>Did you mean that L. straminea was a parent of L. squamigera or did you >mean L. longituba? Dear Tony, The lit says L. straminea. Seems odd, but see Kurita et all paper, Synopsis of the Genus Lycoris, in SIDA 1994. But according to Identification and Classification of the Genus Lycoris Using. Molecular Markers. straminea is 2N = 19, sprengeri is 2n = 22, longituba is 2n = 16 and squamigera is 2n (3n) = 27 The only way you can get 2/3 n= 27 is to combine the 2n of sprengeri and n or longituba to get 27 chromosomes. To me it seems like squamigera looks like a combo of longituba and sprengeri, but the experimental crossing of straminea x sprengeri produced the look alike. Odd If the Roh et all chromosome info is correct, the parentage of Squamigera could ONLY be Sprengeri x longituba. All the karyotype info in Roh is fairly confusing. http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~lycoris/… 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 +