Colchicum agrippinum is just past its peak. I've had it in a pot for many years, and as long as I divide it every couple of years, it blooms very reliably in fall. Its flowers are purple-pink from a distance, but up close they're covered in a distinctive faint checkmark pattern. It's very interesting. But the star of the moment is Brunsvigia marginata. Picture a basketball painted in the most eye-popping shade of scarlet you've ever seen. When the first European plant explorers saw this thing in South Africa, they must have been amazed. I would love to see it in the wild sometime. This flower is self-sterile, so if anyone else has one in bloom and wants to share pollen, let me know. And by the way, I promised pollen to a couple of people. I harvested that today. Mike San Jose, CA