Thanks to Alan Kennedy for his introduction to Schizostylis (syn. Hesperantha coccinea) and mention of some interesting tangential topics. Alan writes that he believes the name Hesperantha to be used for the former Schizostylis in the USA, but I have not observed this to be true; nursery catalogs I've seen recently still use Schizostylis. It does make things clearer for gardeners, since Schizostylis is well known as a fall-blooming perennial hardy to USDA Zone 8 (possibly colder, given a dry winter), whereas Hesperanthas are mostly known as spring-flowering bulbs that are much less cold-tolerant. Schizostylis does not flourish in my garden, but it does well in the slightly warmer conditions of Portland, Oregon, about 1500 feet/500m lower in elevation, and in other parts of the Willamette Valley. It is not surprising that the cultivar situation is so confused. Seed is readily set and easily collected, so it often appears in seed exchanges and even in commercial seed catalogs erroneously under cultivar names, and gets passed around in the small nursery trade this way. This is a problem with many, many plant groups; I am constantly finding out that what I had thought to be a cultivar (e.g., Narcissus 'Nylon' or 'Joy Bishop') is actually a group of similar plants from the same cross, or what rhododendron growers call a "grex" and lily growers call a "strain." Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon