Thanks for this, Pascal! I have to admit that I was ready to believe that H. brachyandrus had been re-classified; but then I guess I am still quite inexperienced when it comes to identifying these plants. While I know some of the characteristics which differentiate Habranthus from Zephyranthes, I don't really know how to differentiate Habranthus from Rhodophiala. I know that their ranges overlap and, at least at a glance, some of them are very similar. I've just been re-reading Alan Meerow et al. The New Phylogeny of the Amaryllidaceae in Herbertia 54 (1999) because I wanted to check how their results affect the question of Rhodophiala genetics. I was really interested to see that Rhodophiala isn't monophyletic and that R. bagnoldii and bifida are in a separate grouping from the rest of the genus. I've been told that Rhodophiala possess a chromosome count that's quite different from other rainlilies, but I'm curious about whether the two different groups of Rhodophiala in Alan's article possess the same number of chromosomes? Cheers, Matthew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pascal Vigneron" <v_pascal@club-internet.fr> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Rhodophiala pictures > Hi Matthew & All, > > What I have understood: > The picture of "Rhodophiala andicola" in the IBS Gallery was misidentified. > The picture is actualy Habranthus brachyandrus. > So correction, but with a new mistake: "Rhodophiala brachyandrus". > Habranthus brachyandrus has not been moved to Rhodophiala. > > Well, I have made the correction in my own page Rhodophiala (and Habranthus) > > and I have add a link regarding "ananucas" i.e. Rhodophiala. > http://cascada-expediciones.com/mnu2/gallery/… > The various species are not identified but it's interresting to see > how Rhodos grow in the "flowered desert" from Chile. > > Regards, > Pascal > http://perso.club-internet.fr/v_pascal/… web