It's been a poor Calochortus year for me as well, Mary Sue. Some species (such as C. clavatus and C. catalinae) took the year off completely, while I had limited blooms from others (C. weedii in particular). Last year was a very heavy bloom, so I hope they're just resting rather than dead. It didn't help that we had a rainstorm in the middle of bloom period, which thrashed many of the plants that were in bloom. The local stands of native Calochorti (C. argillosus and C. luteus) are having a kind of mediocre year as well. There are some individuals in bloom, but not the heavy blooms I have seen in good years. I did find one really nicely marked C. argillosus. I'll try to attach a photo. The one California thing that did bloom well this year was my Calochortus hybrids. Maybe that's due to hybrid vigor, or maybe they're better adapted to my garden. The photo you posted induces instant plant lust, Mary Sue. I think Kipp's right that it looks a lot like C. palmeri. Check out the photo on iNaturalist here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42822856/ That iNaturalist plant grows close to Lancaster (high-elevation desert for those of you who don't know California; think Nieuwoudtville or Tehran). No wonder it hasn't bloomed often for you on the rainy north coast! Mike San Jose, CA -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_8231.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 1992594 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…