Dear All: Thanks to those of you who pointed me in various directions with respect to the identity of my mystery "Polianthes". Susan Verhoek has identified this plant as Manfreda singuliflora. Its picture now appears on the wiki on the Manfreda page: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Enjoy! Jim McKenney jimmckenney@starpower.net Montgomery County Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where I'll have to get some rattlesnakes for my Manfreda to master.