pbs Digest, Vol 15, Issue 9

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Today's Topics:

1. RE: Bellevalia--TOW (Boyce Tankersley)
2. Re: Iris photos posted on the PBS wiki (Antennaria@aol.com)
3. Re: Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to wiki
(Ann Marie)
4. Re: Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to wiki
(Cynthia Mueller)
5. Re: Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to wiki
(dells@voicenet.com)
6. Recent Images on the Wiki #8 and a report (Mary Sue Ittner)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:19:14 -0500
From: "Boyce Tankersley" <btankers@chicagobotanic.org>
Subject: RE: [pbs] Bellevalia--TOW
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Dear All:

We have a single bulb of Bellevalia makuensis (tentative identification)

from the Republic of Georgia in our evaluation raised beds with a number of
other geophytes. The foliage is broad lanceolate and I think it is
attractive. I took (I hope) a good image of the foliage this morning. Later
today I will attempt to load it onto the wiki along with an image taken
last year showing the diagnostic characteristics of the flower/fruit. The
flower spike emerges in an exuberant sort of way and is relatively tall,
about 12" and very open. The flowers at the tip are dark purple and those
lower down on the flower stalk are purple with a white rim around the mouth
of the flower. This bulb has come through 2 consecutive rough winters in a
raised bed with no mulch topdressing in Chicago, USDA climatic zone 5.
Rabbits and chipmunks so far have preferred the Fritillaria caucasica,
Tulipa and Lilium neighbors (hence the chicken wire cage in part of the
image).

Aesthetically this is not a 'front of the border' plant, but the height

and unusual color would make an interesting backdrop for other spring
flowers. From an architectural standpoint the contrast in foliage and flower
with members of the genus Muscari is interesting.

So far, it has not shown an invasive tendencies. Like all new taxa brought

into CBG, it is undergoing a period of observation (for invasive
characteristics) prior to use in the public displays.

Boyce Tankersley
btankers@chicagobotanic.org

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 23:35:47 EDT
From: Antennaria@aol.com
Subject: [pbs] Re: Iris photos posted on the PBS wiki
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I uploaded a few Iris photos on the PBS wiki. Each of the following Iris
were photographed this morning at 7:00 AM, the temperature was 28 degrees
Fahrenheit at the time (frozen), but unlike crocus, at least the Iris

reticulata

cultivars and allied species have the decency to stay open in low light or

when

frozen, a blessing for the harried working man or woman.

Iris 'Katherine Hodgkin' - an ethereal beauty, I posted two close-up shots
showing the intricately marked blooms.

Iris histrio - a beautiful little species akin to reticulata, with baby

blue

flowers and intricate markings.

Iris 'Lady Beatrice Stanley' - another reticulata type, with wedgewood

blue

flowers, broad falls and detailed markings.

All can be viewed at:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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web site under construction - http://www.plantbuzz.com/ <<

alliums, bulbs, penstemons, hardy hibiscus, western
american alpines, iris, plants of all types!

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 23:23:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ann Marie <mysticgardn@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to
wiki
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I second the group order, Ann Marie

TGlavich@aol.com wrote:///Lee/,

It's a great cultivar.

Patty,

I'd be willing to participate in a group order.

Tom
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So. California, San Gabriel Valley, Zone 21 (Sunset Western Garden book) ,

influenced by both marine and interior air(Santa Ana winds). This makes it
perfect for Citrus trees and most So African plants. I collect and sometimes
sell belladonnas, nerines, oxalis, moraea, amaryllis, palms, epiphyllums,
succulents and other south african bulbs. email me at mysticgardn@yahoo.com
for list of bulbs and plants for sale. For home and garden sculptures go to
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 06:50:16 -0500
From: "Cynthia Mueller" <c-mueller@tamu.edu>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to
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Please add my name to Lee Poulsen's possible Japanese hippeastrum
ordering list! - Cynthia W. Mueller

mysticgardn@yahoo.com 4/8/04 1:23:25 AM >>>

I second the group order, Ann Marie

TGlavich@aol.com wrote:///Lee/,

It's a great cultivar.

Patty,

I'd be willing to participate in a group order.

Tom
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Ann Marie

So. California, San Gabriel Valley, Zone 21 (Sunset Western Garden
book) , influenced by both marine and interior air(Santa Ana winds).
This makes it perfect for Citrus trees and most So African plants. I
collect and sometimes sell belladonnas, nerines, oxalis, moraea,
amaryllis, palms, epiphyllums, succulents and other south african bulbs.
email me at mysticgardn@yahoo.com for list of bulbs and plants for
sale. For home and garden sculptures go to http://www.rjunkdrawer.com/

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 07:59:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: <dells@voicenet.com>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Unusual looking Japanese hybrid Hipp photo added to
wiki
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Me too!

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 06:50:16 -0500, "Cynthia Mueller" <c-
mueller@tamu.edu> wrote :

Please add my name to Lee Poulsen's possible Japanese hippeastrum
ordering list! - Cynthia W. Mueller

mysticgardn@yahoo.com 4/8/04 1:23:25 AM >>>

I second the group order, Ann Marie

TGlavich@aol.com wrote:///Lee/,

It's a great cultivar.

Patty,

I'd be willing to participate in a group order.

Tom
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 07:48:30 -0700
From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org>
Subject: [pbs] Recent Images on the Wiki #8 and a report
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Dear All,

I don't believe I ever announced when I created the Cyanella page. I added
pictures to it of Cyanellas we photographed while in South Africa. Several
images were of that yellow Cyanella alba that I'd love to grow, but never
seems available anywhere, not even seed. These were photos of plants in
pots grown by IBSA members. Rachel has told me they never find seed of it
in the wild in the Biedouw Valley, a very dry area where it comes from.

Another picture was of an attractive Cyanella we saw at the Karoo gardens.
Julian Slade helped me identify it. Finally I added a picture of Cyanella
lutea we saw in the Little Karoo where it would get very little rain. In

report to the group I wrote about our trip I said this:

"Seeing the Cyanella lutea it struck me that it was no wonder if wasn't
really very happy in an area where we often get 60 inches of rain during
our winter rainy season. The fact that I had one in a raised bed subjected
to the elements that bloomed for three years before it disappeared was

surprising than the fact it disappeared."

When I redid the bed it was last seen in I saved some of the bulbs I

wasn't

sure of and this year guess what has come up and is blooming in one of the
mystery bulbs containers? Perhaps it has been happier in this dryer year?
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Most of my Oxalis obtusa that was blooming well went dormant when we had
our heat spell. The only ones that didn't were located in cool spots were
they got less direct sunshine. But before it went dormant I photographed
another Oxalis obtusa Michael Vassar accession, 7087. It is a really nice
one and I added it to the wiki even though we have quite a lot of other
Oxalis obtusa pictures.

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

How you grow many of the Oxalis really determines how they look. I know
that is no doubt true for all we grow, but the form of the obtusas can be
so different. When I redid my raised beds I tried a couple of Oxalis in

the

beds since I was then planting in containers and could contain them and
wanted to experimant. The Oxalis luteola did great. This same accession of
Oxalis obtusa (7087) planted in the raised beds was slow to emerge and

then

the plants remained mat like, a much better form. They didn't bloom very
long however and the heat spell we had prevents me from being sure whether
it was the weather or the way they were planted. Michael Vassar preached
little organic matter and no fertilizer to keep the leaves low and
contained. But my informal experience has been that I get longer blooming
on my Oxalis plants when I fertilize them a little.

Mary Sue

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