I've always loved the vanilla fragrance of Ferraria crispa but with age have had increasing difficulty in bending over to savor it fully. Berkeley is in the third day of a heat wave (high 80's) and much to my delight, the whole area around them is now filled with their heady odor. This odor comes from what I describe as the standard white form and I've often been struck how weak or even absent it is in the ones with darker flowers. We label the latter as 'sp.' but I've been told by several that they are forms of F.crispa, even though they tend to have less fragrance, bloom earlier and grow more vigorously. I guess there are tradeoffs. Paul Paul Licht, Director Univ. California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Anemone b. "white Splendor' (totototo@telus.net) > 2. Re: Tulipa sylvestris (totototo@telus.net) > 3. Re: Bountiful Bulbs Need Dividing (totototo@telus.net) > 4. Re: Scadoxus pole-evansii (Lee Poulsen) > 5. Re: Scadoxus pole-evansii (Ken) > 6. Re: Scadoxus pole-evansii (Stephen Putman) > 7. Tulipa sylvestris (iain@auchgourishbotanicgarden.org) > 8. What is this bulb's name? (James Waddick) > 9. Re: Scadoxus pole-evansii (Ken) > 10. Re: pbs Digest, Vol 75, Issue 22 (Aqua Flora SA) > 11. Re: What is this bulb's name? and Bellevalia forniculata > (Dell Sherk) > 12. Re: Tulipa sylvestris (J. Agoston) > 13. Muscari and Bellevalia, was What is this bulb's name? > (Jane McGary) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:21:20 -0700 > From: totototo@telus.net > Subject: Re: [pbs] Anemone b. "white Splendor' > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <49EC4CA0.24366.4212EFE@localhost> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > On 19 Apr 2009, at 18:24, James Waddick wrote: > > >> Where is the 'horse's mouth' when you need an authoritative answer.? >> > > That's easy to provide. I'll make a point of buying some commercial 'White > Splendor' this fall and comparing it to the "other white Anemone blanda." > > > <whinny> > > >