Dear All, I am back and will write a note about South Africa soon. I am trying to catch up (only 500+ emails as I unsubscribed or set to nomail most of the lists while I was gone. I didn't do that for PBS though so will be getting through all the e-mails one of these days. I grew Tigridia in Stockton California for years and years in my raised beds with my perennials. It bloomed without fail every summer and even though gaudy I loved it. I brought some with me to the north coast and they bloomed the first year and then departed. I assumed it was either that they hated our extreme winter rainfall or they didn't get enough sun or heat or summer water in my garden here. (lots of choices) I have some now in a pot thinking I could shelter them from the winter rain that way. It's a big pot too, but Rob Hamilton said that they didn't like pots and would prefer being in the ground. They are not doing very well in the pot, meaning I have only had a couple of blooms so I am inclined to believe Rob knows what he is talking about. Tigridia was requested as a topic of the week and Alberto promised an introduction for it. Since it has come up and the PBS board member for this week has been unable with a family death to introduce a topic perhaps we can continue to talk about it and maybe Alberto can supply us with something. There are some really nice Tigridia pictures on the Wiki and I know Paul Tyerman and Rob Hamilton have success with Tigridias so perhaps they can share their experiences too. Mary Sue