Doryanthes
Mary Sue Ittner (Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:54:31 PDT)

Hi,

Some time ago we discussed Doryanthes, a genus from Australia. Some
pictures were added to the wiki of Doryanthes excelsa which has very large
and tall flowers. At that time there was a question about whether or not
this genus qualified as a geophyte. In the last few days on the AB Images
list they have been talking about this plant. I thought some of the
conversation was very interesting and got Jim Lykos' permission to add
information from the discussion to our wiki page. Alberto Grossi has
contributed some pictures of D. palmeri, another species, that he
photographed growing in Italy. Jim says Doryanthes definitely has bulbous
root growths. Those of you not on the AB Images list may want to read about
this.

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Mary Sue