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Hi Richard

It is difficult from photos accurately to determine many plants. 
My book, admittedly written from a European perspective, gives 
the following characteristics to look for in a Freesia:

-Slightly irregular, 6 petal (strictly 3 petals and 3 very 
similar sepals) flower with 3 stamens (your photo appears to have 
6 stamens); style usually 3-branched.
-Style branches narrow (not petaloid)
-Few to many flowers on stem, in spikes or panicles (not at end 
of stem like crocus)
-Plant with a corm (as shown in one of Loosescan's photos)
-Style 3-branched, with each branch bifid (split in two)
-Bracts <1.5cm; spike bent horizontally near lowest flower; 
flowers on one side of stem; leaves soft; wingless seeds.

From this description (Stace New Flora of thee British Isles), I 
suspect that your plant is not a Freesia.  Sorry - I cannot tell 
you what it is.

Peter
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"Richard Wright" <richwrigREMOVE@tig.com.au> wrote in message 
news:7miug4h600saa7pmakksu6ag38slkb19f9@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:13:50 +0900, "Loosecanon"
> <loosecanon@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> You are right - the flower is scarlet.
>>>
>>> I agree the search must go on.
>>>
>>> To assist this I have posted a photo of the flower that shows 
>>> more
>>> detail.
>>>
>>> The length of each petal is 9 mm. Note the brown base to the 
>>> three
>>> lower petals.
>>>
>>> http://www.box.net/shared/static/zscyia95m1.jpg
>>
>>Perhaps a Fressia laxa
>>http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Freesia/Freesia_laxa_msi2.jpg
>>http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Freesia/Freesia_laxa_msi3.jpg
>>http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Freesia/Freesia_laxa_msi4.jpg
>>http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Freesia/Freesia_laxa_corms_msi.jpg
>>http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Freesia/Freesia_laxa_seeds.jpg
>>
>
> Thanks. This is definitely the species.