Jane McGary wrote: "Also in flower here (sorry, I am not one-upping you, Jim)" Jane, you and a few other growers who have been successful with these Chilean plants have been an inspiration. Ten years ago I would not even have bothered to try these plants. I suspect that there must be more than two or three people in North America who grow these plants, thus my occasional and repeated nudging for information about them. I wish more successful growers would chime in on this topic. Now to a slightly different topic. The little weedy yellow-flowered oxalis has appeared in the bulb frame. Yesterday, when I first spotted a bit of yellow near the Tropaeolum brachyceras site, I thought "araghhhhh... that weedy little yellow oxalis has already spread around". But no, what I was looking at were the opening flowers of Tropaeolum brachyceras. Those of you who know the big picture of plant systematics know that the Tropaeolaceae and the Oxlidaceae are related families: the yellow of the Tropaeolum and the yellow of the oxalis are an exact match to my eyes. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7, where Narcissus 'Maximus' is blooming at a height of 30 cm, not 30 inches. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/