New wiki photos; Worsleya bloom
piaba (Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:18:03 PDT)

i believe it's now Hippeastrum procerum.

there was also a recent issue of the national
geographic magazine on brazil's atlantic rainforest.
apparently there was a fire in one of the last
remaining known locations of this plant, which
severely reduced the population of this species. did
anyone else see that issue?

tsuh yang

--- Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote:

Dear All,

Some time ago I asked on this list whether the name
on the wiki should be
Worsleya procera or Worsleya rayneri? I looked it up
in IPNI and both were
recorded names and there was no mention of synonyms.
W. procera does have
an earlier date.

No one responded to my question. So I'll ask it
again after I offer
congratulations to Lee on his blooming plant. Is
there just one species of
this genus and should we have it listed as Worsleya
procera (syn. Worselya
rayneri) instead of the other way around?

We'd like to be giving out the most current
information on the wiki and
this is not a plant I follow so appreciate help from
those of you who do.
Thanks.

Mary Sue

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