Watsonia bulbifera & climate
Roy M. Sachs (Mon, 04 Aug 2003 09:36:32 PDT)
Mary Sue: I've been growing W. bulbifera, or maybe W. coccinea, in
Davis for years with no apparent bulbil formation up on the
inflorescence axis...it's not invasive here, and so far it hasn't
spread in the Russian river planting. But I do remove the corms every
so often for sale (right now I'm embarrassed and will delete it from
catalog, depending on answer to question below).
Is it possible that the orangish Watsonia that I have is not
bulbifera or that it is a question of climate that determines bulbil
formation?
Roy
I wish there was a way that nurseries were prohibited from selling
this species to anyone in California and hope Lee will never plant
his out. When I explained the problem to Jim Duggan he took this
species out of his catalog and I appreciate Lauw doing this as well.
If we know that a plant can be a problem in one temperate
Mediterranean climate it seems important to do what we can to
prevent it becoming a problem in any others.
Mary Sue
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