David my Scillia peruviaa is evergreen in zone 7b unless we get bad freeze in teens. Hope this helps. Zoolake -----Original Message----- From: David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 5:59 pm Subject: [pbs] Mystery Scilla (Oncostema) Dear members, have been growing an unknown bulb for two years. From my notes it appears to e evergreen but it’s not clear what its dormant period is. In mid-February I oticed a flower scape developing – it looks for all the world like that of cilla (Oncostema) peruviaa. Except that it’s evergreen. The peduncle hasn’t xpanded yet, and it looks like it’ll be more than a month before the first lowers open. Do any of you know of any key to Scillas I might refer to to key ut this plant? I'm fairly certain it will belong to the Oncostema group. hank you, avid Ehrlich ______________________________________________ bs mailing list bs@lists.ibiblio.org ttp://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ttp://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/