>From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: [pbs] Mystery Image--South American bulb >Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:05:10 -0800 > >Hi everyone, > >Hans Joschko sent a number of us an image scanned from a postcard of a >group of flowering plants I believe from Chile. I have uploaded the file, >but am not going to put the picture on the Mystery Page because I don't >have permission from the photographer to use this picture. I am adding it >briefly just so people can look at it and give Hans a guess about what it >could be and then I will remove it. My guess (and I don't grow many of >these) is a Rhodophiala. It looks like am Amaryllid of some kind anyway and >the photo is really nice so I can see how it ended up on a postcard. Is >that a snake or a stick in the picture? Hopefully some of our South >American members will help him with this one or anyone who might be growing >this plant. > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > >Mary Sue > >_ Hi Mary Sue: Yes, the image is of a Rhodophiala.The one found at the Atacama desert is R. bagnoldii although it seems there is some variation within it. It is possible to find plants with fewer flowers of a lighter yellow and more blunt tipped. I grow this in a 5 gallon container in a mix of grit and perlite and it grows pretty well with very little water. Regards Alberto >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php _________________________________________________________________ MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/
