Dear All, This past fall I had my third species of Polyxena bloom for the first time. Actually it was from a BX offering, BX#7, unknown species from Dylan Hannon. I consulted all my references and thought I had it figured out as Polyxena pygmaea, but asked Julian Slade who is always up to date on the latest information. He confirmed that yes, that is what it was, except that Manning and Goldblatt do not recognize this species. They consider it to be a form of Polyxena ensifolia. To my eye these two are so different that there is merit to recognizing it as a separate species. For those of us who fall in love with a genus and want to try different plants that are in that genus, but look different, it is very helpful for them to have different names. Julian also confirmed what I not so long ago passed on to the group, that these same men have sunk Polyxena into Lachenalia. Ever since then I have been trying to decide what in the world to do with the pictures of my plants and the Polyxena wiki page. After Lee Poulsen's passionate response (1/12/05) I decided to keep the Polyxena page and the name Polyxena pygmaea and just explain about the names. Lee wrote: "With respect to lumping Polyxena into Lachenalia, I grow quite a few species of Lachenalia and around 5 species of Polyxena. I never confuse the two and I never get them mixed up. It's great to hear that they are so closely related and belong to the same supergenus. Maybe there will be people who try hybridizing the two together. But I would never consider any Polyxena just another Lachenalia. They're different enough to not need to be put into the same genus in my opinion." It took me quite awhile to revise the Polyxena wiki page using the information from Julian and other emails about this genus, an article in Veld & Flora by Graham Duncan, The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs, and an article in the 2002 IBSA Bulletin by Allison van der Merwe who has done work on this genus. Perhaps Julian can let me know if I need to make corrections. Does anyone have a picture of Polyxena brevifolia or P. corymbosa we could add to the wiki to illustrate these two species? For those people who are uncertain about what the difference is between a corymbose inflorescence and a racemose inflorescence a picture would be a huge help. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Mary Sue