Mary Sue wrote: "but hopefully all of you who didn't know much about Lachenalia know a little more now." Yep! Thanks a lot for doing this, Mary Sue: this will give me plenty to think about over the next few weeks. Lachenalia liliflora and L. pustulata are blooming here now, inside under the plant lights, with L. contaminata and L. orthopetala soon to follow. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Fritillaria gussichiae, Narcissus cantabricus foliosus, Crocus pestalozzae -among others - are blooming in the cold frame. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/