This is not my plant. I took it home because it was living in an interior hallway at my dentists office. No windows at all, just overhead light. He and his staff seemed clueless that all plants need some sort of light. He won it at a fund-raiser. It was in a large basket with a bunch of orchids (his words) but they all died. I offered to take it and see if it was still alive. It spent 8 months sitting in this dark hallway. He stated it had beautiful flowers but they fell off as did the leaves. He thought it was coming back to life as he saw the beginnings of a leaf. But that died too. So, I did some reading. Seems its a high light and fast grower. Any growing instructions would be appreciated. I don't think I have a pot big enough for it and might put it in a basket. Wonder if I should use bark, sphag mix or just bare root? Not even sure if its alive although the bulbs are firm and green. I see some roots which look viable coming out the small pot its stuck in. I will try to cut this pot away from the plant. What did I get myself into?? Jane

assuming that the stuff was planted in the park, (and just following my first impression and gardener`s gut feeling) # 4 cold be feather reed grass, Calamagrostis x acutiflora Karl Foerster. It is a cold season grass, a sterile garden hybrid, in full sun non flopping and emerges far earlier than prairie species. That specimen looks somewhat starved though. Bye, Lin

OK! Here we are, the mystery has bloomed. It's quite small actually and I like it. There are 4 blooms on the one scape and they are red-red, not the coral one that I thought it was. That must be the lone amaryllis sulking on the other end of the patio that produced no scapes or blooms this year. This one is a perfect shape and has a darker throat. I wil try selfing and also pollinating with some saved "Lemon and Lime" pollen I have saved with flash after dusk Any Ideas? It could be anything I suppose.

Do you speak French? Or do you know someone who does? ;-) There's a huge tomato database in French, which I've put in a link at the bottom of this post. When I absolutely can't find a variety anywhere else online, I usually find info there (though it is not without the occasional mistake). Anyway, the reason I thought of that database in this case is that it usually gives the number of sepals and info about the stem scar. (Apparently those are of vital concern to French tomato connoisseurs?) It's difficult to look up BW since there are so many different strains. The only helpful info was for BW Sudduth: "Côtelage en partie haute. Profonde dépression à l'attache pédonculaire." Which translates more or less as "Ribbed on the top part. Deep depression at the stem attachment." Alas, no sepal info for the main pink BW varieties. And unfortunately there's no sepal info for CP either. It does tell us "Légèrement côtelé en partie haute. Dépression moyenne à l'attache pédonculaire." Which translates as something along the lines of: "Lightly ribbed on the top part. Average-sized depression at the stem attachment." Not too helpful for you. The only other suggestion I can give is that when I've seen heirlooms at our local Fresh Market, they've always had Brandywine (unspecified pink strain) and Cherokee Purple -- identified as such. At least once they've had a bi-color, but I don't remember which variety it was. Here's a good free online dictionary which I have found helpful for translating tomato terminology (sorry, but I don't know how to post two links in the same post): http://www.wordreference.com/ Here is a link that might be useful: http://ventmarin.free.fr/passion_tomates/passion_tomate.htm