Tecophilaea Grown in Chile?, was Re: Seed and Bulb Excanges
totototo@telus.net (Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:37:06 PDT)
On 14 Jul 06, at 10:28, Lee Poulsen wrote:
...Tecophilaea cyanocrocus... Osmani Baullosa, who lives in Chile, and
has been offering a large number of spectacular native Chilean bulbs
and other plants, cannot find or get hold of either seed or bulbs
anywhere in his country. They are completely unavailable to him there.
A horticultural friend and her boat-oriented husband went to Chile
some years ago for a sailing regatta. After she returned, in
conversation I mentioned tecophilaea. Her reply was "oh, that blue
thing they grow in the gardens in Santiago."
From what she said, tecophilaea is well known as a garden plant in
Chile, at least among the more serious gardeners. Why Osmani Baullosa
is unable to acquire any locally is a mystery to me. Is there perhaps
another blue bulb that my friend mistook for tecophilaea?
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island