I got it repeated four times! > Message du 29/04/08 13:48 > De : "Paul T." > A : "Pacific Bulb Society" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [pbs] More about Oncocyclus in Israel and Jordan > > Luc, > > I am not sure whether it is just me or not, but > your last message (which I think would be of > interest to me) came through as one huge > paragraph, making it nearly impossible to > read. I don't know if it is a formatting problem > or not, but I do seem to from time to time have > this happen with your postings (which is a shame > as they're often so informative). Am I the only one that has this problem? > > Thanks. > > Cheers. > > Paul Tyerman > Canberra, Australia. > > At 09:40 PM 29/04/2008, you wrote: > >Hi all, I have been searching the web for more > >information on the Oncocyclus of Israël and > >Lebanon. Here is a summary of what I found. The > >Iris section Oncocyclus comprise 10 species in > >Israel and Jordan (see list below), all endemic > >with limited and distinct populations. In 1998, > >the Royal Iris project sponsored by the DFG and > >common to Mainz University in Germany, The > >Hebrew University in Israel and Bethlehem > >University in the Palestinian Authority aimed to > >reinforce the connections between three nations, > >in addition to the conservation targets. The > >project had four goals: recording and > >conservation of all populations in Israel, > >monitoring population dynamics, systematic > >reviewing and pollination ecology research. The > >main objective was to discover the relationship > >between the Royal Irisesâ special characters: > >solitary giant flower, no nectar reward, dark > >colour, and male bees lodging. The Royal Irises > >are known as the first priority for conservation > >in Israel. As a result the following species > >were studied. For each species, the flowering > >period is listed, followed by the distribution > >and in parenthesis the best place to see wild > >populations.    Iris lortetii - Beginning of > >April - Upper Galilee - Shomron Mts. (Tel > >Hatzor). Iris bismarckiana - March - Upper & > >Lower Galilee (Dishon gorge, Givat Hamore). Iris > >hermona - mid March - Central Golan Heights > >(Mapalim crossroad). Iris atrofusca - mid March > >to April - South Golan, Gilead Mts. Mts., > >Shomron & Judea deserts, Arad to Beer Sheva (Tel > >Arad, Haon escarpment). Iris haynei - March - > >Gilboa (Gilboa - Mt. Barkan). Barkan). Iris > >atropurpurea - mid January to February - Coastal > >plain (Nes Ziona, Netanya Iris reserve). Iris > >bostrensis - Second half of March - North Jordan > >(Ramtha to Mafraq). Iris nigricans - April - > >Moab Mts., Jordan (East to Kerak). Iris petrana > >- April-March - Edom (Jordan); North Negev, > >Yerucham to Dimona (Dana Nature reserve, > >Yerucham Iris reserve). Iris mariae - Beginning > >of March - Sand dunes of the Western Negev (Agur > >dunes, Kibutz Magen).Agur dunes, Kibutz Magen). > >Although many taxonomists dealt with this > >section in the last 120 years, no quantitative research was > ............. etc. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >