I would be interested but I'm always interested in plants. :) Donna in Winnipeg, Manitoba ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 1:03 PM Subject: [pbs] To B (X) or not to B (X) ? > Dear Dell et al, > I know we have gotten very expansive in our inclusion of > 'bulbous' topics and plant materials included in the BX, but I wonder > if this is going too far. > > I am ready to donate a dozen or more small plants of > Euphorbis decaryi 'Nova' > > > https://highlandsucculents.safeserver.com/species/… > > This is tropical succulent from Madagascar that only grows a > few inches tall with a crown of wrinkled succulent foliage. I > grow this in a shallow, but wide pot and in a short time it fills the > pot. This species is dioecious, the sexes are in separate plants and > I can't recall, but this either a male or female (that's a joke, > guys) . Its small pendant flowers are insignificant. > So why even think to donate to the PBS BX? > > Although the plant is only a few inches tall, it makes fairly > large white underground storage roots. These can wander up to 4 or 5 > inches and some will, form new plants on the end (rhizomes?), but > others seem destined simply for storage. So they are geophytes or > geophytic. > > > But is there an interest in a house plant, succulent? Dell, > you get the biggest vote, but appreciate interest in others. > > If there's interest, I'll send the Dell next week. > Best Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >