Tocantina

Joshua Young joshuay46016@yahoo.com
Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:55:41 PDT
Alan,
 
   Are they large flowered!?
 
 
Josh

From: Nolo Contendere <bulbman@hotmail.com>
To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:16 PM
Subject: [pbs] Tocantina

I've examined the type specimens and the single flower looks much like a 
Hippeastrum.  There are a number of odd hippeastroids in central and 
southern Brazil, including H. cipoanum, described as a hippeastrum by 
Ravenna, not to mention the enigmatic Eithea.

Alan Meerow



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