Red Begonia Machu Picchu

Gregg cj5sfo@yahoo.com
Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:26:21 PST
My apologies, this message was not intended for the list....


Gregg DeChirico
Santa Barbara, California
http://www.flickr.com/photos/u4banut/sets/


----- Original Message -----
From: Gregg <cj5sfo@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Red Begonia Machu Picchu

Hello Uli,
 
I have only one tuber of Begonia veitchii collected from nearby Machu Picchu. It grows well for me and I did get some seeds from the most recent blooms before it went dormant for the winter. I think the seeds are viable- but I have to check for germination. Even so, I can't guarantee the plant is self-fertile until I see the F1 plants with flowers (and I have several other begonia species in the greenhouse.  A friend who traveled with me also has a tuber. I will see if she will let me grow it for a while to see if I can get guaranteed fertile seed of the species.  Keep in touch!
Cheers,
Gregg

Gregg DeChirico
Santa Barbara, California
http://www.flickr.com/photos/u4banut/sets/


----- Original Message -----
From: Johannes-Ulrich Urban <johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de>
To: Pacifib Bulb Society messages <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 2:23 PM
Subject: [pbs] Red Begonia Machu Picchu

Hi Gregg,


Are you still in this list? A couple of years ago we corresponded about
Begonia veitchii growing in the walls at Machu Picchu. Would you mind
contacting me privately?

Many Thanks, Uli with greetings from Germany





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