The earliest Triteleia is in flower here. I've been growing this one since the early 1990s, having collected the seed in Mariposa County, California. When I collected it, the plant was dry and I didn't know what it was, other than a monocot. It proved to be a form of Triteleia laxa similar to that illustrated on the PBS wiki as 'Sierra Giant' from Telos Rare Bulbs. It flowers earlier than the more typical T. laxa grown here and is much larger. In the Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, p. 1208, the entry for T. laxa ends "Highly variable; more study needed." I have a hard time understanding how this early, pale blue-lavender flower, found in pine woodland, can be the same species as the much shorter, deep purple-blue, more funnel-shaped flower I've known since childhood as the grassland T. laxa. Does anyone know whether any botanist has published a taxonomic name for the large form? It would be a spectacular subject in gardens. I usually send the seed to exchanges as T. laxa giant form, so it must have got around. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…