Dear John, May I chip here in a private conversation. I grow large quanties of S lutea angustifolia. It looks to me as a hybrid between S lutea and S sicula. The sterile flowers are just like S lutea (rounded petals) The silvery line is is also present in the very narrow leaves of S sicula but are narrower that S lutea. This plant is a common 'wild'garden plant in France and Italy. On the other hand S sicula of which a large clumps has just finished flowering has typical pointed petals. le 2/10/03 1:34, John Lonsdale à john@johnlonsdale.net a écrit : > Apologies, this should have gone to Jane directly. > Just a quick note with a question. The ex Mike Salmon Sternbergia lutea > ssp. angustifolia you sent me looks and behaves remarkably like Sternbergia > sicula here. Is this something you've noticed? It flowers at exactly the > same time as sicula - approx. 2-3 weeks before lutea, but especially it has > the tell-tale silver stripe down the center of the leaves which I have never > seen on any luteas. Lauw de Jager Bulb'Argence