Ina and Roland - I think of Habranthus brachyandrus having the most glaucous blue-grey foliage of the all the Habranthus I grow but it is most apparent for me on the newly emerged foliage and especially in stronger sun become greener as the season progresses. I wouldn't rely on it but often my own mystery bulbs that turn up occasionally that have bluer foliage do turn out to be H. brachyandrus. I was going more on the coloration and orientation of the buds. I put together album together of the Habranthus flower pictures I was growing in response to the conversation we about H. robustus in early December. Here is the link to that: https://picasaweb.google.com/102487306749734003012… Cheers Alani Davis Tallahassee, FL On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz> wrote: > Ah, that explains the leaves. > > Ina > > Ina Crossley > Auckland New Zealand Zone 10 > > On 3/02/2013 9:15 p.m., Bulborum Botanicum wrote: > > Here the answer from Felix Fadjar Marta > > > > Roland > > > > > > 3 februari 5:39 > > > > I am also also believe that there must be some type of H. > > brachyandrus. In my planting ground sometimes I have found out H. > > brachyandrus with some with exceptionally broad petals which are very > > beautiful. As it is easy to propagate from seeds, I tried to self > > pollinate them hoping that I could get a lot of H. brachyandrus with > > broad petals. To my disappointment, I have just got quite some > > progenies with broad petals by mostly narrow petals. Apparently even > > though there are some broad leaved type, but they are mostly of > > mongrel strain. > > > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bulborum/8436488232/ > > > > > > 2013/2/2 Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz>: > > Alani, this is what my H. brachyandrus looks like, what can be seen of > > the leaves, they are nothing like the one in Roland's photos, nor is the > > flower shape like that, and the brachyandrus has a dark part (don't know > > the right name for that). > > > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/102349754034616089606… > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Alani