You will have a problem because depending on growing conditions the same plant can look very different. I grow Albucas and A spiralis will have very titely curled leaves in very bright light. In lower light the color changes and the spirals open up. Best bet would be to compare flower structure. Buy a dissecting microsope for 100$ and dissect the flowers in water. Look at floral details very carefully. There are books on Albuca which has all these details. If you live in the Phoenix metro area you can contact me and I will loan my scope to you for a week (no charge of course). Russ H. In a message dated 4/6/2013 1:56:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, zigur@hotmail.com writes: Under my growing conditions, Albuca hallii flowers in midsummer when it is leafless, A. spiralis flowers at the beginning of the growing season, as the leaves emerge, and A. namaquensis at the end of the growing season,as the plants are starting to go dormant. Albuca hallii never has many leaves - usually 2 - as the other two, and the leaves are grey as opposed to green, but the leaves vary significantly depending on cultural conditions. There are a lot of mis-identified images out there ... T > Bulbs are a newer thing for me and I would like some help figuring out > how to tell the curly leaved Albucas commonly listed as A. spiralis, A. > namaquensis and A. hallii apart. As I am sure we are all aware, > mislabeling plants in pictures is rampant on the internet and this has > caused me a great deal of confusion. So is there there a definiative way > to tell A. spiralis, A. namaquensis and A. hallii apart? _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/