Howdy, Its now formally summer in the southern hemisphere and the temperatures here on Central Coast of Australia (80Kms North of Sydney) are now in the 30's and forecast to climb to the 40's (celcius) over the next week. Flowering at and around my home are crinums and kniphofias two of my most favorite geophytes. Usually every second weekend I'm out driving about in search of interesting forms of Amaryllids such as crinum. My home is situated between Sydney and the Hunter Valley so its rich in heritage (what little we have as a nation only just over two centuries established). When I'm not driving I'm trolling the internet for information which brings me to the Chobe River forms of crinum. Some interesting colours especially this one http://www.crinum.org/crinpics/fig_59.html (Crinum Org). Its hard to believe these colours are from a crinum. I don't know much about the area this was found in. The flower in my opinion looks like a tropical flower with such bright colours. Can anyone say what the climate and culture in that area is like? I note also there were some other crinums found along the river with interesting reds to pinks. Gordon McNeil truely had some wonder plants, it was a shame they were lost. If anyone has chobe river plants I'd be interested in seeing more pictures privately or publicly posted. Regards, David. mailto:mrgoldbear@yahoo.com