Wiki Additions--Hippeastrum, Macropidia, Anigozanthos
Mary Sue Ittner (Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:19:00 PST)

Hi,

<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>Germán
Roitman has added some more Argentinean species to the Hippeastrum wiki
page, H. angustifolium, H. aglaiae, and H. iguazuanum and one from Brazil,
Hippeastrum santacatarina :
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

A number of years ago Lee Poulsen created some wiki pages for the two
genera commonly known as Kangaroo Paws, plants from Western Australia that
grow from rhizomes and have wonderfully strange often hairy flowers. I've
added some pictures we took on our trip to Australia. I have some more I'll
be adding soon.
Macropidia fulginosa is the black Kangaroo Paw, the only species in that
genus. We saw it at King's Park and Botanical Garden, Perth. The native
spring wildflower display in this park was absolutely amazing.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
In King's Park we also saw Anigozanthos manglesii which is the floral
emblem of Western Australia. It is not very disease resistant and
apparently short lived in cultivation so I wonder if they are adding new
ones all the time. The other pictures are habitat pictures of Anigozanthos
flavidus and Anigozanthos humilis. I'll let you know when I get around to
adding some of the other pictures of plants we saw in the wild and in gardens.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Mary Sue