Dear All, Triteleia laxa was blooming in the drying grass on my hike last week so I added a habitat shot to the wiki. Many of our California bulbs bloom when their leaves have withered and often that is not the only thing that has dried up. While I was at it I added some other pictures of geophytes growing in the wild that are native to my area that I hadn't gotten around to adding earlier. On one hike in May a year ago we saw Calochortus amabilis in bloom. I added a close-up of it then, but decided it might be interesting for people to see where some of them were growing. And the one picture on the rock is not the one in the close-up. It looked a bit challenging to reach. On that same road on that same day there was a Dichelostemma capitatum in bloom and a Delphinium nudicaule so I added pictures of them. Iris purdyi was added earlier. There are also Erythronium californicum, Fritillaria affinis, and Scoliopus biglovii in this stretch as well as a couple of Smilacina species. Maybe next year we'll hike there when they are in bloom. This past April we were amazed to see a patch of blue high up on the coastal road. We are sure this was a stand of Dichelostemma capitatum growing on the rocks but there was no way you could get to it to check for sure. It was quite amazing. Pictures can be found here and on the respective wiki pages. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Finally when I looked again at the Brodiaea californica picture I thought I could do better so removed it and took a couple of pictures yesterday to replace it. You can see how shiny the tepals are. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… There are still California bulbs in bloom here and this evening making a sparkling display for the 4th of July were hundreds of tiny little Chlorogalum pomeridianum flowers. Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers