And it has gone in a fascinating direction, as always in the forum. My long-term choice is to buy one of each possibility for this spring and check them out more thoroughly than I have in the past... One of my favorite blues is now showing off in the plant room. Morea polystacha has one of the best blue colors there is! Each blossom doesn't last long, but there has been a new one each day for several days now. I have been trying to feed my winter-blooming bulbs better, and it does seem to make a difference. Also some red cyclamen (I don't know the species, and hesitate to call them Florist Cyclamen (g)) just in time for Christmas. Also blooming although not geophytes: Streptocarpus in a hanging pot, a few orchids, and the camellias. I keep reading that camellias are hardy outside here, but I get nasty Santa Ana winds just as they start blooming, so they are much better inside. J.E. Shields wrote: > This all started with a perfectly legitimate and innocent question from > Marguerite, about what the real name for some "Naked Ladies" that grow in > her town might be. >