Fritillaria biflora "grayana"
Jane McGary (Mon, 09 May 2005 09:26:18 PDT)

Mark directed us to some pictures on his website and asked:At 10:54 PM
5/8/2005 -0400, you wrote:

Jane McGary mentioned about the possibility of hybridization occurring with
seedling bulbs of Frit. biflora "grayana" that she sent out. Here are
links to
photos of the plants that flowered for me the first time this year,
originally from Jane's autumn bulb list. There are 12 plants, but this is
the first
year a few bloomed, 4 of them, reached 5-6" in height, with chubby greenish,
brownish-red checkered bells, particularly reddish-brown at the flower apex.
Inside, the flowers are intense green-yellow, with bold black nectary spots.

Jane, how do these compare to the "grayana" entity that you know of?
Regardless, I'm tickled pink to have them bloom, and bloom over a long
period they
do! Here are three links to photos I took of the plants over the weekend:

http://plantbuzz.com/buzz/…
http://plantbuzz.com/buzz/…
http://plantbuzz.com/buzz/…

ANSWER: Mark, either I or you mixed up the bulbs and labels. Your photos
are not of F. biflora or indeed of any California fritillaria at all, but
appear to be something in the Fritillaria thessala line. Sorry, if it was
my mistake!

Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon