Subject: Re: What's a Bulb?,
Joe Shaw (Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:46:10 PDT)

1. Fuchsia decidua is an oddity which I saw years ago in the Sierra de
Minatlan
in western Jalisco. It has a few long, thick, spongy roots, not defined
into potato-like tubers, but still tuberous. The thick roots are buried in
moss high up on the trunks of oaks.

2. Another odd "bulb" which I encountered years ago in far western Jalisco,
Mexico, on cliffs between Bara de Navidad and Autlan was Pitcairnia
micheliana a bromeliad which was quite "bulbous" and had red-red flowers.
This one a bulbous lithophyte, or rock dweller.

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Hi Gang,

I sure enjoy the stories and reports from this group. Now I want to visit
Sierra de Minatlan and see the oak tree-hugging Fuchsia.

Joe
More rain today, still warm and humid. An old fashioned Crinum called
'Apostle' (not Tweleve Apostles) finished blooming. What a pretty plant.