Via the PBS website's contact page, I have received a request from a graduate student, Khadija Bouzid, in Algeria, requesting nformation about Fritillaria oranensis, a Moroccan (and perhaps Algerian) species formerly known as F. messanensis subsp. atlantica and as F. lusitanica subsp. oranensis. I grow this plant under the former synonym, but until I looked it up on the Kew index I didn't know it had achieved species status. Can anyone help Ms. Bouzid more than I can? All I could do was refer her to the Fritillaria Group of AGS, whose website has no text on this species, only a photo. If you have some useful information not present on the web, you can post it here and I'll forward it to her. Thanks, Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA