Jane McGary wrote: ". F. pontica's flowers are not pinched in at the margin like those shown, and as Mary Sue writes, they are basically soft green with a kind of yellowish-buff suffusion; they are large for the size of the plant. If I ever learn how to downsize photos now that my free photo editor has ceased to function (I was supposed to buy the "pay" version but my connection is too slow to download it), I will post photos of the real thing." Here is Fritillaria pontica which I received from Jane in 2005: http://jimmckenney.com/fritillaria_pontica1.htm Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/