Hi All. The bulbs of my kilimandsharica are really smaller than volubilis. Gariepensis is a different plant. Alberto ---------- Initial Header ----------- From : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org To : "Pacific Bulb Society" pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Cc : Date : Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:32:06 -0600 Subject : [pbs] Bowiea basics > >What is Bowiea volubilis nana? sorry for my ignorance! > > Dear Alberto, > I agree. > I have grown B. volubilis many times, but just obtained > another plant along with one named B (v) nana. In checking out info I > also came across the names B. kilimandscharica and B. gariepensis > (various spellings). > Some experts claim distinction, others combine all under the > single species B. volubilis. > > I can understand that B. v. may be highly variable, but can > anyone pin point the differences between these names? > > > And to add to the confusion, some experts claim the plant is > deadly poisonous from root to leaf tip and others claim it is edible. > One of these must be wrong. > > Can anyone clear this up for all of us? and a good web site ? > > Thanks 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/ > Alberto Grossi Italy