Hi, Jerry -- what is your source for this? Rod Leeds, apparently drawing on information from an RHS AGM trial, describes 'Pink Star' as a selection of C. byzantinum . John Grimshaw in an earlier contribution to this thread says the same of C. laetum hort., by which (I assume) he means the plant Rod Leeds refers to as 'Pink Star'. This, however, does not square with a recent article in the Turkish Journal of Botany, which pegs C. laetum hort. as synonymous with C. decaisnei. It is also my understanding that C. parnassicum is confused in commerce with C. laetum Steven (or the REAL C. laetum), not C. laetum hort. As is so often the case with members of this genus, the whole thing is a bit of a mess. Russell At 11:35 PM 10/4/2009, you wrote: >Russell > > Actually Colchicum 'Pink Star' was named by the holder of the National >Collection in England as the best clone of C. laetum Hort. It has wider >tepals and is showier than the more usual C. laetum Hort which can be gotten >under many other names, including C. parnassicum . I think I have another >different but very similar clone. > >J.John Flintoff >Lake Forest Park, Washington, USA >Zone 8 Russell Stafford Odyssey Bulbs PO Box 382 South Lancaster, MA 01561 508-335-8106 http://www.odysseybulbs.com/