From: "Angelo Porcelli" <ang.por@alice.it>
Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: [pbs] re:///Doryanthes/
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:38:12 +0200

I do grow Doryanthes palmeri and although it has reached a good size, it
hasn't flowered yet but I think it will next year. This species is rather
slow growing indeed and I read it takes 7-8 years to flower from seeds.
Mine has withstood several times -3°C (27F) without damage but literature
reports -5°C as its lower limit. I don't know if we should consider it a
true geophyte. It was placed one time in Agavaceae and indeed it closely
related to Beschorneria as visual look, as well as Manfreda and

as general structure of the plant.

Angelo Porcelli
south of Italy