It is really difficult to keep up with all the taxonomic changes. But the latest (to my knowledge) from Manning and Goldblatt as stated on the wiki (and in text): In a "A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions" written by John C. Manning, Félix Forest, Dion S. Devey, Michael F. Fay & Peter Goldblatt in TAXON 58 (1), February 2009: 1-107, this subject is again addressed. Three clades are identified. Clade A is recognized as the genus Albuca with a well-defined green or brownish median longitudinal band on the outer surface of each tepal and a concentration of 3-5 veins along the midline. Clade B comprises the genera Dipcadi and Pseudogaltonia. Clade C is the genus Ornithogalum and includes Galtonia and Neopatersonia, these genera have uniformly colored tepals with at the most a narrow or indistinct darker band without the veins. This means that species that were previously considered to belong in Ornithogalum are now included in Albuca and vice versa." I get a little confused with this when there remain a few species of Ornithogalum that seem to have a green or brown median longitudinal band. The bulb is very different from the photo of Ornithogalum juncifolium bulb on the wiki if that bulb photo is of that species. I suspect since there are so many species that it is difficult to figure them out for sure. I tried to figure out some photos we took in Namaqualand and John Manning told me you often have to dig the bulb up to know for sure. Mary Sue On 12/4/2018 6:21 PM, Mike Rummerfield wrote: > Mary Sue, > The bulb you posted is curious. > Admittedly I'm a novice, and this is a wild guess, but could this possibly > be an *Ornithogalum*? -* juncifolium*, perhaps. > It also seems to me that if Tim is right, Ornithogalum is more likely to be > a weed in the Northeast than an Albuca. > That said - I haven't a clue. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…