Dear Jim: What clean nails you had! Again thanks for the use of your fingers. Cheers John E. Bryan "J.E. Shields" wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I have a picture of Androcymbium europaeum on one of my web sites at > http://shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/… > > I have a few small seedlings of Androcymbium melanthoides ("Pyjama Flower") > and of Androcymbium pulchrum in the greenhouse or the cold frame, but they > are still far from bloom size. I have myself seen the Androcymbium species > that grows at Cape Point; as photographic proof I submit my fingers > pictured with the plant in "Bulbs Revised Edition" by John Bryan. See > plate 160, Androcymbium eucomoides and Homo sapiens 'Jim Shields' (dactyli > dextri) half way down the path from the top. > > Best wishes, > Jim Shields > > At 12:25 PM 1/7/2004 -0800, Mary Sue wrote: > >........ > >Since the Mediterranean species are supposed to resemble Colchicum more > >closely I hope Jim Shields will upload a picture of the one he has > >blooming to the wiki for comparison, or at least put a picture on his web > >page with a link so we can see what it looks like. > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php