Mary Sue wrote >Hi, > >A friend of mine sent me some pictures of Calochortus kennedyi taken this >month. I didn't know it bloomed that early. Even though we had it pictured >on the wiki, she had some interesting habitat pictures so I asked her if I >could add them to the wiki and she agreed. This is a very difficult >Calochortus to grow and flower I understand as I've never tried to do it, >but it is really beautiful. It does seem strange that it would flower this early, as it is a high-elevation species from the Southwest. I grow it here, where it flowered for the first time last year. I got the seeds from Sally Walker (Southwest Native Seeds -- don't bother looking for a website!). I was happy to see that the form I grew is the deep, brilliant orange one, as there is also a yellow form that would not be so spectacular. I grow it in a large clay pot plunged in the bulb frame and it is not totally dry in summer, but nearly so. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA