Bowiea basics
Alberto Grossi (Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:45:05 PST)

Hi All.
The bulbs of my kilimandsharica are really smaller than volubilis. Gariepensis is a different plant.
Alberto

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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.
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Alberto Grossi
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