Dear all; I don't know anything about this genus, but I thought I had to pass along a short note. Years ago I was out in Oakland California giving a talk and was thrilled to get a day of driving around to gardens by Wayne Roderick. One stop was Stan Farwig's garden. The entire garden was almost entirely elevated wire frames holding uncountable pots of bulbs of all kinds; many unknown to me. There seemed to be an unseemly (at that time) number (100s?) labeled Geissorhiza 'this or that'. Can't say I was unduly impressed with flowers, but the range of foliage was very striking and G. spiralis (is that a real species?) had THE MOST corkscrew foliage I had seen before or since. The power of obsession and tunnel vision!! Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +