I was in northern South Africa over twenty years ago and brought back great memories and some images. However, on my return there were a few seeds in one of my pockets and I did not know what they were. So I just discarded them on the ground in the garden. A few years later I noticed some exquisite little plants coming up and blooming. There was only one place they could have come from, near the Richtersveld. All these years they have grown here without any care whatsoever. It is a miracle that rodents did not eat them all especially when they are just in leaf, usually in January and/or December depending on when we get rain. In fact, some must have been eaten and, if so, just these remain. The location is in full sun and the soils is sandy. In our dry climate they remain underground for nine months of the year and the blooms last for over a month. I post them here now because Steve Hammer just confirmed their identity today from this image taken last month. Andrew San Diego _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>