Congratulations, Nick. That's what I like about bulbs: they are always teaching us something - or at any rate making us wonder why things happen the way they do.On to another topic: Judy mentioned box turtle eggs in a post today. Did you get eggs this year? I wonder if there are any other friends-of-the-box-turtle on this list. I have plans to build a box turtle pen in the far back of the garden (adjacent to the local major park which has or used to have box turtles). The pen will be designed so that potential predators (mainly raccoons, which we have in abundance) will not be able to get to the box turtles but any hatchlings will be able to get through openings in the screening and wander off into the woods. And where will I get the adult box turtles? I'm going to contact local wildlife rescue groups in the hope that they occasionally get injured box turtles, turtles not deemed likely to survive back in the wild. I can provide a great home for them, and maybe help replenish the local population. Jim MdKenneyMontgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7. where box turtles used to be very common - sadly, that's no longer true. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…