On 12 Nov 07, at 8:32, Mark BROWN wrote: > How I wish time travel was really available! Imagine... pink > convallaria. Pink convallaria is still very much with us and fairly readily available. However, it's something of a disappointment. The plant is smaller than the white forms, and the color is a slightly dull, dusty rose-pink, not a nice clear pink as you might imagine. Myself, I'd like to go zipping back to the beginning of the Cambrian and watch the critters found in the Burgess shales. Does anyone know what, if any, proposals have been made to put this into a distinct species? -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island