Hi Jim: Dr. Jim Bauml with the Los Angeles County Arboretum travels to Mexico relatively frequently for his ethnobotanical research. If I remember correctly, he gave a presentation at the IBS meeting at the Huntington and had a lot of Hymenocallis taxa in his slide presentation. I haven't got a direct telephone number for him but the main number is (626) 821-3231. Boyce Tankersley btankers@chicagobotanic.org -----Original Message----- From: J.E. Shields [mailto:jshields104@insightbb.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:05 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] Hymenocallis maximilianii Hi all, I got a few bulbs of Hymenocallis maximilianii from Russell Stafford (Odyssey Bulbs) in April, 2002. One of these is now sending up a scape. It isn't in "Flora of North America" vol. 26. Thad Howard lists it as from Mexico, coastal Guerrero, and as being "somewhat like H. acutifolia." Can anyone tell me about how I ought to be growing it? I have the feeling it is only flowering for me because of the extraordinarily rainy season we are having. How big is it going to get someday? What size container ought it be grown in? I've crowded 5 of these into one 10-inch bulb pan (only about 4 or 5 inches deep). Regards, Jim Shields in central Indiana ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php