Frits are just waking up here in Maryland. Last week there was snow and single digit F temperatures. Today the first frits are appearing above ground - F. stenanthera, F. biflora and F. pluriflora. Temperatures in the 60 degree F range are predicted today and tomorrow. To put things in context, tommies and Crocus korolkowii and winter aconites are blooming, too. Jim McKenney On Monday, March 10, 2014 11:27 AM, Makiko Goto-Widerman <makikogotowiderman@me.com> wrote: Jane, Thank you. I always appreciate your precise botanical knowledge. Makiko On Mar 9, 2014, at 12:36 PM, Jane McGary wrote: > Makiko asked, >> Hi Jane, >> Long time before I saw a sign of Fritillaria Festival in >> Jacksonville, OR. It was earlier season to see the flower. >> I heard that the particular wild Fritillaria blooms only in Jacksonville area. >> Do you know what kind of Fritillaria? > > It is Fritillaria gentneri, a natural hybrid between Fritillaria > recurva and Fritillaria affinis. (Perhaps it should be called F. x > gentneri?) It can be seen not only in Jacksonville but also in other > places in that part of southern Oregon. The populations show quite a > bit of variation, ranging from flowers that look just like F. recurva > to those that are much darker and larger and not recurved, showing > more influence of F. affinis. It is a listed species and therefore > cannot be sold in Oregon, which is too bad because it would be > extremely easy to propagate selected clones from the hundreds of > "rice grain" bulblets that mature bulbs produce. The main threat to > the existence of the wild plants is deer, which have been excluded > from some Fritillaria populations. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/