Tony wrote (of Titanotrichum oldhamii) “Our plant from that expedition is flowering in the garden now.” And the plant I received from Plant Delights a few weeks ago is just about to bloom here. For those of you who don’t know it, Titanotrichum looks a lot like a yellow-flowered Digitalis. One of the pleasures of my old age is to discover that some plants once fabulously rare are now readily available. I’ve known about Titanotrichum for decades, ever since I read about it in the book Miracle Houseplants published in 1976. This book is about gesneriads. When that book was written very little was known about Titanotrichum; for instance, the authors had never seen it. They say it can reach 5’ in height. That’s what caught my attention. I don’t move in gesneriad circles, so as more information about the plant gradually accumulated, I was not aware of it. When I took a look at the Plant Delights website earlier this year, I got a real rush to see that not only is it available but no more expensive than dozens of other fine plants. Tony, in the passage quoted above you wrote “our plant”: is it a single plant, a clone? I’ve very excited about this one! Thanks too for that link, Tony. Wow! After a trip like that, don’t you feel totally spoiled for life? 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/