Flora of Tropical East Africa gives four subspecies of Cyrtanthus sanguineus in Kenya, of which two are found in the vicinity of Nairobi. Subsp. salmonoides has salmon-pink flowers, from grassland in the Ngong Hills area, and subsp. ballyi has bright red, crimson or scarlet flowers, from lower altitude grassland/savanna on impeded drainage sites, also only near Nairobi. [I imagine both are now threatened by the rampant expansion of Nairobi and its population.] C. breviflorus with yellow flowers is the only other East African species (with a wide distribution from South Africa north to Kenya), but it is a high altitude plant. I've seen it high on Mt Rungwe in southern Tanzania in scrubby vegetation above the treeline (c. 2700m). John Grimshaw -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas Plummer Sent: 22 March 2014 21:22 To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] Cyrtanthus in Kenya? The Wiki says that C. sanguineus can be pink, and various web sites say it grows in Kenya. I have never seen a pink C. sanguineus, so is this a likely ID? Are there other Cyrtanthus species in Kenya? Nick Plummer Durham, NC, USA