On a related note...is *L. concolor* in cultivation in the States? Having seen photos of it, it is almost certainly a parent of one of the plants going around under the name *Ledebouria* "Gila Monster." - Dave On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Alberto Castillo <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com > wrote: > > > Thanks, Tim, for the superb photo. > > I grow a few different forms of L. socialis, as most do.I have known it > forever for being an epigeal bulb in small pots. It came as a surprise when > giving it a 5 gallon container in a gritty mix and of course normal watering > that all bulbs buried themselves until only the pair of leaves mostly flat > to the ground were visible. Offsets, like already mentioned, were produced > from the bottom of the mother bulbs, a good distance from the surface. > > It seems it is an epigeal in the arid habitat as this would be a way to > take advantage of night dew. In cultivation it is seen in countless images > as a clump of aerial bulbs in small pots, typical of succulent cultivation. > > Other Ledebourias did the same when given ample root run, they buried > themselves a good deal with the foliage pressed flat against the mix like a > Massonia. > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >