I bought this bulb a couple of years ago in our Wisley shop: http://flickr.com/photos/63276845@N00/… It first appeared in the RHS Plant Finder in 2006 at Beeches Nursery but I doubt that was where it was first named. It is more or less evergreen and flowers easily despite the neglect I give it. I presume it is just another coloured selection of C. mackenii. But does anyone know anymore about it, especially where it got that strange name? What does a South African plant have to do with the Himalaya? Chris