I don't know enough about the species in question to comment on that, but historically the British were also very active in Chile after its independence from Spain. Just saying that anything is possible. Randy On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Eugene Zielinski <eez55@earthlink.net>wrote: > Hello Roland, and others. > Thanks for the correction. Actually, it makes sense to have Spanish, > rather than English, bluebells in Chile. I've updated the wiki. > > Eugene Zielinski > Augusta, GA > > > > [Original Message] > > From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > > Date: 11/10/2011 2:58:13 AM > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Chile's Flowering Desert - PBS Images > > > > Hello Eugene > > > > The Hyacinthoides non-scripta(?) > > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > 1BulbousFlora > > > > Looks most as Hyacinthoides hispanica Excelsior > > > > Very nice pictures by the way > > > > Roland > > > > > > > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- * * A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine --- * *