For those interested, here a link to some photos of Sternbergia. http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/… pic1-shows two 'large' flowered S.lutea, with wide and narrow tepals pic2-is a close up of a S.sicula from John Lonsdale ex Wallis Crete pic3-compares my large lutea vs. sicula from Paul Christian pic4-compares my large lutea vs. clusiana pic5- S.clusiana My S.clusiana flower in October, totally leafless. Leaves don't appears before January. Fruits are set, at ground level, but easily destroied by snails. The leaves are dull green, a bit twistes and as wide as the large lutea. This last have flowers 80mm long and 30mm wide. Fisheriana and candida will flower soon in January, pushing leaves at the same time. Hope this help Angelo Porcelli south of Italy