The weather warmed up slightly over the weekend, so I poked around under the leaves and found that Galanthus elwesii is up 2 to 3 inches in at least one spot, and even has one white flower bud showing. Galanthus nivalis is up so that the tips of the bunches of leaves are above the ground level. Both species are still hidden under the fallen leaves. I did not notice anything else alive outdoors. In the basement under the fluorescent lights, seeds of Arisaema yunnanense aridum are germinating. A pot of Arisaema fargesii pulled out of the fridge and watered almost a month ago now has nice green leaves growing, also under the fluorescent lights. A. fargesii really struggles to just survive outdoors here. I am going to keep these plants in pots. In the Clivia greenhouse, we just turned the heat up from 45 F at night/50 F days to 65 F during the day, in hope that we will have Clivia in bloom in time for the Midwest Clivia Group meeting here on March 13-14th. Jim Shields in cold (again), snowy (again) Westfield, 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