Quoting Jane, >In "Bulbs of North America," Michael Chelednik writes: "This species occurs >in heavy soils of coastal prairies in Louisiana and Texas but also in >southeastern South America, a curious distribution shared by a number of >bulbous plants including Habranthus tubispathus and Zephyranthes >chlorosolen; it has been speculated that all these were introduced >from...." I would like to add that Z. chlorosolen is native to the Gulf States. The supposedly South American Cooperia brasiliensis I have grown and flowered for a number of years but there is not enough evidence that is native to Brazil and not of Texas. The other "Cooperia" is a Pyrolirion from Peru. Best Alberto _________________________________________________________________ MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/