Thank you to the PBS list for helping me identify my bulb. It is verified as Stenomesson pearcei. The first flower bud is open in the photo I just added to the Mystery Bulbs page. Soon I will be moving the photos over to the wiki page for that species. A few notes about this plant. Apparently for some it is a challenge to bloom, and it did wait many years to first bloom for me. So I will speculate what caused this. Last October I dug it up and potted it, and accidentally left a few bulbs behind. The ones still in the ground did not bloom. So the disturbance may have prompted bloom. Or it could be that the soil in the pot experienced more chill than in the ground, although I did plunge the pot half way in a sand bed. We did have chill this winter, but have had other winters, so I doubt chill alone is the bloom factor. Or it could be the dug up bulbs dried out more, or were exposed to warmer air than those left in the ground. The university green house collection wants some back since they lost theirs. It strikes me that this is a case of keeping by giving, since that is where I got mine years ago. And one PBS member has spoken for some. The remainder will go to the BX when dormant. Gastil _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…