Robin Hansen wrote >A question for Jane and whoever received Erythronium x multiscapoideum or >?? Multiscapoideum itself is blooming but there is an erythronium you >thought might be a hybrid, Jane; it is spectacular! The leaf pattern is >quite a bit darker and more defined and the leaves, stems and buds are all >flushed a wonderful rose. It's not quite in bloom yet and I will get >photos as soon as possible. > >Has anyone had this one bloom? And if so, do you have any clues as to >identity? It does seem more vigorous than the species. I'm having a little trouble placing this but it may be from some E. hendersonii x E. oregonum hybrids that I raised from Phyllis Gustafson's cultivated seed. I may have sent some out one summer though I thought I had planted them all in my garden. The ones I have here are quite varied, and there is one particularly good one similar to what Robin is describing. I raise a lot of Erythronium multiscapoideum from seed but haven't noticed any that appear to be hybrids -- which doesn't mean it won't happen. It flowers at the same time as a number of other species, and these bulb frames are a regular orgy pit for the many species of bees and other pollinators here -- and then there are Erythroniums in the garden too. (Some of the fritillarias, especially the later flowering ones, are wasp-pollinated.) Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA