Just opened in my garden this week is a nice pink form of Rhodophiala bifida, courtesy of Steve Vinisky years ago. Thanks, Steve! The bud on Brunsvigia marginata is starting to turn pink. I'm probably about a week from the opening of the first flowers. The Oxalis I mentioned last time are still in bloom. The early-blooming ones tend to stay in bloom all fall. They have been joined by: --MV 4871, which Michael Vassar identified as possibly Oxalis depressa. It has fairly large white flowers. --O. stenorrhyncha, which looks like a miniature palm tree with salmon orange flowers on it. Andrew wrote: >> It would be interesting to hear how other growers stage their winter-growing Oxalis season. I start watering my Oxalis at the beginning of August here in San Jose. My daytime temperatures are into the low 90s F right now (around 33C), and the Oxalis pots get sun until about noon. I know it sounds crazy to water winter-growing bulbs at the height of summer's heat, but the Oxalis told me to do it. Years ago I had some of them stored dry in envelopes, waiting for repotting, and they almost all started growing in early August, while still in the envelopes. If they don't get watered, the little thready roots dry out, and I think it damages the bulbs. The other plant I start watering in early August is Moraea polystachya. The plants are over a foot tall (.3m) already, dark green and vigorous. They look like corn plants. This species has a reputation as an unreliable bloomer, but it is very reliable for me. Mike San Jose, CA (zone9, min temp 20F / -7C)