Dear Alberto and Mark Mazer, Alberto I am happy to have the ID for the Moraea (syn. Gynandriris) simulans and for the encouragement of using the keys in the new Encyclopedia. I tried it earlier with a couple of unidentified Freesia species and I agree it is very helpful. But the species you named isn't in my Encyclopedia so it must not be a Cape species. I found it in John Bryan's book listed for northern areas of South Africa and other countries in Southern Africa. There is even a picture although the picture looks pink and is not a close-up so it's a little hard to tell from it. Since it is from dry areas I'll be putting it to the test to see if it can survive our wet winters since I planted a couple in the octagon. I'll move it to the Moraea page of the wiki. Mark, there are two of us who think your mystery plant is a Romulea. Can you tell us anything about the size? Mary Sue At 12:22 AM 3/12/03 +0000, you wrote: >Dear all: > They can be > >Ferraria ferrariola >Gynandriris simulans > >The keys at the end of the Encyclopedia are extremely useful and simplified. >Regards >Alberto >Buenos Aires, Argentina, >South America, Earth > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: >http://messenger.yupimsn.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php