Off Topic: Cochineal
Alberto Castillo (Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:43:54 PDT)
Quoting Jane,
In "Bulbs of North America," Michael Chelednik writes: "This species occurs
in heavy soils of coastal prairies in Louisiana and Texas but also in
southeastern South America, a curious distribution shared by a number of
bulbous plants including Habranthus tubispathus and Zephyranthes
chlorosolen; it has been speculated that all these were introduced
from...."
I would like to add that Z. chlorosolen is native to the Gulf States. The
supposedly South American Cooperia brasiliensis I have grown and flowered
for a number of years but there is not enough evidence that is native to
Brazil and not of Texas. The other "Cooperia" is a Pyrolirion from Peru.
Best
Alberto
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