It will be a classic plant, if hummingbirds are able to drink from the cups! The other morning I watched a youngster taking a bath in water droplets clinging to the top of a climbing rose - it "talked to itself" in enthusiasm the whole time. The water-containing cups on plants such as silphium are probably important to a number of creatures. -Cynthia Mueller, Central Texas Cynthia W Mueller > On Sep 3, 2015, at 4:55 AM, Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> wrote: > > Sorry for the OT post, but I need some feedback (off-list is fine) from > people familiar with Genus Silphium. My Silphium brachiatum and S. > perfoliatum seem to have hybridized in my garden. I'd like a second > opinion! Please click the link. > > http://www.badbear.com/Silphium/silphium.html > > If this is the first such hybrid do I get to name it S. x krambii or > anything like that? :-D > > Thanks, > Dennis in Cincinnati > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/