Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:54:15 -0800
From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org>
To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [pbs] Eriospermum
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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