Also, I grow several Camassias, and none form root bulbils. Diana Telos Rae Bulbs > Hi > > Mystery bulb time. I have just knocked out a choked pot of bulbs, thinking > it was the same as the Scilla peruviana which I am splitting up. Hardy - > it > has been outside under a tree. Bulbs currently 2 - 3cm in diameter. > But > a) it is not shooting new growth like all the others, but still has this > years tired leaves > b) it looks very similar to the scilla bulbs, and increases the same in > that > I am splitting old root plates. Brownish tunic, some signs of yellowing > around neck. > c) it does not smell quite the same, sort of sweetish, (not pungent like > allium) > d) it has small bulbils forming along some of the roots > > In thought at first I had thrown seed in with the bulbs, but no, they are > growing on the roots. Likely candidates are camassia, other than > leichtlinii > (quamash or cusukii?), ornithogalum, galtonia; or something I have > forgotten > all about. Leaves were probably long and channelled, not broad. > > Any ideas? > > Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone "wet and cool" > Galtonias still in bloom, Colchicums are just starting to flower, first > nerine showing colour. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/