I live just 30 minutes south of Jim Waddick. I can relate to our strange weather this year. Currently I have four clivia in full bloom. The colors are slightly washed out, and I assume due to the heat. They did not bloom this winter/spring as usual and I assumed it was because we had such a warm winter that the house wasn't cool enough. But now they are blooming in the middle of summer - crazy. --Jerry Lehmann Olathe, KS, USA, zone 5...well, supposed to be...