pbs Digest, Vol 76, Issue 16-Gladiolus tristus

Paul Licht plicht@berkeley.edu
Sat, 16 May 2009 12:39:23 PDT
A word of caution on Gladiolus tristus. We have lots of experience with 
it at the Garden. It is a great flower and one I am very fond of, but it 
has to be watched carefully because it does too well. There are areas in 
the Bay Area region where it has a tendency to be invasive; it has 
certainly moved around in our collection. I think it may be safer in 
other regions of the country and we have lots of bulbs we can sell 
inexpensively.

Paul Licht, Director
Univ. California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510)-643-8999
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/



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>    1. Re: Thanks Bob for Moraeas (Alberto Castillo)
>    2. Hymenocallis euchardifolia and Caliphruria korsakoffi
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>    3. Moraea polyanthos (robertwerra@pacific.net)
>    4. Moraea polyanthos (robertwerra@pacific.net)
>    5. Re: Moraea polyanthos (Lauw de Jager)
>    6. Re: Moraea polyanthos (Christiaan van Schalkwyk)
>    7. Tulipa sprengeri (James Waddick)
>    8. Gladiolus tristis (Kathleen Sayce)
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> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 17:50:42 +0000
> From: Alberto Castillo <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Thanks Bob for Moraeas
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>  I second adding that Bob's SUPERB seed produced 100% germination and extra fat corms at the end of the first season of growth. 
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>  And, there was a fine selection of uncommon species in the lot. 
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>  We had been discussing with some friends the value of one's own seed against some commercial sources from which results are pretty modest. If commercial seed around were like Bob's Moraeas our pots would be bursting with seedlings. 
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> Thanks for being such a nice guy and for producing such fine seed
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> From: Tomas Sandberg <to.sa@comhem.se>
> Subject: [pbs] Hymenocallis euchardifolia and Caliphruria korsakoffi
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> Hi,
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> I have 4 seeds of Hym euchardifolia and 5 seeds of Caliphruria  
> korsakoffi reaped today for trade, if you are interested please  
> contact me privately!
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> Best regards
> Tomas S
> Sweden
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> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 12:21:05 -0700
> From: <robertwerra@pacific.net>
> Subject: [pbs] Moraea polyanthos
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>  Jim, welcome to "fugacious"=transient, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, passing, shortlived, transitory, etc. Moraea polyanthos is among a good share of moraeas that are fugacious. Blossom lasts from a few hours to one day+. For some, if you miss lunch or dinner all you see is a withered blossom. However, They have survived for centuries by putting on repeat performances for weeks to months to attract their pollinators. M. polyanthos  blooms toward the end of the winter growing moraea season. With maturity it will produce a number of medium sized light blue ?fragrant? blossoms  during late afternoon to evening and will repeat every few days for several weeks. On my personal 5 star ratings I give it 3 stars. It seems to be self pollinating with many seeds and seems to produce underground cormlets as well. You decide if it is worth it.  Regards,  Bob
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> From: <robertwerra@pacific.net>
> Subject: [pbs] Moraea polyanthos
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> Jim,  I don't know how many moraeas can be grown in an eastern or midwest coldframe. However there is a British amateur coldframe grower who grows many many moraeas.   Regards,  Bob
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> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 09:22:37 +0200
> From: Lauw de Jager <contact@bulbargence.com>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Moraea polyanthos
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> Deqr all,
> I would like to stand up for this Moraea, as I particularly appreciate this
> 'Homeria' type. It is the  last Moraea of the season here. Indeed the
> individual flower does not last very long (here several days), but the
> ramified infloresence has at least 20  flowers which open during a period of
> 2-3 weeks. I have to add that they are planted in the ground under 35% shade
> and have sufficient humdity to keep them going. I confirm that plenty seed.
> is produced which is  collected at the end of the growing period (mid June).
> To answer Jim M.question: yes it is very worthwhile plant to grow
> Greetings
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