Well, Iain. Don't sweat it!. If wilsoniana is anything like wilsonii, or schrenkii--I can get it from McClure and Zimmerman in the U.S. I don't have to have it. But thanks. At this point, I'm not at all sure what the hell I had. When I had it it did not increase.. In any case I can buy it from McC & Z or something much like it. CHeers, Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: <info@auchgourishbotanicgarden.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 3:45 PM Subject: [pbs] Tulipa wilsonii, syn. montana > Adam I was aware of the synonym but, at the risk of pandering to racial > stereotype of 'too tight' to spend money on a new replacement botanic > label, preferring to rely on hiding behind pretending to testing visitor's > knowledge of Tulipa taxonomy. Pretty sad is it not. > > Hang fire pro tem ref the permits and let's see what/if comes up. I would > however need in any event to allow the plants to complete their flowering > cycle here at least in the hopes of getting seed never mind allowing the > visitors to view said flowers. I am a wee bitty of a superstitious Celt so > prefer not to count my chickens err their hatching, fingers crossed > anyway, they have previously been through - 26 C as worst case scenario > and come to no harm without snow cover on that occasion, therefore this > year's - 20 C with circa 1.1 metre snow cover should not have affected > them, however I don't know [a] whether there is an inherent longevity in > this taxon's life time as a bulb, or [b] even if the bulbs split from time > to time under ground not having had any need [or time] to investigate but > will bare in mind the fact that they are 'divers' which on my acid > glaciated sands and gravels might be somewhat limited possibly? I regret > to say of late I have not given our Tulipa collec > tion as much attention as they warrant being distracted by the Lily > collection so will try to make amends this year, several taxa are already > poking their leaves through the grit covering on the rockery beds so > perhaps I need to cover them with a loose rabbit net as protection in case > of visitations, feathered or otherwise > > Iain > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 64830 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len/ > > The Professional version does not have this message > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/