Doryanthes

Alberto Castillo ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com
Sun, 19 Jun 2005 07:10:11 PDT

>From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@starpower.net>
>Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
>To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: RE: [pbs] re:///Doryanthes/
>Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 10:03:55 -0400
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>A "bulboid" what? Isn't the word bulboid an adjective?
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>Jim McKenney
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>From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
>On Behalf Of Alberto Castillo
>Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 8:50 PM
>To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: RE: [pbs] re:///Doryanthes/
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> >From: "Angelo Porcelli" <ang.por@alice.it>
> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >Subject: [pbs] re:///Doryanthes/
> >Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:38:12 +0200
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> >I do grow Doryanthes palmeri and although it has reached a good size, it
> >hasn't flowered yet but I think it will next year. This species is rather
> >slow growing indeed and I read it takes 7-8 years to flower from seeds.
> >Mine has withstood several times -3°C (27F) without damage but literature
> >reports -5°C as its lower limit. I don't know if we should consider it a
> >true geophyte. It was placed one time in Agavaceae and indeed it closely
> >related to Beschorneria as visual look, as well as Manfreda and 
>Hesperaloe
> >as general structure of the plant.
> >
> >Angelo Porcelli
> >south of Italy
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>Hi Angelo:
>               It is not a geophyte, but a "bulboid".
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>Regards
>Alberto



C'mon:
         You know it is a bulboid PLANT!
Best
Alberto

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