Dave, Having only ever having one cross that was worth keeping from my many and time consuming crosses I find your sentiments exactly what I have thought myself a number of times. Thank you for your words and they are easy to understand and complete without the need for over intellectualising the appreciation of something so pleasing as the sight of a bed of flowering hippies. I would like to add that symptoms of inadequate cultural applications are sometimes expressed in hippeastrums similar to viral infections and/or viral infections sometimes dissappear when bulbs have their growing conditions right only for them to return when the plant is under stress. I am just a gardener that loves bulbs and the foliage and flowers they produce. I am trying to create a place that more people in my part of the world can enjoy them and hippeastrums play their part. Kind Regards and Best Wishes Ron Redding Hervey Bay Australia _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: 110,000+ cars with the click of a mouse at carsales.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx/…