I knew that question would come up! Frankly, I have no direct, clear proof that there are no 'real' differences. What I can say is that in fields where hundreds, if not thousands, of the bulbs grow (or once did) from both seedlings and by bulb multiplication, the lack of differences is surprisingly high. Sure, there must be some differences (albinos etc.) but compared to many south African species that Nhu might have considered for a test (from the Lachenlia, Ixia, Sparaxis, Watsonia etc.) this one would show less variance. Andrew From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Tim Harvey I'm curious; how do we know there are no 'real' differences? T > A. belladonna is a good species from which to form a test matrix. It > is grown in many places and there are no real differences between the > clones we all grow.