Dear all; Instead of Poisonous plants or seed regulations, I'd like to report on a recent BX addition. In BX 136 on Jan 10/07 there was an offer of "Neomarica candida, small rhizomes with fans of leaves." . I was fortunate to receive a couple on Fri Jan 19. These were donated by Lee Poulsen. A few weeks earlier I started some discussions of the genus and Mary Sue put up a new wiki page. So the first thing I did was put these small plantlets into a cup of warm water since they arrived during a cold spell of near freezing temps. After a couple of hours I potted the small planlets in a single 3 inch pot, watered it well, drained and sealed in a zip loc. Then I looked over all the recent PBS messages about this species. Lee seemed to grow the most species and have some good points, but I noticed he did NOT grow this species (the one he just donated! So over the course of the next couple of days I wrote back and forth to Lee for info. From Lee I learned the plants were recently acquired direct from Brazil. Lee had organized a trade for a couple of plantlets and received an abundance -far more than he could use so he generously donated extras to the PBS BX. I also learned or confirmed what I thought might be the case. These plantlets were all from pups that develop from flowering stems, not underground shoots. I was familiar with these planlets from growing N. gracilis, the common 'Walking Iris'. On Sunday Jan 21 I checked the newly potted plantlets and found that all three had begun growing roots -just 2 days after planting and probably weeks from being removed from the mother plant and shipping from Brazil to CA (Lee) to PA (Dell) and to MO (me). Then one week later Sunday Jan 28, the first new leaf is emerging from one new plant. All three seem firmly rooted. They were removed from the zip loc. I think this is in many ways typical of the generosity of donors to the BX , the rarity of BX materials and the vigor of materials offered. Thanks to Lee for the plant, to Dell for running the BX and Mary Sue for the new wiki and keeping the PBS going. Thanks to all who keep this a truly special group. Thanks Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +