Mary Sue asked: " I don't know who determines what you need to have a new species. Hopefully someone will respond with that." The "who" in question, at least to the extent that any "who" exists, are the peers of the author of the name. In other words, peer review determines which new names will be taken seriously. In vetted publications, a sort of peer review also determines what gets published. That simple explanation assumes that every practicing botanist has a peer who is in fact capable of objectively reviewing his or her work. That's not always the case, but methodologies are also subject to review, and in a sense that's a different peer group altogether. Exasperating, isn't it? That's what you get for believing in species. Jim McKenney Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where I've been busy photographing bulbs, corms and so on for upload to my website as a gallery of bulbs: won't people be surprised when it turns out to be literally that! My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/Bulletins/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/