ID help

Lee Poulsen wpoulsen@pacbell.net
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:34:47 PDT
I'm not sure I have P. canariensis so I can't tell you how to tell them 
apart. But I have several other Pancratium species and none of them 
have leaves as blue-greyish as Paramongaia. Also, my Paramongaias' 
leaves are more leathery, or thicker, or stiffer, than any of the 
Pancratium species.

Finally, since we both liver fairly close to each other, I can tell you 
that my Pancratium species have started leafing our long before my 
Paramongaias. I think only one Paramongaia has barely started emerging 
the past week or so. The Pancratiums started leafing out a month ago or 
so. Of course all this early rain may change all that.

--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10


On Oct 26, 2004, at 11:54 AM, Floral Architecture wrote:
> I have several pots of bulbs with narrow grey-ish
> leaves. Unfortunately, I am not sure if they are
> Pancratium canariensis or Paramongaia weberii. Neither
> have ever flowered for me, of course.
> Is there someway to tell the 2 part in leaf? Maybe
> ridges, leaf tips, something? I have had little luck
> finding a photo of P. canariensis in leaf to see what
> it looks like.


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