I also have I grandis, but have not seen flowers on mine, it seems to require short days/long nights to flower. I once saw it in bloom in a greenhouse at the NYBG, it is quite pretty. It is easy from cuttings and the foliage is quite glossy but it won't flower in summer, at least in my experience. Since I keep plants indoors under lights for the winter, it doesn't get the required long nights, thus no flowers. Outdoors in favored climates or in greenhouses or rooms where lights never come on at night during the winter, it would make a nice show. Ernie (_pelarg@aol.com_ (mailto:pelarg@aol.com) ) Z6/7 Tuckahoe NY where Crocosmia aurea is putting on a nice show PS I got an email in my aol spam folder a few days ago, it had something in the subject line about re namchabarwensis post, but I inadvertently deleted it with other contents before I realized it wasn't a spam message. I did not see if it was addressed to me personally or to the group, so if someone sent me an email of such nature, please resend it. In a message dated 8/25/2008 4:44:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, bonaventure@optonline.net writes: Well, I hope mine starts seeding around soon! A broken stem stuck into moist mulch/humus appears to be thriving. The first few flowers, crossed with capensis, glandulifera, and balsamina, don't appear to do anything. Very OT for a bulb group, but if you want to see a nice Impatiens that warrants inclusion into our discussions of tinctoria and flanagae, see grandis from India. It is threatened in the wild. What I hope for in breeding Impatiens is the vigor of reseeding hybrids (in my climate) with capensis and/or balsamina in their background and exotic larger flowered blood included. Bonaventure _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals/…)