Perhaps Crinum? On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Michael Mace <michaelcmace@gmail.com>wrote: > Folks, > > > > PBS was contacted by Owen Robinson, who recently inherited a pot of bulbs > among his grandmother's belongings. He wondered if we could identify the > bulbs for him. I'll let Owen explain: > > > > ==== > > > > I can't recall what the flower is but I do have a photo of the bulb above > the soil and leaves. All my gardening books and most stuff online just > shows the flower which is why I thought I'd try you folks. If your members > can help that would be great but in not, maybe I'll have to wait to see > what > it does. > > > > The link to the photo is as follows. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/51868833@N08/ > > > > The bulbs were my grandmothers and probably have been around for 15 years > or > more. No idea where or when they were bought. The bulb is about 2-3" in > diameter and the leaves grow to 18-24" above the bulb. I thought they > might > be amaryllis but the leaves are totally different. They grow in a layered > pattern up from the bulb a ways before branching out a various heights. The > plant is in a window that gets direct sun from sunrise until after lunch. > I > haven't been around the plant frequently until this year so I don't know > when/if it blooms but it started producing leaves in late September > (perhaps > coincidentally shortly after I started watering it - so perhaps the timing > this year is meaningless). One noticeable feature is the top of the bulb > and > lower part of the "stem" of leaves are covered with layers of thin material > similar to garlic bulb covering. > > > > ==== > > > > Any ideas on what grandma was growing? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Glen