Robin Attrill a *crit > In a recent post Lauw mentioned that he has O palmifrons in flower. This > taxon is notoriously shy flowering in the UK, and any advice as to how to > encourage flowering would be welcomed! Dear Robin, The flowering O palmifrons stock comes from an Alpine grower in Holland. This year I planted O palmifrons from England but it will probably only flower next year. I did nothing special to make it flower, it is probably due to the warmer climat we have here. Regards -- Lauw de Jager BULB'ARGENCE, 30300 Fourques, France RĂ©gion Provence/Camargue; (Climat zone 9a Mediterranean)