Dear Mary Sue: Gynandriris simulans would enjoy summer rains in the wild, Cheers, John E. Bryan Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > > Dear Alberto and Mark Mazer, > > Alberto I am happy to have the ID for the Moraea (syn. Gynandriris) > simulans and for the encouragement of using the keys in the new > Encyclopedia. I tried it earlier with a couple of unidentified Freesia > species and I agree it is very helpful. But the species you named isn't in > my Encyclopedia so it must not be a Cape species. I found it in John > Bryan's book listed for northern areas of South Africa and other countries > in Southern Africa. There is even a picture although the picture looks pink > and is not a close-up so it's a little hard to tell from it. Since it is > from dry areas I'll be putting it to the test to see if it can survive our > wet winters since I planted a couple in the octagon. I'll move it to the > Moraea page of the wiki. > > Mark, there are two of us who think your mystery plant is a Romulea. Can > you tell us anything about the size? > > Mary Sue > > At 12:22 AM 3/12/03 +0000, you wrote: > >Dear all: > > They can be > > > >Ferraria ferrariola > >Gynandriris simulans > > > >The keys at the end of the Encyclopedia are extremely useful and simplified. > >Regards > >Alberto > >Buenos Aires, Argentina, > >South America, Earth > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: > >http://messenger.yupimsn.com/ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php