ThanksTony, The gallery has allowed me to give two species names to cultivars and tentatively to name A fungiliformis. for a plant Idid not have a name for. I always understood Aspidistra to be lilliaceous with a creeping (?)rhizome. peter On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Tony Avent <Tony@plantdelights.com> wrote: > Peter: > > If anyone has an interest in aspidistra, you may find our aspidistra photo > gallery of interest...currently with 118 photos of both the foliage and > flowers. > http://gallery.plantdelights.com/Aspidistra-Cast-I… > > Since it's hard for us to consider aspidistra as a bulb, tuber, or corm, we > established an aspidistra chat group at > http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/aspidistra/… > > Tony Avent > Plant Delights Nursery @ > Juniper Level Botanic Garden > 9241 Sauls Road > Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA > Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F > Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F > USDA Hardiness Zone 7b > email tony@plantdelights.com > website http://www.plantdelights.com/ > phone 919 772-4794 > fax 919 772-4752 > "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least > three times" - Avent > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Peter Taggart > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:19 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Rohdea and Aspidistra > > I have about a ten Aspidistra species. I may have had Milky Way" but I > think > that it is one I lost in the green house, last winter, which was > exceptionally cold > There are several groups within Aspidistra and several types of flower too. > They have a distribution including Yunan, ?Burma, Korea, Japan and ?Korea > I dont have any Rohdea but I did buy a couple of Peliosanthes this spring. > I believe that some on this forum are particularly well informed on > Aspidistra and I too would be glad to hear what they might have to say. > Peter > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 4:42 PM, The Silent Seed <santoury@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > I have no clue why, but from the time I joined, I've seen nothing > mentioned > > about these two wonderfully fantastic genera. Is there anybody else out > > there who appreciates and / or collects these? What are your favorites > and > > why? > > I will start: I have a modest collection of about a dozen types and am > > always looking for more. > > My favorite Aspidistra is the sp. lurida Ginga ("milky way" - who has the > > REAL milky way anyway? Is there a hard and fast rule to differentiate > them?) > > - I just get lost in each leaf with its' starry patterns of yellow dots. > > For a Rohdea, my favorite is the plain jane japonica. I love the > simplicity > > of it. > > The first time I saw an Aspidistra flower, I was dumfouned! I knew they > > were held low, but this one was actually buried, and only visible after I > > pulled the plant up. It looks exactly like a paw paw tree flower. > Amazing! > > Do share! > > Jude > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >