>What does the true 'Cecil Houdyshel' look like. I had one named that which I >got from the old and now-defunct International Growers Exchange, and I >thought it might have been some cultivar of C. bulbispermum - small pendant >flowers, white with a reddish midstripe and an unpleasant musty odor. It >succumbed to its first winter in the ground. Dear Dell; I think mine is the real thing-at least two others have compared and agreed. It is a powellii type hybrid I believe, but not the typical forms of either parent. The flowers are larger and a rich but pale pink., They face sideways and open wider than my typical powellii. The picture at http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… is pinker, wider and better than mine, but close enough I think I'd have to agree. Mine doesn't set much seed however. But it has wintered here about 5 or 6 years. Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 E-fax 419-781-8594 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +
