Last year on 14 February, Valley residents spent over Rs1 million on flowers. As Valentine's Day approaches again, gift shops and florists are stocking up for the big rush. And because Nepali florists can't meet local demand, they import roses from as far away as Bangalore. Chameli in Pulchowk expects to surpass the 9,000 stems of red roses it sold last year-most of it imported from India. Flora Nepal has two flower farms in Kathmandu and one in Simara, but can barely supply 600 stems of Dutch roses a day. "Winter production is not enough to meet demand," says manager DK Srivastava. Next year, Flora Nepal plans to triple production, which still won't be enough to satisfy all the Valley's lonely hearts. But the Valentine in the Valley may be dampened a bit by the emergency this year: rose sales aren't so rosy yet.