From dejager@bulbargence.com Thu Mar 13 09:50:17 2003 Return-Path: <dejager@bulbargence.com> Delivered-To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Received: from sydney.provnet.fr (mail.provnet.fr [212.208.97.28]) by happyhouse.metalab.unc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBA7D20019 for <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 09:50:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from [212.208.97.172] by sydney.provnet.fr (NTMail 5.06.0016/NT2604.00.2eaccbf8) with ESMTP id ehhhbbaa for pbs@lists.ibiblio.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:43:30 +0100 Message-ID: <3E709A73.CA54EE28@bulbargence.com> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:49:24 +0100 From: Lauw de Jager <dejager@bulbargence.com> Organization: Bulb'Argence X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [fr] (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: fr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> References: <F120aUKSod0OhdBvrmn00036854@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [pbs] Re:[pbs) Mystery bulb-Moraea(Gynan) simulans X-BeenThere: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: dejager@bulbargence.com, Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> List-Id: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs.lists.ibiblio.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php>, <mailto:pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> List-Post: <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> List-Help: <mailto:pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php>, <mailto:pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:50:17 -0000 Dear Alberto, I grow a lot of Gynandriris simulans (and G Setifolia), now in the genus Moraea. They origiate from the Cape. In our medit climat they are definitely wintergrowers: they are most at ease at 15-25cm deep, sprouting end of August, during the winter they make upto 250cm (100") long single leaf. A series of flowersappear from the end of March which open a few hours every afternoon. I am curious to know how this opening of the flowers is controlled; sun or overcast makes no difference and some days they stay closed?? Makes a lot of seed and flowers within 2 years from sowing It may be that in your climate they become summergrowing or are we talking about a different species? Alberto Castillo a *crit : Yes, Mary Sue, Gynandriris simulans is a summer grower. See the flowering > times in the original message. It will demand a very dry winter. -- Lauw de Jager BULB'ARGENCE, 30300 Fourques, France Site: http://www.bulbargence.com/