i found pics online of a plant named macrostigma, not grandistigma. looks interesting. how big are those flowers? tsuh yang --- Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com> wrote: > Alberto: > > If you are talking about the plants that are > currently coming from China > under this name, we have had it in the ground during > a very mild winter > for us, 17 degrees F, and it had no damage. I'm not > sure this is the > real thing which I saw in flower at the Kunming > Botanic Garden many > years ago. The real plant is one of the most > stunning inflorescences > that I've ever seen. I'm keeping my fingers crossed > that it's the same > plant. > > Tony Avent ____________________________________________________________________________________ Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Yahoo! Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates (http://voice.yahoo.com/)