Hi all, Mary Sue has kindly created a Strumaria page and uploaded some images of the amaryllid Strumaria tenella var orientalis to the wiki. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… This subspecies is from the Free State , a summer rainfall area. It is differentiated from the Western Cape var tenella by its earlier flowering habit and dome shaped style. Strumaria tenella is the only member of its genus which has leaves and flowers synchronously. Seed of this species was sown in June 2003 and it is flowering at present. It has retained its filiform leaves since germination and is growing in a 15cm pot under shadecloth. I have watered it occasionally through the past two summers and it gets all our rainfall ( average is about 27 inches pa). Cheers, Rob in Tasmania