I was the person who "rediscovered" Tigridia mortonii about ten years ago. It had not been collected since the type of the species was herborized by George Hinton in 1934. I can count on one hand, the number of people that I know who have been to the type locality and have been fortunate enough to see the plant in person. It is quite rare and endemic. Also, the locality is in a very hazardous place that is overrun by drug cartels now so access to the site to collect bulbs or seeds is impossible. I mention all of this only because the chances of anybody coming across seeds or bulbs of this species for sale is extremely low, and anybody peddling bulbs of Tigridia with this specific epithet is either misinformed or they are knowingly defrauding their customers. Tigridia mortonii can be differentiated by its flowers in that they are smaller in size than those of T. pavonia and the coloration is crimson-purple versus scarlet-red (although T. pavonia is quite variable in its coloration). The plants of T. mortonii are much shorter and the leaves are very narrow and almost filiform. In contrast, the plants of T. pavonia are much larger (taller) and the leaves can be very wide. Lastly, the flowering periods are quite distinct in that T. mortonii flowers at the beginning of the rainy season (May in Mexico) even before the leaves have fully developed, whereas T. pavonia flowers at the height of the rainy season (July-September). I thought that I had posted my pictures of this taxon to the wiki, but apparently I never did. I will do so in the next few days. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…