I think 8 tepaled would be most accurate way to describe this situation since the is not express differentiation between the sepals and the petals, but is this condition unusually for Ipheion? I mean to say I understand base three or six is normal for monocots and Ipheion, but I have a variable colony of Ipheion uniflorum which produces 8,10,& 12 tepaled flowers as well as the typical 6, and I have wondered if this was unusual or not. On 4/14/07, Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com> wrote: > > Rodger Whitlock wrote: > > A fuller genealogy is... > > > > Don Elick > > me > > Ellen Hornig > > Tony Avent > > This refers to the four-petalled form, which is aberrant for a > monocot. > > ============================ > > I've just counted petals on the picture I took at the O'Byrne's > garden in Eugene, Oregon. > > Eight. > > I'd better look on the wiki and compare. > > Diane Whitehead > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >