Hi Gang, C. moorei rubra seems to be one of the parents of 'Hannibals' Dwarf', and a few other things. C. moorei rubra may actually be a Crinum moorei-like garden hybrid, but it has moorei-like flowers that are rose-pink, or dark-pink. I've been looking around to find this bulb, or just pollen from it. It seems to have gone underground along the Gulf Coast, but perhaps exisits overseas or in California. If you have it, or know where to find it, please let me know. It seems to have produced some excellent hybrid offspring. Like many C. moorei-types it seemed to resent the year-round rain here in the greater Houston, TX area. Cordially, Joe Conroe TX Good rain last night, maybe 2 inches, lots of thunder and lightning too. I spent the day shooting mosquitos with a .22 rifle (just kidding). I spent the day repotting and wondering if my C. asiaticum x Fay Hornbucke seedpods were going to fail. So far, 5 or 6 our of 7 have stayed green and growing--2 have pooped out. ----- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 44, Issue 24 > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post: <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. South African Bulbs (totototo@telus.net) > 2. Fragrance in colchicums (Jane McGary) > 3. Re: South African Bulbs (Angela and Dean Offer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:57:59 -0700 > From: totototo@telus.net > Subject: [pbs] South African Bulbs > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <20060922190101.8D16VQUH2X@priv-edtnaa06.telusplanet.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > The September 2006 issue of the Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society > is devoted to South African plants, with a significant emphasis on > the geophytic flora. > > Lots of good photographs. > > > > -- > Rodger Whitlock > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate > > on beautiful Vancouver Island > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:42:19 -0700 > From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > Subject: [pbs] Fragrance in colchicums > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20060922163807.00c4ab48@mail.earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Jim McKenney's note about fragrant colchicums led me to go around sniffing > them this morning. Some had no noticeable fragrance. C. bivonae and most > of > its many hybrids have a faint fragrance that reminds me of lemon trees. > The > most fragrant was the hybrid 'Dick Trotter', which has a sweet scent > similar to Ivory bath soap. Interestingly, the commercial form of C. x > agrippinum had no scent I could detect, but the form I grow that was found > in an old Portland garden is honey-scented. C. variegatum, one of the > parents of this natural hybrid, had no fragrance (but magnificent bloom > after our hot summer). C. speciosum is almost unscented, so the big > hybrids > must get their fragrance from their C. bivonae ancestry. > > Jane McGary > Northwestern Oregon, USA > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:43:31 -0700 > From: "Angela and Dean Offer" <angelasgarden@bigpond.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] South African Bulbs > To: <totototo@telus.net>, "Pacific Bulb Society" > <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <005701c6df37$d481f5c0$9c01e63c@angelaslaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Does it include clivia? > Cheers > Angela > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <totototo@telus.net> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:57 AM > Subject: [pbs] South African Bulbs > > >> The September 2006 issue of the Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society >> is devoted to South African plants, with a significant emphasis on >> the geophytic flora. >> >> Lots of good photographs. >> >> >> >> -- >> Rodger Whitlock >> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada >> Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate >> >> on beautiful Vancouver Island >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 44, Issue 24 > *********************************** > >