Martin, very nice photo. Thanks Karl Dinuba, California On Sep 20, 2015 2:21 AM, "Garak" <garak@code-garak.de> wrote: > Hi List, > > As I mentioned in my introduction, Tigridia Vanhouttei is my first bulb > grown from seed - and one of them actually flowers like now, in it's second > year from seed - I'm totally in love with the rich detail on the admittedly > small flowers, and love the rapid succession of flowers - today I've got Nr > 7 in only 9 days on a single plant. And I love how clean they wither - no > comparison to the slimy mess of a T. Pavonia on a rainy day. > > Picture of yesterdays double : > http://www.planetoblivion.de/img/tig_van_2.JPG > > Now, the more I read the Tigridia Wiki Entry, the more I'm confused with > the texts: is T. Vanhouttei the smelly one, or do you mean T. Ehrenbergii > smells worse? I'm no native speaker, so that may cause the confusion. As > for my T. Vanhouttei, the smell is faint - just enough to let a few flies > notice, but e.g. far less notably then on my Eucomis Bicolor. So, maybe > someone who has smelled more Tigridias could tell me if I was just lucky > with my T. Vanhouttei or if I missed the real stinker... > > Greets from southern Germany > Martin > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >
