Well, Jim. I wish you wouldn't unsubscribe. You're one of the best informed folks around, and I for one will miss your knowledge base, informational input, and occasional gentle humor. ----- Original Message ----- From: "? ?" <atlas_titan@hotmail.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Just Dioscorea > > I wish to unsubscribe from this list. Thank you! > >> From: jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com >> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:12:08 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Just Dioscorea >> >> I'll bet the one in your garden is Chinese yam, Dioscorea oppositifolia >> (widely known as D. batatas). It's a terrible pest in many areas and is >> widely considered to be "officially" invasive in some states. This >> species >> forms large tuberous roots and small aerial tubers. I've never seen a >> variegated form however. This species and D. japonica are similar, >> although >> web photos of D. japonica show very upright conspicuous spikes of >> flowers. >> >> The ones you saw with big aerial tubers might have been D. bulbifer. >> According to the wikipedia account, the tubers of this one range from >> edible >> if boiled to toxic. It is probably not hardy northward but is feral in >> Florida. >> >> Jim McKenney >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your > inbox. > http://windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/