In a message dated 3/4/2006 2:48:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jimmckenney@starpower.net writes: >it's amazing that our Tecophilaea are on the same schedule T.c. var. leichtlinii started to bloom in the greenhouse the third week of January and var. violacea a week and a half ago. Mark Mazer Intarsia Ltd. PO Box 142 Gaylordsville, CT 06755