Mary Sue wrote: >> at this stage it looks like Onixotis stricta I think you nailed it. The giveaways are the corncob arrangement of the flower buds, and the way the flowering spike emerges from the middle of the stem rather than the base. Check the second and third photos on the PBS wiki for comparison: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Mike San Jose, CA