Thanks, Antigoni. The latitude of Gythio is about 36.76, the latitude of Rockville, where I live, is about 39.08; that means Gythio is about 160 miles south of Rockville. Raleigh, North Carolina is about latitude 35.81, south of both Rockville and Gythio. So if latitude has anything to do with the blooming of this plant, then plants in the Raleigh, North Carolina area and areas south of that should have been blooming for awhile. Any comments from those south of Antigoni and me? Jim McKenney Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/