I feel like I'm stealing someone else's thunder here... Robin, some (all?) Massonia are evidently pollinated by gerbils. The gerbils visit the flowers to get the nectar and in the process get dusted. Sorry, I thought everyone on this list knew this - we've talked about it before. It's just one of the many surprising things I've learned on this list. See the PBS WIKI entry for Massonia for more: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Jim McKenney