Hi Andrtew A photo to be available in IBS http://bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS… Alessandro Marinello Padova Italy ----- Original Message ----- From: "AW" <awilson@avonia.com> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] rhodophiala > > Hi Alessandro! > > Thanks for your suggested ID of this bulb. Since you provided not just the > genus but the species name (Hieronymiella argentina) I assume you have > information that would help us decide. I searched but did not find one of > that species - only other species of the genus with much wider, flaired > blooms. A botanical description, drawings or an image - could you send > those, or any of them? Thanks. > > I placed this bulb as 'Rhodophiala sp' after seeing another bulb named in > this way in the Wiki that showed some, but not all, similarities with the > image I posted. Following on those lines I have recently received, from > outside this conversation, a suggested ID of Phycella herbertiana. Based > on > images I've seen, that suggestion, though good in some ways, seems > unlikely > to be the correct one. > > Maybe it is not Rhodophiala but, in the interest of sound Wiki data, we > need > to have firm grounds for changing. > > Andrew Wilson > San Diego > > > Hi Andrew > I believe or Hieronymiella argentina, not Rhodophiala Alessandro marinello > Padova Italy > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/