We obtained bulbs identified as Cyrtanthus mackenii that have bloomed in three colors, including orange, yellowish cream and a single individual that is pure white. The white flower can be seen in the lower right photo on our catalog page at http://www.wildgingerfarm.com/store/archives/196/ Truls Wild Ginger Farm Beavercreek, OR 97004 http://www.wildgingerfarm.com/ info@wildgingerfarm.com On Jan 31, 2011, at 10:25 AM, pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > Today's Topics: > > 1. A white cyrtanthus (AW) > 2. Re: A white cyrtanthus (bulborum botanicum) > 3. Re: A white cyrtanthus (AW) > 4. Re: Eastern Cape Trip (Mary Sue Ittner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:12:16 -0800 > From: "AW" <awilson@avonia.com> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] A white cyrtanthus > Message-ID: <2C51FABF1D544B0BAE59EDFE9F9D1A18@Desktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Here is, what seems to me, a white-flowered (really, it's slightly > cream-colored) Cyrtanthus. > http://flickr.com/photos/andrewrmw/… . I do > not know > the identity. Could it be C. mackenii or is it something else? It's > been in > bloom here (outdoors) for the past two months or so. Thanks > > Andrew > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:38:01 +0100 > From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] A white cyrtanthus > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimvOuYL-A3KH7Ns0aVf_MqoUWzF8eW9U_hsvCae@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello Andrew > > Very nice one . Did you buy it or was it in your garden already > when you have a spare seed or two later > I would be happy to have it for the collection > > Roland > > > 2011/1/30 AW <awilson@avonia.com>: >> Here is, what seems to me, a white-flowered (really, it's slightly >> cream-colored) Cyrtanthus. > > > > -- > R de Boer > La Maugardiere 1 > F 27260 EPAIGNES > FRANCE > > Tel./Fax 0033-232-576-204 > Email:?? bulborum@gmail.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:05:57 -0800 > From: "AW" <awilson@avonia.com> > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] A white cyrtanthus > Message-ID: <9E8CEA4095904606B1F7882D1E1A98DB@Desktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Roland! > > This bulb has been growing here for many years and it has bloomed > reliably > each year. I do not recall where it came from, but it might have > been UC > Irvine. Mary Sue has just replied to that it is similar to her C. > mackenii > hybrids. I'll be glad to send seed if and when I see it. It has not > set > seedlings to date, and so may indeed be a hybrid. > > Andrew > > > Hello Andrew > > Very nice one . Did you buy it or was it in your garden already when > you > have a spare seed or two later I would be happy to have it for the > collection > > Roland > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:13:37 -0800 > From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Eastern Cape Trip > Message-ID: <20110131152416.C9FC74C216@lists.ibiblio.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Hi, > > I'm skipping Naude's Nek for the moment where we spent part of two > days discovering many wonderful plants as it will take some time to > gather all our photos and Cameron's from the past to create a new > group of pages for a new place on the wiki. We reluctantly left > Naude's Nek but had a new treat in store as we were staying at a > wonderful farm with very nice people, Balloch. It was very hot again > so one of the delights was to cool off in a pool in the river after > we unloaded. That night we had dinner outside in an open cave with a > dramatic thunderstorm for entertainment. The next morning a hike up > to the top of a mountain was scheduled before breakfast. Not only > were the views spectacular, but we were rewarded by seeing several > different specimens of one of my most favorite plants of the trip, > Disa porrecta. I'm afraid I may have added more photos to the wiki > than were needed to show its features. > <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…> > > After breakfast we did another mountain hike in the area. Well, some > of us did. It was already getting to be quite warm and there weren't > so many plants to see so part way up the mountain a few of us found a > cave with a lovely view and lingered there out of the sun while the > rest of the group climbed to the top. Two plants seen at the > beginning of this hike were Dierama robustum and Hypoxis > angustifolia. Also spotted was a Gladiolus dalenii, but our pictures > of it aren't very good so I didn't add them to the wiki. > <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…> > <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > > We were lucky to have experts along to help us with identification of > these plants. The Hypoxis flowers mostly looked alike to me, although > often the leaves were different, but not always enough for me to tell > them apart. And a lot of the Dieramas looked similar as well. > > Later in the day on our way to the next destination we saw a single > representative of Nerine angustifolia, but I didn't add it to the > wiki either since there are already nice habitat photos on the wiki > from Cameron. We then stopped at a field of Kniphofia linearifolia. > The Kniphofias we saw were also the subject of some discussion as > keys were reviewed in an attempt to tell them apart. I think this was > the final conclusion of what this one was. Regardless of what it was, > the field was very beautiful and certainly the habitat description > seemed correct. > <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > > Mary Sue > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 96, Issue 39 > ***********************************