Hi Jim, >>>>>Years ago I had Crocosmia His Majesty (and I have photos of it) but my stock was odd in that it produced flowers with varying numbers of perianth segments. Just a note to say that there are a few inferior forms circulating as His Majesty, but I've not noticed this on the corms I have here, which are true to type. I do have one double Crocosmia though, and three or forms have exsisted in the past and there are also forms which have been bred which one could call semi-double. >>>>>Does the name 'Lucifer' properly belong to a clone or to a group of similar seedlings? This is a lot easier to answer and the simple answer is that most plants are indeed seed raised commercially, and it comes relatively true from seed. A number of distinct variants have been named, eg. in the US there's one called 'Fuego' and here I've named one 'Devil's Advocate' and there's also a 'Late Lucifer' which is similar but flowers much later. The original plant was actually bred as far back as 1966 by Alan Bloom; and of course I cherish the original stock I have here as there's not much of it about, and which of course originates from The Dell Garden at Bressingham. Best Wishes, Dave The African Garden NCCPG National Plant Reference Collections of Crocosmia with Chasmanthe, Tulbaghia and Amaryllis 96 Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. England. PL6 8TW Tel: 44 (0)1752 301402 http://www.theafricangarden.com/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com/). Version: 6.0.707 / Virus Database: 463 - Release Date: 16/06/2004