Tristagma recurvifolium or Ipheion sessile
J.E. Shields (Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:37:04 PST)

Thanks to everyone who offered bulbs or seeds of Ipheion sessile. I should
have enough now to get me started.

In trying to follow the names back, I found different names in different
web sites, all seemingly coming from the same main database.

The specific epithet "recurvifolium" did not show up in some of the
sites. In those, some made a distinction between Iphieion (or Tristagma)
sessile and I. (or T.) brevipes. One is found in Chile and the other in
Uruguay. I don't yet have all this sorted out, and I did not get any idea
how one tells the difference between sessile and brevipes if you did not
collect them yourself in Chile or in Uruguay.

As long as they bloom in my greenhouse someday, I'll be satisfied with
Ipheion sessile or I. (or T.) brevipes or Tristagma recurvifolium.

Jim Shields in spring-like Westfield, Indiana

At 11:46 AM 1/11/2013 -0500, you wrote:

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