Hi all, I have a couple of seasonal blooms starting. Rhodophiala bifida, outdoors in the ground for two years now, is blooming again. It really seems to be completely hardy here. Cyclamen in pots are starting to bloom in the lath house under a bench. One large pot of C. hederifolium is blooming before the leaves appear, as usual. C. purpurascens is blooming, C. graecum is blooming even more profusely, and one flower has appeared on C. colchicum. The Lycoris are almost all finished now. I noticed one late scape of L. sprengeri still in bloom, and one of L. chinensis. No signs yet -- still in a drought here -- of any Colchicum nor of Sternbergia lutea. A couple of Clivia caulescens are blooming out of season; they should bloom in spring. Still, they are most welcome! I posted a pic of one to the Bulbs_Images list. Jim Shields in central Indiana, where it is still hot and dry; this is about our 33rd day in the 90s F this summer. ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. +1-317-896-3925