Dear Friends, I was surprised to see a tiny pale flower in a shady area and traced it back to a plant of Cryptostephanus vansonii. This is the 'pink' form although in the current warm weather I doubt it will show much pink color. This hasn't bloomed for me all that often and I seem to recall it blooming in spring, not late summer. I checked out the wiki http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… and see that Lee Poulsen blooms his in Oct. so maybe this isn't so far off. What is the usual bloom time in northern gardens? Any other reports? Thanks Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +