Thanks David. Mauro and I had an interesting discussion about Neomarica when I saw him in July. He is a great source of information. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ehrlich<mailto:idavide@sbcglobal.net> To: Pacific Bulb Society<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Neomarica Patty and Mark From the information I have been able to gather, the diffence is that N.gracilis has long 'gracile' pedicels -- more than twice the length of the spathes from which they emerge. The result is that the inflorescence appears lax, whereas that of N.northiana appears crowded. On the wikiI I have included a digram I received from Mario Peixto, which came originaly from the doctoral thesis of Lindolpbo Capellari Júnior (Taxonomical Revision of the Genus Neomarica Sprague) (I can refer you to the original document -- in Portuguese, or a key to species, also in Portuguese, or a key from a French Irid society -- in French.) (Just below it, if you are interested. are photos of the flowers, but not of the plant's habit, of my N. northiana.) ________________________________ From: patty allen <prallen2@peoplepc.com<mailto:prallen2@peoplepc.com>> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>> Sent: Thu, February 11, 2010 12:40:27 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Neomarica David, What are the differences between the Neomarica G. and Neomarica N.? I am growing what I believe to be the gracilis, but I would like to be sure. Patty -----Original Message----- >From: David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net<mailto:idavide@sbcglobal.net>> >Sent: Feb 11, 2010 2:31 PM >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Neomarica > >Hi Mark, > >My Neomarica caerulea produced propagules last year which I have not yet removed. Two have 4 leaves each, about 6" long (but no roots). I can send you one or both of them if you send me your address. > >I also have many propagules on my N.northiana, which I can also send. > >Are you positive of the identification of your N. gracilis? I ask this because many people grow N. northiana under the name of N.gracilis. If you have the genuine species, I'd be interested in propagules of that when you have some. > >David E. >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com/<http://www.peoplepc.com/> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/>