Acis trichophylla is superficially similar to A. autumnalis but flowers (here, anyway) in late winter, not fall. I have and have distributed both the typical white form and a pink form, both grown from seed olbtained from Michael Salmon's list. A. trichophylla is also smaller and more delicate, and as, Nhu remarks, has more widely open flowers. British literature asserts that A. t. is a shy bloomer, and indeed it can be for a couple of years after being lifted; apparently it flowers best when a bit crowded. The other fall-flowering Acis species I have here are A. rosea, which is very small and delicate, and probably not frost-hardy; and A. valentina, which is pure white and seems to be vigorous. The other spring-bloomer I have is A. nicaeense, which has very short stems but rather substantial flowers. All of them are little plants, but A. autumnalis is so vigorous that it can be grown in the open garden wherever there is an open spot for its flowers, which appear in succession from late AUgust through October. It self-sows readily and some people here regard it as weedy. A. valentina has self-sown in gthe bulb frame a little. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA -----Original Message----- >From: Nhu Nguyen <xerantheum@gmail.com> >Sent: Oct 1, 2008 8:41 AM >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Acis leucophylla? > >Apologies for the incorrect spelling. It should be Acis trichophylla (syn. >Leucojum trichophyllum). I wouldn't say that it's exactly identical to A. >autumnalis. The petals are thiner and spreads open a little more. I obtained >the bulbs as A. trichophylla. > >Nhu > >On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:10 AM, <totototo@telus.net> wrote: > >> Nhu Nguyen alerted us to his new additions to the PBS Wiki. >> >> But on Googling, I get no results for Acis leucophylla. And the plant looks >> identical to Acis autumalis, depicted immediately above on the Wiki. >> >> Whence cometh this new name? >> >> -- >> Rodger Whitlock >> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada >> Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate >> on beautiful Vancouver Island >> >> http://maps.google.ca/maps/… >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > > > >-- >http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/ >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/