Antigoni, This appears to be H. pubescens ssp. pubescens. Check the spathe valves (the red "petals")-- they should be notably thick and fleshy. According to illustrations in Snijman's revision (1984) the bulb looks more like H. pubescens than H. dasyphyllus. Dylan Hannon On 29 October 2012 05:37, Antigoni Rentzeperis <antigre10@yahoo.gr> wrote: > Hello all, > > a year ago I bought a bulb of ( supposed to be ) Haemanthus barkerae. > It flowered this year, at the beggining of September, it' s not barkerae, > can you please help me indentify it ? > > the flower > > http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/… > > > http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/… > > > http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/… > > the leaves, there are some dark spots on their back side > > > http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/… > > > http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/… > > and the bulb > > http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/… > > > regards, > > Antigoni > > > Gythio > Greece > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/
