Hi Albuca fans, The latest (and very last) issue of Herbertia just arrived. It is sad to see the end of probably the best technical journal dedicated just to bulbs. There are many interesting articles in the issue, but what I found most interesting at the moment was the description of a a new evergreen species, Albuca deaconii. Coincidentally, the same plant is in bloomed for the first time in our garden at the moment. I had not attempted to identify it because of the lack of literature so I was just going to called it a sp. But then the Herbertia came and gave me a name right away. Another strange coincidence was that it came years ago from the late Guy Wrinkle who we heard passed away recently. The most unfortunate thing about this plant was that it has a mosaic virus. I am attempting all manners of tricks to get it to self but I'm not having much luck so far. It's going to hit the trash can as soon as the flowering is over unless there are seed pods. Does anyone grow this species? If so, I would love to trade some pollen for the resulting seeds if the cross is successful. You can see this species on the wiki. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Nhu