Thanks, Mary Sue. Really informative and lovely photos.-Nancy Gilbert -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Sue Ittner Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:15 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] Mendocino Sonoma Coast Dear All, Like Angelo I have made a wiki page to add all the geophytes that grow in the area where I live that I visit in the wild. I'm accumulating quite a few and have just added a few more that I photographed when Uli was here and a couple others I just hadn't gotten around to adding. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Seen with Uli this week: Erythronium californicum Fritillaria affinis Smilacina stellata Those three are all very hard to photograph and I think I'll always be trying to improve. They are usually found in the shade and two of them have white flowers which makes getting leaves and flowers in focus and not part of the picture washed out or too dark very hard. Fritillaria affinis on the stretch where we were walking you usually don't see unless the sun is highlighting it and then part is almost always in the sun and part in the shade. Plus in this spot it is surrounded by poison oak. Other pictures added Bob or I had taken before are Smilacina racemosa, Asarum caudatum, and Zantedeschia aethiopica. You may be wondering why I have included the last one on a page devoted to geophytes found in coastal Northern California. It is naturalized here just like Amaryllis belladonna. Once you have it, you have more, especially if it arrives in seasonal wet places. We didn't have any Zantedeschias on our wiki yet and Zantedeschia aethiopica was some people's favorite white flowered bulb. When I made the Smilacina page I was interested to read how many places they are native with totally different rainfall patterns. I have a couple of patches in my garden of Smilacina stellata that expand each year and I am fond of the leaves. It stays green until some time in the fall and then disappears until February or March. So far I haven't gotten a Smilacina racemosa to germinate as I'd love to add it to my garden, but haven't always found berries the deer left. Bob took pictures of one in fruit last summer and I see I missed my chance to gather seed. We saw a pretty plant in bloom in a private garden in Scotland last May and I have added Bob's picture of it to the new wiki Smilacina page. It too is a challenge to photograph. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Mary Sue _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php