As far as I know this is the old Kwanso--a double--which was brought into the country by early oriental immigrants--variable stories as a food source at the timem when Chinese (Koreans? ) were brought in to help build the coast-to-coast continental railroad in the 1800s. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Smith" <oothal@hotmail.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Legacy Bulbs (pic) > > Hi Patty, > > > > I just spent some time looking on some of my old backup cd's. This old > computer I am using takes forever to generate a thumbnail but I finally > found an old pic. I posted it to Flickr so you can take a look. I have no > idea the species. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/oothal/4645614306/ > > > > I doubt it is much of a treasure but it is nice looking. > > > > > > Justin > > Woodville, TX 8b/9a > > > > > >> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 12:02:38 -0500 >> From: prallen2@peoplepc.com >> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Legacy Bulbs >> >> HI JUSTIN, >> >> IT'S POSSIBLE--*** YOUR GATHERED "TREASURES" COULD BE HEMEROCALLIS FULVA >> ( OLD HEIRLOOM DOUBLE BURNT ORANGE/GOLD/YELLOW), HEMEROCALLIS FLAVA ( OLD >> HEIRLOOM SINGLE ORANGE) OR HEMEROCALLIS HYPERION (OLD HEIRLOOM YELLOW). >> YOU SEE THEM ON ABANDONED HOMESITES, WHERE OLD HOMES USED TO BE, ALONG >> WHERE ROADWAYS WERE CUT THROUGH AND EVEN IN EDGES OF FIELDS WHERE PEOPLE >> USED TO LIVE AND CULTIVATE THE LAND, AND IN DITCHES. >> I HAVE SOME OF ALL THREE AND MINE AREN'T BLOOMING YET EITHER, ALTHOUGH >> QUITE A FEW OF HYBRID HEMEROCALLIS ARE DOING SO. >> >> CHEERS, >> PATTY >> HUMBLE, TX. USA >> ZONE 9 >> >> HOT AND HUMID, WHERE IS THE RAIN WHEN YOU NEED IT??? AND I DON'T MEAN A >> DELUGE EITHER, JUST A NICE SOAKING ALL NIGHTER!! >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your > inbox. > http://windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/