Yes, David, I've since learned that T. wilsonii is an invalid epithet and a syn. of T. montana. BUT The problem I have with the synonym is that montana in the available illustration on the internet is much taller than the wilsonii I had. Montana is at about 6" overall height of the flower stem and wilsonii was nearly sessile at ~ 2.5". (I haven't gone back to check the description in Flora Turkmen. I grew it for about 8 years before I had to move and then it was covered up by two truckloads of soil by the next owner. I couldn't rescue it. The new owner was not a "plant person". l lost some other rarities from Turkmenistan then, also, and then came the demise of the SSRs, and with it the loss of my contact, the demise of the Botanic Garden there and the loss of the yearly seed offerings from them, the Delecta Seminorum. (Delectum Seminum). This may be off topic for many, so feel free to reply to my personal Email address. Regards. Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Victor" <davidxvictor@btinternet.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Iris magnifica > Hi Adam, > > We collected some 20 different species of Tulipa, but not T. > wilsoniana (I think that T. wilsonii is an invalid name). In any > event, according to Kew it comes from Turkmenistan and Iran and > according to Botschantzeva it is "endemic to Turkmenistan". In any > event, we were not in either, but in Kazakhstan. > > > Best regards, > David Victor > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/