Dear all, I was surprised at how long my list was getting when I started thinking of all the white flowered bulbs I grow and like. I was reminded of Joyce Miller's statement in the PBS membership booklet, "never ask a mother which child is her favorite" and the comment someone made about the one in bloom being the favorite at the moment. I came up with 15 genera and a lot more taxa. I will try to limit myself a bit. Calochortus has to get my vote as a genus and I am unable to limit it to one species when albus, tolmiei, umbellatus are in the running along with some of those exquisitely marked Mariposas: venustus, vestae, superbus and wonderfully hairy umpaquaensis. I agree with Nancy that Triteleia lilacina is wonderful. It is probably my favorite Triteleia. I love Erythronium californicum. I don't think that is just because it took so long from seed to bloom and it is my first Erythronium to bloom from many different seed lots although that could be part of it. The leaves are wonderful and the flowers intricately beautiful too. Going on what is in bloom now catching my eye I'd have to add Massonia pustulata, a form with really pustulate leaves and long stamens, and Oxalis versicolor which on a warm day is such a bright statement and on a cooler day has those wonderful red markings as it is all curled up. I've added some current pictures of my Massonia to the wiki: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… And replaced a picture of the red markings from last year with a new one taken recently of Oxalis versicolor: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… I never thought I'd be nominating a rain lily and a common one at that, but Zephyranthes candida is hard to beat with masses of bloom that goes on for months. Honorable mention goes to some of the white Lachenalias like L. orthopetala, to Moraea atropunctata, Onixotis stricta, Spiloxene capensis and Allium hyalinum. There are some great white Crocuses and Narcissus too. Mary Sue