Dear PBS members, My Ph.D student Nicolás Garcia is working on the phylogeny and generic relationships of the Hippeastreae (Amaryllidaceae). He would like to be able to sample more material of the following genera: Mexican and South American Habranthus spp. Mexican South American Zephyanthes He is not looking for the more common species, (i.e., H. robustus, H. tubipsathus, Z. rosea, Z. candida, Z. carinata), but the less well-known, which some of you may have in cultivation. At the very least, we would like leaf material in silica gel (we can provide the silica), but bulbs and/or seeds would be welcome, since he is doing FISH chromosome preparations as well as DNA sequencing. If you can help us out, please email me at alan.meerow@ars.usda.gov Much thanks, Alan Meerow