Haemanthus namaquensis is in bloom! It's the first winter-growing Haemanthus to bloom this season. I don't have a picture of this bloom, but there is one in last year's blog at: http://shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/… There are buds showing color on others: Haemanthus barkerae, Haemanthus pubescens pubescens. There are buds on Cyrtanthus labiatus and on 3 Cyrtanthus montanus, although another montanus bloomed a couple weeks earlier. Nerine krigei, laticoma, and [filifolia x krigei] (wrongly labelled as krigei x filifolia) are also in bloom right now. The only photos so far of these are on the SRGC Forum at: http://srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php/… Another clump of Hymenocallis occidentalis is starting to bloom. Although Hymenocallis occidentalis is native to Indiana, being found in the far southwestern corner of Indiana along the Ohio and Wabash rivers, mine came to Indiana from Arkansas about 100 years ago with someone's grandmother. That picture is at: http://srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php/… We had 3/4 inch of rain last night as a cool front moved through. That ought to liven things up in the garden. Jim Shields ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W