I wonder how much growing conditions effect Bletilla. My neglected potted plants flower sparsely each year, but frequently get too dry etc. and maybe the variegated form is not so vigorous. My neighbours (some still in flower) grow against a low brick wall in full sun, from soon after sunrise until ~2 pm, and are up to 2 feet tall and some leaves 2`" wide; twice mine. They may have been there 20 years or more. Our garden soil is sticky chalky stony with ~20" very irregular rainfall a year. Very little frost last winter, but varies considerably from year to year. Drown or drought so far this year. Brian Whyer, SE UK I am very cheered by Diane’s comment about her Beltilla flowering after many vegetative years. Mine are have been vegetative since planting, years ago, though the leaves seem to be larger each year (more surface area, basically). Now I am optimistic that they may flower sometime in the future. Kathleen South coast of Washington, z 8 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…