Hi Lee: Yes mine do the same thing, although I have two different clones of the pink R. bifida, and one has already bloomed, while the other is just sending up buds. Honestly, I can't see why the pink one is called R. bifida, since it seems quite a bit different from the red one in form, being much smaller and daintier, tepals more pointed, striated, etc., but I call it R. bifida Pink Form because everyone else does. The other clone I have was collected from the Buenos Aires region and is also a slightly darker pink - this is the one that blooms earlier. Diana Telos Rare Bulbs http://www.telosrarebulbs.com/ > Along with some oporanthous bulbs such as a Lycoris x albiflora that is > slightly tinged with a hint of pink, and several Amaryllis (or possibly > Amarygias) of various colors, I had all of my pink Rhodophiala bifidas > bloom the past couple of weeks and none of the red ones have bloomed > (yet), including those in a large pot of mixed colors (reds and pinks) > from seeds I think Alberto Castillo sent out to a BX a number of years > ago. Does anyone know why that might be? > (Especially since almost all of the pink ones have now wilted, possibly > because of this ridiculous heat wave we've had that ended this morning. > Yet there isn't even a sign of scape tips emerging from the red > flowered ones. Thus, the red blooming will be separated from the pink > blooming by a month or even more.) > > --Lee Poulsen > Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a >