The large, flared staminal cup combined with the long, narrow, curving tepals seen in David's picture at: http://picasaweb.google.com/idavidehrlich/… It would of course help to have pictures of Ismene longipetala and Ismene narcissiflora for comparison. These can be seen at: http://bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS… Jim Shields At 02:26 PM 8/15/2010 -0500, you wrote: >Re the answers to Dave Ehrlich's question-- How can one tell? How does >one make the distinction necessary? from a photograph. Length of tepals" >curvature quality? ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA