Dear Bulb loving friends, A friend just sent me a copy of this recent article "A Morphometric Study of Species Delimitation in Sternbergia lutea (Alliaceae, Amaryllidoideae) and its Allies S. sicula and S. greuterian" by Ewan Gage and Paul Wilkin published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 158, 460-469 Since Sternbergia are frequent garden subjects, I was interested to read this summary: "This research has highlighted a lack of distinctive characters by which S. sicula, S. lutea and S. greuteriana can be separated." The authors assert all Sternbergia belong to a single species and suggest that cultivar names be assigned to horticulturally distinct subjects. Doesn't fit my limited experience with a few very distinctive bulbs. Comments ? Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +