I've mentioned my Lachenalia in my by-line several times, and there has been some discussion of the modern hybrid Lachenalia which are appearing for sale here and there. In a private posting awhile back, one member of this list wrote to me that he grows about 60 species of this genus! Suddenly my eleven sorts seem somehow puny. Last night I was looking at the Lachenalia on the wiki, and I was really struck by pictures of Lachenalia zebrina taken by Mary Sue and Bob Rutemoeller: who needs flowers with foliage like that! Obviously, there is a depth of Lachenalia expertise out there which the wiki and recent postings are not reflecting. So... would some of you who have grown a lot of these plants please give some pointers to those of us who are just starting down this road? In particular, what are your favorites? Are any noted for especially good fragrance? Which do you think have the most striking colors? If you had to confine yourself to a dozen sorts, which ones would you pick and why? If you could only have three, or one.. I'd like to hear what others have to say about these cool plants. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where I'm just about convinced that Ambrosina bassii is setting seed. 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/