As for what's blooming at my place, I just went out and took a survey (bulbs, vines, and other plants): Tuberose, single and double Antigonon leptopus (typical pink and a deep rose-red cultivar) Thunbergia grandiflora Achimenes (various hybs.) Fuchsia (various hybs.) (and yes it is hot here, reached 105 deg. F a few weeks ago) Lycoris radiata L. sprengeri (2nd year in a row!) Zephyranthes - Labuffarosea (great bloomer and blooms in the shade) Amaryllis belladonna (Les Hannibal cvs.) (late this year!) Bessera elegans - purple (B. Dijk), orange-red (Telos), pink (Telos) Alstroemeria (various hybs.) Rhodophiala bifida - deep red clone from Old House Gardens that consistently outperforms all my other clones and seedlings. Trimezia martinesii (?) Cypella platea platensis Calostemma purpureum Hamelia patens Pelargonium sidoides (really do have small true black flowers like Andrew said) Crinum unknown cv. Begonias (various hybs.) Coleus (okay, not the flowers, but the leaves are like blooming flowers) Milkweed (forgot the sci. name) Ixora (various) Kohleria (various hybs.) Eucodinia sp. Sinningia amizade Jasminum officinale grandiflora Griffinia espiritensis (and I got a seedpod on my Griffiniopsis blumenavium!) Tibouchina Adenium somalense Adenium swazicum Adenium obesum Mandevilla snaderi (Dipladenia) Thunbergia alata - Blushing Susie (new reddish colored cv. from Thompson & Morgan) Fuchsia boliviana Clerodendrum specosissimum Clerodendron splendens Zephyranthes candida Zeph. - Sunset Seed strain Z. - Twinkle Z. reginae Z. primulina Z. jonesii Z. lindleyana Z. macrosiphon Z. drummondii Z. chlorosolen Z. pedunculata Z. - Ajax Z. - Fadjar's Pink Z. minima Habranthus gracilifolius Hab. texanus H. tubispathus tubispathus H. tubispathus f. roseus H. andersonii Clerodendron ugandense Mandevilla x (I don't know the species: 'Alice du Pont' type) - Red Velvet, Moonlight Parfait, Pink Parfait Plumeria (various) Hedychium coronarium (smells just like being in Hawaii!) Impatiens niamniamnensis Juanulloa aurantiaca xRhodoxis (Rhodohypoxis baurii x Hypoxis parvula) - pink, white Hypoxis parvula alba H. nitida H. rooperi H. sp. #3 Argentina H. rooperi Nerine masonorum Hippeastrum - Green Lady ['(n/o)' means "not open" but in bud so any day now] [This is the best year yet for me for Nerine blooming.] non-Zinkowski Nerine sarniensis - Afterglow (n/o), Early Snow (n/o), Mrs. Cooper (n/o), "scarlet" (plain red), "cerise" (n/o), Joan (n/o), Stephanie (n/o) Zinkowski Nerine - Quest x WP Blush (very pale pink), H-75 (nice large iridescent blush pink), Iceberg (small pure white), Dark Red sdlg (Hardman) (white w/pink edge and center stripe), N. humilis brachiae, 82-67-87 (Hardman) (dark pink), 86-6-93 (Hardman) (n/o), Rushmere Victor (n/o), Killi x Pompadour (Vico Marc) (n/o), Alta x Radiant Queen (n/o), Tension (Harrison) (pink w/violet streaks), 83-42-88 (Hardman) (bulb 1: deep beautiful rose red (no orange undertones), bulb 2: hot magenta), La Mousmee (large magenta & violet striped), 83-65-88 (Hardman) (bright scarlet red), Red Admiral (n/o), Fairylight (n/o), Zella (n/o). Sorry about the long list. --Lee Poulsen Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10