Jim asked, >Jane, the black anthers on your image of Crocus wattiorum are really >striking. > >How is this taxon related to C. biflorus melantherus? I'm sorry, I don't have the species description of C. wattiorum, so I can't relay that information. Obviously there are similarities, though C. biflorus ssp. melantherus has white (not blue) tepals and much smaller flowers. I think there is an article on C. wattiorum somewhere in the mid-1990s in the AGS journal and will try to find it. Jane McGary