The weather has been rather mild, as when I took Emma the Husky mix for a long walk in 60°F temperatures on last Tuesday; but it turned much more seasonal for December a few days ago, with snow flurries this morning and 34°F this afternoon. In the smaller greenhouses, there are blooms on the Haemanthus pauculifolius and Tulbaghia simmleri, with scapes showing on Nerine undulata and Veltheimia bracteata. Various Lachenalia are blooming or have just bloomed. There is also a nice spike on Aloe microstigma with a few flowers starting to open. In the big greenhouse, there are blooms on one Clivia caulescens, on Clivia robusta "Maxima," and on a Caliphruria korsakoffii. This is spite of the fact that we're running the temperatures in there quite cool for now, in hopes of getting early bloom on the Clivia miniata hybrids. Jim S. in central Indiana, USA ************************************************* 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