Thank you all who contributed to my query regarding the hairiness of Haemanthus coccineus leaves! Aloha nui, Jacob Knecht Honolulu, Hawai`i --- Hannon <othonna@gmail.com> wrote: > Jacob, > > I have some 5-year old seedlings of H. coccineus > that still retain > juvenile pubescence on upper and lower leaf > surfaces. However, the > parents (also grown from seed) are decidedly > glabrous. Comes from > south of Steinkopf. I looked at some other seedlings > I have from other > localities and they are also "hairy" in varying > degree, though on > maturity they seem to transition to glabrousness in > most cases. I have > this species from at least 10 localities and there > is some interesting > variation. One especially odd form is from the East > Cape > (Kenton-on-Sea) and has a significantly longer > growing season, is > slower and smaller and the red-orange inflorescence > has rather > inconspicuous bracts. I think Snijmnan said > something about this > plasticity and she wondered if more taxa could not > be discerned with > more study. Even the 2 or 3 plants of H. coccineus > painted by Ellaphie > Ward-Hillhorst for Snijman's book appear to be very > different. > > I saw a photo of a plant of H. coccineus growing at > Stellenbosch BG > and it had leopard spotting on the *upper surface* > of the leaves. > Banding and speckling (or lack thereof) is another > interesting > variable in this species. > > Dylan > > On 11/16/07, Jacob Knecht <sabepafronta@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Aloha bulb friends, > > > > I have some seedlings that were bought as seeds > under > > the name Haemanthus coccineus. They are very fuzzy > on > > both sides. > > > > I have grown many forms of this species and I > realise > > that it covers a wide geographical range and also > has > > considerable morphological variation, but I have > never > > seen any with any fuzz whatsoever. Perhaps they > just > > have the fuzz when in a juvenile stage or do I > have > > something that isn't really H. coccineus? > > > > Is anyone out there growing Haemanthus coccineus > that > > have hirsute leaves? > > > > Thanks for the advice in advance. > > > > Jacob Knecht > > Honolulu, Hawai`i > > > > -- > > see my botanical photography at: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/ > > > > see my botanical photography at: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/ > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs/ > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > see my botanical photography at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/