Mary Sue's pictures of Paradisea lusitanica at Wisley look like the plants I have growing here under that name. Note that the flowers of Paradisea are funnel-shaped, and those of Anthericum open almost flat. My plants have been in the garden for 3 years and flowered in their fourth year from sowing the seeds. The stems were up to 40 inches (1 m) tall. The plants have not experienced temperatures below 18 degrees F yet. The name Paradisea liliastrum has the -um ending because it is nominal (a noun) even though it is used as a species epithet, and those are usually adjectives. Adjectives agree with their head nouns in grammatical gender, but nouns each go their own way. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA