Mystery Image--South American bulb
Alberto Castillo (Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:18:12 PST)

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

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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

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