Greetings B*o*lbophili, I enjoyed very much your Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum pictures and especially your great success of its first flowering. May I ask my great question: Can you spot its exact geographic origin? Is it from a new quarter degree square? Aloha, Dietrich Am 09.06.2012 20:47, schrieb Jacob Knecht: > Greetings geophyte lovers, > > Nhu and I enjoyed the first blooming of Ornithogalum > adseptentrionesvergentulum in April this year. We had no idea what to > expect since no pictures exist on-line or in any of our books of this > species' flowers. They really charmed us with their blushing, sparkly > faces and impressive number of blooms for such a tiny bulb. They open > sequentially on what appeared to be a branched inflorescence, though I > confess that I examine them very closely to be sure. I added this species > to the wiki: > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > For higher resolution photos, see: > > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/… > > In our experience growing this species in Berkeley, California, its leaves > haven't demonstrated quite so much determination to lean in a single > direction. For more information and to see some truly beautiful habitat > shots of this species do check out Charles Craib's article on this species: > http://penroc.co.za/newsletters2008/julyaug08/… . > > Charles Craib died earlier this year and his passing is a huge loss for the > plants he studied, wrote about and propagated so brilliantly. > Unfortunately after his death many of his plants were stolen. > > Aloha, > > Jacob Knecht > Berkeley, California > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/