Hi, I didn't include Babiana in my favorite list even though it is a wonderful plant in my garden, blooming a long time in winter and bringing me a lot of pleasure. And there are some nice purple ones like Babiana framesii. Susan's note about how different the purple color seems in different photographs of Dahlias is true for Babianas. I kept experimenting with the digital camera and Paint Shop Pro to see if I could get a color that looked like what we were seeing. One of my photographic friends says the reflection from the blue sky comes to play when you are taking pictures. I have added two pictures of B. framesii described as dark blue to purple by Manning and Goldblatt. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… It's a really nice Babiana and I recently sent a few extra corms to Dell for the BX. One of the pictures is how the camera sees it (more blue) and the other more like we saw it (more purple) with some tinkering of white balance and manipulation afterwards. Since everyone's monitor is a bit different none of you may see it as I see it on my computer, but perhaps you can still detect a difference. Ironically when I used to use my camera for taking pictures of my babianas some of the purple ones came out looking pink which wasn't right at all. Mary Sue