Dear All, I have studied my books today and I don't think my mystery Romulea is minutiflora. It doesn't completely fit the other two South African suggestions either. And it doesn't look like the plants on page 31 of Rix and Phillips. I only have two Brian Mathew books and not the one mentioned so perhaps Robin if I give you more information you can look for me. Did you all reject Romulea ramiflora? The description in the book Alberto doesn't like sounds a bit like my plant. Each plant has 3 or 4 leaves. At this point they are very long. Most measure almost 28cm. The bract is mostly green with a very thin membraneous margin. The bracteole is green with a much wider membraneous margin (but not speckled.) The back of the leaves is yellow-green with 3 purple stripes. There are 1 to 2 flowers. The distinctive thing my husband pointed out is that the flowering stem is brown and rises from the ground. There is one green leaf next to it and the stem branches off and another leaf where it branches becomes green. The length of the stem from the branching off is about 7 cm. This is I guess a lot of effort for something I don't plan to keep, but maybe it will turn out to be something someone wants. Mary Sue