Apologies, this should have gone to Jane directly. J. Dr John T Lonsdale, 407 Edgewood Drive, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341, USA Home: 610 594 9232 Cell: 484 678 9856 Fax: 801 327 1266 Visit "Edgewood" - The Lonsdale Garden at http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/ USDA Zone 6b -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of John Lonsdale Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 7:33 PM To: 'Pacific Bulb Society' Subject: RE: [pbs] Sternbergia greuteriana Dear Jane, Just a quick note with a question. The ex Mike Salmon Sternbergia lutea ssp. angustifolia you sent me looks and behaves remarkably like Sternbergia sicula here. Is this something you've noticed? It flowers at exactly the same time as sicula - approx. 2-3 weeks before lutea, but especially it has the tell-tale silver stripe down the center of the leaves which I have never seen on any luteas. If you ever have spares of any S. greuteriana clones I'd love to try them. I've had but never germinated seed and the couple plants I've had have not been true to name. Have you ever grown true S. colchiflora - mine always turn into something else? Next year I can let you have S. fischeriana if you like - lovely thing, very late flowering here, in early spring in a normal cold winter. Even in my hoop house it flowered mid-winter. Very large flowers. The leaves are large and glaucous - I sent some to mark McD and he raves about them. Parcel on the way to you on Monday. Best, J. Dr John T Lonsdale, 407 Edgewood Drive, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341, USA Home: 610 594 9232 Cell: 484 678 9856 Fax: 801 327 1266 Visit "Edgewood" - The Lonsdale Garden at http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/ USDA Zone 6b -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jane McGary Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 2:22 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] Sternbergia greuteriana After posting the photo of Sternbergia greuteriana, I realized that there is very little information on it available in standard sources, so here is some more: Sternbergia greuteriana Kamari et Artelari (sp. nov. 1990). Native to Karpathos, S. Greece. Narrow bright green leaves (not glaucous as in other small species), slightly emergent at flowering time as in S. sicula. Antoine Hoog writes, "This is the only stoloniferous species in the genus, producing pea-sized offsets at shallow depth, in nature probably very useful for the spread of the species, as these offsets will roll and get washed in all directions; hardiness has been ascertained down to -12 degrees C." This definitely is a good increaser. I have grown it from purchased bulbs (MK.0187) and from seed, so I have several clones. I dry it off in the summer. Although relatively recent to cultivation, S. greuteriana holds a lot of promise! Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon _______________________________________________ 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