Hi, I have some cormous grass growing in my flower beds. I am not sure it is Melica. I have always treated it as a weed. I will be happy to send you some corms when I pull them out. I try not to let it go to seed. Marc Rosenblum Falls City, OR zone 8b On 2/1/2024 2:22 PM, David Pilling via pbs wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm cross posting a message from the PBS forum, which may be of interest: > > > "My name is Mark Mullinger and I'm a Ph.D. student in Plant Biology at > the University of Vermont. I've been working on the grass genus Melica > for my thesis, and in particular I'm interested in species that are > bulbous and cormous. > > At least six species of Melica found in North America are known to > form corms: M. bulbosa, M. fugax, M. geyeri, M. smithii, M. > spectabilis, and M. subulata. These species are sometimes commonly > known as oniongrasses (not to be confused with many Allium), and at > least a few of them are known to be edible. > > I'm hoping to investigate the anatomy and evolutionary history of > these fascinating below-ground plant structures in Melica. To that end > I need your help! It's been difficult to locate any sources of corms > or seed to grow for my experiments. The only success I've had is > finding seed of M. geyeri from the USDA. However, I have yet to > successfully germinate any of these. > > I'm looking for collaborators willing to volunteer their time in > helping me find corms or seed of these plants in the wild. All of them > can be found in Western North America, in particular northern > California and the Pacific Northwest. I'm hoping to visit the area > this summer to make some observations and collections of my own, > though this is dependent on being able to find some funding. > > If this project sounds interesting to you and you'd like to get > involved please let me know and we can talk more about what might be > possible. I'm also happy to answer any questions and chat more about > my project, Melica, or other grass geophytes while I'm here. > " > > Reply on the forum: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…