I had a similar thought today as I drove past my clump of Merwilla thrusting their flower spikes upwards, doing a good impersination of Urginea but with leaves. Greg Ruckert Nairne South Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Mueller" <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Urginea: The Cheapest Bulb in the World? > If Scilla natalensis has blue flowers, I will bite! Now, does anyone know > of a good source? -Cynthia Mueller, College Station, Tx > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:52 PM, "Roy Herold" <rherold@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> The recent discussion about the Home Depot urginea has me wondering if >> they might be the cheapest bulb in the world, in terms of dollars per >> kilogram (or pound)? Are the 'narcissus for naturalizing' cheaper? What >> about 'alliums for eating'? >> >> Tubers/rhizomes excluded--potatoes, turnips, etc don't count... >> >> Slightly off topic, is it possible that Cynthia's blue urginea might be >> Scilla natalensis (Merwilla plumbaea)? These bulbs can certainly get to >> a similar size, and have nice blue flowers. >> >> --Roy >> NW of Boston >> Where lots of cheap cyclamen are blooming (never paid more than ten >> cents for a seed), and where Scilla natalensis (free seeds) will >> probably never bloom... >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/