James I have just receiving the name from my Japanese friend. It is Lycorus longituba x striata var. pumila. Japanese name: Komachi Ton -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] Namens James Waddick Verzonden: zondag 15 augustus 2010 18:25 Aan: Pacific Bulb Society Onderwerp: [pbs] Ton's photos >Here I send the first photo's of my collection. I am still working on it. > > >Ton Wijnen Dear Ton, Thanks for posting a slew of very interesting pix. I did have a second and third take on this one labelled Lycoris longituba x striata : http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LJGFWQCLHM3N5RI2PBS3NSIT5U… I wonder what this really is. I don't doubt this is the name you received with this bulb, but there is no valid species named L. striata and this is not a synonym for any other species. So what does it look like, to me? First it seems to have NO L. longitbua in it background. L. longituba has very smooth, never ruffled , petals and the stamens never protrude beyond the petals/tepals. The latter is characteristic of the entire subgenus Symmanthus. I suspect it is in the subgenus Lycoris which includes those with spidery shaped flowers, ruffled tepals and protruding stamens, but which species? I admit less knowledge of these generally more tender ( but not all) species in this larger subgenus. Can you give some idea of the height of the flower stalk? or diameter of the individual flowers? By the process of elimination and lot of guessing, it might be L. radiata var. kazukoana. This variety is native to Honshu, has paler flowers, tepals less reflexed than typical, but otherwise similar. Just a guess. I've only seen a few pix, never the real thing so this is just my guess IF it is a single species. The petals on your flower seem too wide. I'd sure like to see more pix and some measurements of your plant if possible. Finally, this is the only pic I could find of L. radiata var. kazukoana on the web. Not sure how accurate this is either, but it is interesting, too. About 1/4 of the way down this large page: http://translate.google.com/translate/… kinioowaretaoze/c/24183ba4d7e2d4f3ff4f1342d8406a13&ei=yBFoTNCdNZK8sQOGlJGoDQ &sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=36&ved=0CK8BEO4BMCM&prev=/search%3Fq%3DL ycoris%2Bradiata%2Bvar.%2Bkazukoana%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26newwindow%3D1%26 client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26prmd%3Db Of course it could be any of a large number of Japanese hybrids produced for the bulb trade. L. radiata pumila is at the very least one likely parent. 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 +