By the way, the Brunsvigia marginata is also open today. Very spectacular deep red. Paul Licht, Director Univ. California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ On 9/8/2010 6:56 PM, Jacob Knecht wrote: > Dear members, > > Here are pictures of the ripening Boophone haemanthoides inflorescence at > the UCBG one month after anthesis: > > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > > I have added these pictures to our wiki along with a superb emergent foliage > picture by Nhu Nguyen: > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > Thank you for all the positive feedback last month when I posted pictures of > the blooms. > > Enjoy! > > Jacob Knecht > Berkeley, California > > > On 5 August 2010 23:11, Jacob Knecht<jacobknecht@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I heard that the large Boophone haemanthoides was coming into bloom, >> so today I made a quick visit to the University of California Berkeley >> Botanical Garden just to see it. Turns out this one cream-coloured >> (instead of pink) and smells lovely! >> >> Pictures: >> http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… >> http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… >> http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… >> http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… >> http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… >> >> Anyone who can, should come see this. It will be an ongoing show as >> the inflorescence expands into a magnificent infructescence! >> >> Jacob Knecht >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >