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Ah, bomareas - actually edulis can deal with the German summers which also can be quite hot. As they seed around quite a bit i'm experimenting with some in open ground at a protected spot - and as I'm generating data on freezing depth now (of course the light frosts until now didn't even reach 5 cm into the ground) I may find the right spot and depth for them. I always find it interesting that Anton Hofreiter, a well known German Green Party politician actually did his PhD on Bomareas. I'd love to talk to him about them, maybe he had some ideas what species could deal with our conditions. Too bad his day job circles around weapons for the Ukraine these days...

but of course no Bomarea pictures in December - so what do I have... well the Exbury Nerine shown at the end of November has changed quite a bit, but I like the "candy stripes" alot. I actually tried to cross-polinate with Strumaria prolifera

, as they are from the same sub-tribe, but I'm not sure if there's any effect - you never know with the fleshy seed amaryllis. It's a bit strange to see the prolifera pot so empty, but I hope they all flower at their new homes after EX09.

Meanwhile in the open garden, after a phase of cool grey, one sunny and windy day has mobilized the Cardiocrinum giganteum

seeds - I caught more than enough for the next exchange though. In fact I'd be more than just a little bit surprized if they would germinate anywhere in the open garden, but again I'm open for surprizes.

As I mentioned before, there were weeks of cool grey before, so I'm even more happy that a few buds of Crocus laevigatus

were still able to open - that wet mummy on the right wasn't as lucky...

Quote from: Robert_Parks on December 17, 2024, 09:13:29 AMI'd guess that all the clones available in the trade have coiled leaves, at least from a genetic perspective.

This side of the pond, I suspect that the species is exceedingly rare or absent from trade and a very quick search of the SA seed suppliers suggests that seed is not commonly offered.

Assuming that the genetics is simple, is the tendancy for the leaves to coil reccessive or dominant?

Quote from: CG100 on December 16, 2024, 11:40:13 PMIf you check the wiki, not all plants have coiled leaves, even in habitat, so genetics is involved.

Well, I'd guess that all the clones available in the trade have coiled leaves, at least from a genetic perspective.

Robert
in cool dreary SF, with dormant summer bulbs everywhere

Hi, Jane, thanks.

I have been using that for years, but yesterday it was not working. I firtst looked it up on the Hathi Trust site and it seems that the Ohio University library has this issue, but then it didn't show up on the search I did on their site. 

Many libraries (University libraries, above all) do not scan documents for external individuals... As a last resource, the university where I studied has a "documentation office", you have to pay but they find really hard to find things.

Carlos

If you check the wiki, not all plants have coiled leaves, even in habitat, so genetics is involved.

This may help you find it: https://search.worldcat.org/title/557752520 .

This is from Worldcat, the most complete and useful source of information on millions of books, journals, and so on that have ever been printed. If there is a copy in a library near your location, it will tell you where; sometimes items I searched were only in, say, Switzerland, as I was working on Oxford UP's online bibliographical reference.

Quote from: Diane Whitehead on December 16, 2024, 07:56:04 AMThank you, Robin.

I wonder if the leaves would be curly if I grew it here in Canada.

In a partly shaded situation in foggy San Francisco, the leaves were still coiled if not so tightly, so I'd guess yes.

Robert 
in rainy SF
M. pritzeliana went down late, and hasn't emerged yet, which means either it hasn't come up yet, or dormancy didn't get satisfied.

Thank you, Robin.

I wonder if the leaves would be curly if I grew it here in Canada.

Hi, if anyone has this issue, I'd really appreciate to have the title and page range of a papeer published by A. Worsley, where he recombined Amarillys correiensis as Hippeastrum correiense (Bury) Worsley. 

The reference I got is: The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects ser.3 v.85: 377. 1929

But according to the Biodiversity Library, the journal was "succeeded" by Gardeners chronicle & gardening illustrated, but I'm not sure if that applies to vol. 85.  The link on the BHL is not working. 

I wonder if the copyright period is of 100 years in this case, as it seems that BHL is now adding a new issue each year, the last one being that of 1923. I prefer not to wait until 2030.

Thanks

Hello Robert,

As much as I love Passiflora, I am limited in my choice of species. Passiflora edulis produces giant crops of delicious Maracuja fruit. I have 3 different species of the Tacsonia group which do well and cope with the hot summers but I do not have their names. Cloud forest plants are impossible here with humidity below the measurable level in summer with our hygrometers.......
Sorry about this off topic contribution.....

...... it needed some gymnastics to take this picture......