In response to Mary Sue's request, I have posted photos on the wiki of several species of Bellevalia. See the new entries at http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… B. dubia and B. forniculata were already there. I added another photo of B. forniculata which I think gets a little closer to its remarkable color than the one that was previously posted (apologies to Arnold!). I also added B. longistyla, not one of the more "beautiful" ones but interesting, and B. pycnantha in a form grown from wild-collected seed. The Dutch commercial form of B. pycnantha is different in color and, I think, not so attractive. However, I don't think it is a Muscari, since it has the typical broader leaves of Bellevalia. I wonder if the two genera hybridize? Alberto wrote that these plants need neutral to alkaline soil, but I have always grown them in mildly acid soil and they do fine. Seed is available from the Archibalds: http://www.jjaseeds.com/ And it is often available in the exchanges of the AGS, NARGS, and SRGC. Bellevalia forniculata is listed in the catalog of Leonid Bondarenko: http://www.litbulbgarden.com/ Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA