Hi all, We are having a meeting of the Midwest Clivia club at my place on Saturday, March 28th, more or less all day, with lunch provided at noon to 1 PM. There will be few if any Clivia left in bloom at that time, unfortunately, but we will bring seeds and pollen to swap and pictures of our pride and joy plants to show off. There may be some spring wild flowers in bloom outdoors at that time, and my various plantings of Narcissus are coming up and a few are in bloom now. Trillium nivale, the native dwarf, is in bloom right now in my woodland garden. The Galanthus are mostly finished now, but the Dodecatheon and Dicentra are coming up. Trillium recurvatum and T. luteum are coming up, but I don't expect either to be in bloom yet by the 28th. Besides the Clivia, most of my greenhouse bulbs are winter-growing South African species. The Haemanthus bloom August - October. The Scadoxus puniceus are in bloom right now. The few Nerine sarniensis hybrids bloom in ca. Sept, and the N. bowdenii bloom in Nov-Jan. The Lachenalia are almost finished blooming for this year. Tulbaghia simleri finished blooming last month, but Veltheimia bracteata is in bloom just now. A couple of Zantedeschia aethiopica hybrids have been blooming in the greenhouse, but the species aethiopica are semi-dormant in winter. The ZZ. albomaculatum, jucunda, pentlandii, and hybrids are totally dormant in winter. So I'm not sure there is one "best" time for a midwest PBS bulb meeting to take place. If anyone is interested, give me a call or drop me an e-mail sometime. Otherwise, you are welcome on the 28th at the Midwest Clivia group (affiliated with the North American Clivia Society). Best regards, Jim Shields in sunny but chilly central Indiana, USA ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA