Dear Alberto: Thanks, I guess the mystery bulb remains just that, a mystery! Cheers, John "crinum@libero.it" wrote: > > Dear John, > Thad Howard states that H. virescens (syn. H. macleana) is a dwarf white-flowered specie. Herbert: scape about two feet, pedunculated; tube green, 1inch and half; limb greenish without, white whitin, two inches; cup greenish and white, with deep green lines, 1 and half inch long, with bifid jagged lobes; style equal to the limb. > I have never seen it. > Ciao > Alberto > > ---------- Initial Header ----------- > > >From : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org > To : "Pacific Bulb Society" pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Cc : > Date : Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:17:32 -0700 > Subject : Re: re [pbs] Mystery bulb > > > Dear Alberto: > > > > Thank you for your nice pictures. One of the clues given about the > > Mystery Bulb, was that the leaves sheath the stem. Neither of the > > species you kindly sent have this character, nor do they, in my opinion, > > curl as much. > > > > Because of this I think we are left with H. armancaes, but this species > > has more yellow flowers, H. narcissiflora, but this has narrow green > > bands in the flowers, and H. virescens, but this has a greenish hue. > > However H. virescens now contains H. pedunculata, which has pure white > > flowers, and thus should be considered variable, and it has leaves which > > sheath the lower stem. I am, because of this, inclined to think the > > Mystery Bulb is H. virescens, and I would say that only by seeing the > > actual plant can we identify it. I do not think we are too far off. But > > as there are some 30+ species, identification with certitude is not > > easy! Thanks again for the photographs. Cheers, John E. Bryan > > > > "crinum@libero.it" wrote: > > > > > > Dear John and all, > > > I have added the two picture: > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > > > > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/… > > > > > > > Carol confirms that her plants have a long stem (false stem) but littoralis and harrisiana have a fan of basal leaves. > > > Ciao > > > Alberto > > > > Italy > > > > > > ---------- Initial Header ----------- > > > > > > >From : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org > > > To : "Pacific Bulb Society" pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > > > > Cc : > > > Date : Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:00:30 -0700 > > > Subject : Re: re [pbs] Mystery bulb > > > > > > > Dear Alberto > > > > Please do. Cheers, John E. Bryan > > > > > > > > Alberto Grossi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Flowers of littoralis and harrisiana are far longer different. I grow all three of them. The corona in these species is smaller and open. If you want I can add the pictures of these flowers to the wiki. > > > > > Alberto > > > > > Italy > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Initial Header ----------- > > > > > > > > > > >From : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org > > > > > To : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > > > Cc : > > > > > Date : Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:24:28 -0700 > > > > > Subject : [pbs] Mystery Bulb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The 'mystery flower' posted by Susan Hayek looks to me like a > > > > > > Hymenocallis, possibly H. littoralis or H. harrisiana. Cheers, John E. > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > pbs mailing list > > > > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > > > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > pbs mailing list > > > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > pbs mailing list > > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > > > > > Alberto Grossi > > > Italy > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > Navighi a 4 MEGA e i primi 3 mesi sono GRATIS. > > > Scegli Libero Adsl Flat senza limiti su http://www.libero.it/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > Alberto Grossi > Italy > > ____________________________________________________________ > 6X velocizzare la tua navigazione a 56k? 6X Web Accelerator di Libero! > Scaricalo su INTERNET GRATIS 6X http://www.libero.it/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
