Makiko asked, >Hi Jane, >Long time before I saw a sign of Fritillaria Festival in >Jacksonville, OR. It was earlier season to see the flower. >I heard that the particular wild Fritillaria blooms only in Jacksonville area. >Do you know what kind of Fritillaria? It is Fritillaria gentneri, a natural hybrid between Fritillaria recurva and Fritillaria affinis. (Perhaps it should be called F. x gentneri?) It can be seen not only in Jacksonville but also in other places in that part of southern Oregon. The populations show quite a bit of variation, ranging from flowers that look just like F. recurva to those that are much darker and larger and not recurved, showing more influence of F. affinis. It is a listed species and therefore cannot be sold in Oregon, which is too bad because it would be extremely easy to propagate selected clones from the hundreds of "rice grain" bulblets that mature bulbs produce. The main threat to the existence of the wild plants is deer, which have been excluded from some Fritillaria populations. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA