Dear all, I took this picture of Sternbergia sicula at the top of the mountain on which Acrocorinth sits, near ancient Corinth in the Greek Peloponnese, during a vacation there in October. It was amazing to me to come upon what must be a pocket in the rock into which soil must've formed over time from the accumulation of various plant debris. Then, either man or bird dropped a seed into the hole, which took root and grew into a plant of flowering size. The picture also shows that S. sicula must be floriferous: 4 flowers past their prime, 1 in bloom (if slightly munched by something), and at least 2 more waiting their turn. If it does this well under unusual conditions, how much better could it do in the garden? With respect to digital photography, I must say that the yellow in this shot is much more true-to-life than I normally get. Could that be due to the fact that the rest of the picture is basically a neutral gray? While I saw this plant elsewhere, both in the wild or in what were obviously tended gardens, nowhere else was it as delightfully unexpected as here. Mark Wilcox Washington, DC