According to the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families - usually a reliable resource for untangling nomenclature - the correct name is said to be Bellevalia tabriziana, currently placed in the Asparagaceae (!). If truly a Bellevalia it's a more attractive one than most and it certainly looks more 'hyacinthoid' than 'muscarioid' to me - I'll have to check it more closely next spring. But whatever genus it's in the specific epithet has only one z. John Grimshaw Dr John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567 COLESBOURNE PARK SNOWDROP OPEN DAYS 2008 January 26/27 and every Saturday & Sunday in February Gates open 1pm, last entry 4 pm website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> > I was curious about the spelling and did a quick Google > > tabrizianus (1 'z') got only 18 hits > > tabrizzianus( 2 'z''s) got 7 hits.