Brachystelma cathcartense is about to bloom here; the plant was received from Seneca Hill Nursery just in time. I’ll be shedding tears over the demise of Ellen’s nursery for a long time – and I know I’m not the only one. This plant is shown on the PBS wiki, but the text there raises a question. The text states that the plant “has one or two cup shaped flowers…” The plant I have has produced a cluster of stems and each stem has multiple flowers, two at each of several nodes. It just so happens that I also obtained a plant of B. meyerianum, and when I compare the two plants, I see that B. meyerianum has multiple buds per stem but only one flower bud per node. Brachystelma experts, here’s your chance to shine: should the wiki text for B. cathcartense be changed to say “has one or two cup shaped flowers per node” ? Cool plants by the way…. On a related note, I saw a wide low mass of Asclepias viridis in full bloom the other day – that one has so far escaped my net. The color scheme is quiet, but the architecture of the plant is stunning. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 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/