I've just been trying to find out via internet search whether Merendera is still regarded as a genus separate from Colchicum, and I could not find any information that looked authoritative. Does anyone know if the genus Merendera is still valid? The last time I investigated this, I was told that it was sunk in Colchicum, but that was about 5 or 6 years ago, and some publications appear still to be using Merendera. I got onto this after admiring Merendera attica, or COlchicum atticum, in the bulb frame this afternoon. Its flowers are white, just barely flushed pink, and rise barely above the soil, set off by gray-lavender anthers. Other Merendera (?) species flower here much earlier in fall. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA