very nice pics, john. i just wanted to add two things: macrostachys should be macrostachya. it has one of the largest tubers in the genus, i'm sure you've seen the pic with the tuber next to a man's foot for scale. other big ones are bulbosa, lineata, sellovii. stricta is a junior synonym of elatior. as you know, although i'm a great fan of the genus, i don't know that i'd call them bulbs. they are more like tuberous plants, although some are fibrous-rooted shrubs and do not produce tubers. here in NYC, several of my plants have awakened from their dormancy, including speciosa, rupicola, aghensis and sp. 'Ibitioca.' cheers, tsuh yang --- Floral Artistry/John Ingram <floralartistry2000@yahoo.com> wrote: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html