Jim, don’t forget Jim Shields: we can be the 4 Jims. Yes, 'Nancy Lindsay' is a nice one, and relatively easy to sort out thanks to the dark flower tube. In the past we've had inconclusive discussions about what it is which triggers bloom in colchicum. Coolness seems to be a factor: imported corms always seem to bloom long before home-grown stock. Here in Maryland, the commonly sold single, white-flowered form said to be Colchicum autumnale is not one of the early bloomers, but it does bloom with Nancy Lindsay in, typically, the last week of September and spilling over into early October, just as you reported. (I checked the dates on the digital photos I have to confirm this.) I'm pretty sure the original stock of Colchicum autumnale which I grew decades ago (long before digital days) bloomed in late August and early September. This form divided very prolifically and set abundant fertile seed. The flowers were small and non-descript; the foliage was plain (no heavy pleats or puckers), smooth, narrow and eventually about a foot or so high. Once, in a long ago August, while hiking up the hill to get to Ludwig II’s Neuschwanstein, I saw this plant growing in the woods. It made me homesick. 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/