Alamo, that's a very nice album. Cynthia Mueller Sent from my iPhone On Feb 3, 2013, at 12:09 PM, "Alani Davis" <alanidae@gmail.com> wrote: > Ina and Roland - > > I think of Habranthus brachyandrus having the most glaucous blue-grey > foliage of the all the Habranthus I grow but it is most apparent for me on > the newly emerged foliage and especially in stronger sun become greener as > the season progresses. > I wouldn't rely on it but often my own mystery bulbs that turn up > occasionally that have bluer foliage do turn out to be H. brachyandrus. I > was going more on the coloration and orientation of the buds. I put > together album together of the Habranthus flower pictures I was growing in > response to the conversation we about H. robustus in early December. Here > is the link to that: > https://picasaweb.google.com/102487306749734003012… > > > Cheers > Alani Davis > Tallahassee, FL > > > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz> wrote: > >> Ah, that explains the leaves. >> >> Ina >> >> Ina Crossley >> Auckland New Zealand Zone 10 >> >> On 3/02/2013 9:15 p.m., Bulborum Botanicum wrote: >>> Here the answer from Felix Fadjar Marta >>> >>> Roland >>> >>> >>> 3 februari 5:39 >>> >>> I am also also believe that there must be some type of H. >>> brachyandrus. In my planting ground sometimes I have found out H. >>> brachyandrus with some with exceptionally broad petals which are very >>> beautiful. As it is easy to propagate from seeds, I tried to self >>> pollinate them hoping that I could get a lot of H. brachyandrus with >>> broad petals. To my disappointment, I have just got quite some >>> progenies with broad petals by mostly narrow petals. Apparently even >>> though there are some broad leaved type, but they are mostly of >>> mongrel strain. >>> >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bulborum/8436488232/ >>> >>> >>> 2013/2/2 Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz>: >>> Alani, this is what my H. brachyandrus looks like, what can be seen of >>> the leaves, they are nothing like the one in Roland's photos, nor is the >>> flower shape like that, and the brachyandrus has a dark part (don't know >>> the right name for that). >>> >>> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/102349754034616089606… >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > > > > -- > Alani > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/