Hi, When Jim introduced his new word he wrote: "The word is oporanthous, meaning flowering in late summer" This is very broad as it would include those beginning their cycle as well as those ending their cycle which would include some blooming beyond the time they normally do some years and jumping the gun other years. And it would vary depending on the weather and the location. Our numerous discussion over the years of when Amaryllis belladonna blooms would indicate that the timing varies from year to year and location to location so some years they bloom late summer and some early fall. The same goes for some of my Cyclamen and the first Oxalis to bloom. In my climate here are some candidates for late summer bloom some years: Amaryllis belladonna, Nerine sarniensis cultivars, Nerine angustifolia, N. platypetala, Gladiolus monticola, Gladiolus brevifolius, G. carmineus, G. oppositiflorus, G. ecklonii, Agapanthus (still blooming), Scadoxus membraneus and S. multiflorus, Cyclamen hederifolium, C. cilicum, C. africanum, C. mirabile, C. graecum, C. intaminatum, Cyrtanthus sanguineus, Tritonia disticha, Oxalis ambigua, O. commutata, O. depressa, Oxalis was lobata, now peridicaria, Oxalis zeekoevleyensis, Oxalis MV 4674 Acis autumnalis, Acis rosea, Hesperoxiphion peruvianum, Colchicum x agrippum, C. speciosum, Allium flavum, Scilla scilloides, Pelargonium longifolium, Eucomis comosa (sometimes still blooming), Gloriosa superba (sometimes still blooming in late summer), Moraea polystachya (sometimes blooms before the cut off date for autumn), Begonias and Dahlias, Veratrum fimbriatum, Knipofia hybrids and probably species, Hesperantha baurii, Alophia drummondii, Drimiopsis maculata, Crocosmia, Cypella coelestis, Dietes grandiflora , Romulea macowanii, Bessera elegans, Milla biflora, Calydorea amabilis, Zephyranthes candida Add Mark's Alliums, Jay's Crinums and all the other wonderful plants he keeps adding to the wiki as they bloom, all those rain lilies people report are blooming, Sternbergia which I would expect might bloom early some years and maybe even some Crocus, and if we included all the flowers in bloom in August and early September in our group around the world I would imagine that instead of just a few things that bloom this time of the year you'd find more than you would think, even if it's a slow time of the year. A number of years ago when we had a topic of the week we discussed (at this time of the year) bulbs that flowered without their leaves. For those of you who were not members of our group at that time, the reference is: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/… Bulbs that flower without leaves--TOW There were a number of plants discussed then this fit this category. Mary Sue