it was not nearly so lush as some of the garden photos. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Next to a river we stopped to explore and found Dierama pulcherrimum at the edge, blowing in the wind over the river. Diaramas are not the easiest plant to photograph, especially if there is any wind. In the same place we also found Schizocarphus nervosus (syn. Scilla nervosa) in bloom. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Cameron knew that a nearby mountain has burned the year before so he secured permission for us to explore it the next day. This turned out to be another highlight of the trip, one that was not planned, but was made possible by the knowledge and quick thinking of our leader. We saw a lot of wonderful plants that day and I'll report on them in a few days when I have had time to resize the photos and add the text. Mary Sue