What's going on here?
Tony Avent (Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:18:07 PST)

Jim:

My guess is that with the re-organization of the Dutch auction houses,
many smaller growers/collectors are simply looking for an outlet for
their surplus bulbs. When I was in the Netherlands a few years ago, I
was shocked at the unusual types of bulbs grown by specialty
growers/collectors that rarely see the commercial catalogs.

Tony Avent
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James Waddick wrote:

Dear friends,
I am fairly alert to plant names, but not an avid grower of
tropical bulbs. Still I don't expect quite so many 'surprises' when
reading a wholesale bulb catalog.

Is there a big market for any of these bulbs? I think they
are all Amaryllids, but a brief goggling didn't have a lot to show
for them and most are not on the PBS wiki either.

Gilliesia gramiea
Hannonia hesperidium
Miersia chilensis
Stenomesson pearcei
Vagaria ollivieri

OK I admit near total ignorance, but what is going on here?

Any guesses? Best Jim W.