Eriospermum
Glen Lord (Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:58:53 PST)

Hello Mary Sue, I have a few species and am trying to acquire more. I have a
connection with UConn where they have some unidentified species but are
still trying to up the numbers before sharing. I hope to get some of those
when they are available. I gro them under lights and they seem to do quite
well. This is a big reason why I would like more of this great Genus.
Cheers, Glen

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote:

Hi,

I've added some photos to the wiki of Eriospermum corymbosum, a tiny plant
we viewed on Cameron's Eastern Cape tour last January. It was raining which
made taking photos tricky. We had seen a photo of this plant in the place we
were staying and were eager to find it. We found only leaves until Rachel
Saunders discovered one in bud. I know some of you are traveling with
Cameron again in January so if you go to the same place, please look for
this plant so we can have a photo for the wiki with it in bloom.
<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…>

The SANBI checklist lists 104 species of this genus, but there is really
very little about it on the Internet. There appears to be a lot of variation
in species which makes it an interesting genus, but since there doesn't seem
to be much of a fan club, perhaps there are a lot of "collector's plants"
included. Are members of this list growing any of these? It would be nice to
have more of them pictured on the wiki.

Mary Sue

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Glen