Hi, For the most part members of this group are good about using botanical names when we discuss our bulbs. This is really helpful since we have members from all over the world and using these names ensures that we are all talking about the same thing. (Well at least it used to before the taxonomists started changing the names faster than we can learn them.) Using the scientific name also helps in searching our archives. Believe me, posts to this list turn up regularly on Google searches. But we have an ongoing problem when it comes to discussing Hippeastrum hybrids that people often call Amaryllis. Since there is a genus Amaryllis, when someone asks for help with Amaryllis, some people are going to assume that the bulb in question was Amaryllis belladonna instead of Hippeastrum hybrids. It would be helpful to use the word Hippeastrum, but it's always possible to note, often sold as Amaryllis, or something like this to explain what you are talking about. Also I see we have picked up from Jim McKenney a new heading for our discussion: [SPAM] Re: Source of Eremurus spp. People responded to his note and now that is the label for this subject in the archives. Some of our members do a quick search of the subjects to decide whether or not to read the message and if you saw this subject heading, you might wonder if it was a response you wanted to read because of the [Spam] preface. Please change subject headings when you change the topic too so people who scan the subjects won't miss something that they might want to read about that is labeled under a subject that was being discussed but has now changed. Many thanks. Mary Sue PBS list administrator