Dear All, Here are some pictures of Moraea flowers that have bloomed in the March and April. In the Moraea group I had blooming Moraea bipartita. This is a really nice one that Lauw gave me twice. I've had trouble keeping it going and expect there is something about my climate that isn't exactly what it wants. I thought I had lost it again when I saw a stalk of blue-violet flowers blooming near my deer fence late one day and went over to take a closer look and was really happy to see it. I tried taking a picture of the stalk of flowers since there were so many, but it didn't turn out as well as looking down on the flowers. I'm not sure how it got there, but hope it returns. In the Gynandriris subgroup I added a picture of Moraea setifolia which has been blooming really well this year. I used to grow this one in a two inch pot and take it with me so I would see it bloom when it opened at 1 p.m. How it managed to grow in that little pot is a mystery to me, but I didn't know very much about growing bulbs at that point. Early afternoon you look at this plant and may catch the sign of flowers to come, but it doesn't look very inspiring, and then later you pass it and it is covered with intricate small amazing flowers. Three different pots were in bloom one day last week, but the picture I added was taken weeks ago. Last year we added a close-up of the flower and this year my picture shows it branching with a number of blooms. I was finally able to get a picture of Moraea cedarmontana (also in the Gynandriris subgroup.) I've had this one for a number of years, but often miss it. It has small white flowers that don't open until very late in the day and if you didn't see it was going to bloom that day and then remind yourself to go look later, the next day is too late. That happened to me when it bloomed the first time, but I was able to stay focused the second time and kept moving it to the sun as different areas of my garden got shaded and finally about 4 p.m. I got to see it. It is supposed to be fragrant, but I couldn't smell anything. Finally this year my Moraea marlothii finally bloomed. This one is in the Homeria subgroup. I had grown it from seed and was trying to grow it in a pot until I saw it in the ground at my friend Jana's and realized I needed to plant it out. It has a very long and wide single leaf. I have one picture of it in the garden and then put something behind it so I could focus on the flower too. It is most unusual I think. I know Paul Tyerman grows it in Australia. You can access all these pictures through the Moraea wiki page, but you will have to click on the Gynandriris and Homeria pages to see those pictures. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers