My Calochortus report is that something has decided the flowers are very tasty. Most of mine with just a few exceptions had the stems shortened before the buds opened. This has never happened to me before. I suspect the chipmunk that has been visiting my garden for the past two years, but when I've seen it, it moves so quickly I've never actually seen it with anything in its mouth. I suppose it could be birds as well. I suspect them of eating foliage, stealing tags, and planting sunflowers, millet, and tan oak acorns in my pots. They also pulled out and ate Lachenalias this year. Sigh. So I was very envious of Jane Calochortus report. Not all of us have the resources for a bulb house like hers, but it's wonderful that all of her planning has turned out so well. I've had good displays of flowers from many of my native bulbs in the Themidaceae family this year however (Brodiaea, Triteleia, Dichelostemma, Bloomeria). Mary Sue