Dear PBS, Mentions of Ron Ratko and Jim McKenney's Calochortus tolmiei inspire my first interjection into your wonderfully informative list, which I've been following for several months. Does anyone know a source for Calochortus umbellatus? It has not turned up this spring at several native plant sales, which seems odd, since I live in Oakland. I see from the wiki that some people have it, but I can't find a source on the internet. Thanks, Max Withers Oakland 30" of rain and counting > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:27:17 -0400 > From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@starpower.net> > Subject: [pbs] Calochortus tolmiei, Muscari 'Saffier' > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <000e01c664d1$f77c0380$a7012c42@Library> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I've added two images to the wiki this evening. > > > > The first is of Calochortus tolmiei, a species already well represented on > the wiki. But I was so excited about this flower that I had to add one more. > This image is taken at a stage and from an angle which suggests that the > Calochortus is a highly sanitized, PG-13 version of Dracunculus muscivorus. > Take a look at: > > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > > Last fall we had a discussion about Muscari 'Saffier". I planted some bulbs, > they were true to name, and a photo appears at: > > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > > This is one Muscari you are not likely to confuse with another. I count it > among the garden-worthy members of the genus. > > > > Jim McKenney > > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Calochortus 'Cupido' is > in full bloom too along with many Fritillaria, Tulipa, Trillium, Muscari, > tree peonies, early herbaceous peonies and two Acis (trichophylla and > nicaeensis). Dichelostemma volubile is snaking its way up anything it can > grab on to. > > >