Wikipedia confirms your information. Apparently neither Peniocereus nor Echinocereus have appeared in the PBX BX either. So whatever you wanna call it, I'm gonna be trying growing a geophytic cactus soon. I'm excited! And I'm still wondering who else is growing them. Dennis in Cincinnati On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:59 PM, <faeden4444@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Dennis: > According to The Plant List, most of Wilcoxia has now been moved to > Peniocereus or Echinocereus. See http://www.theplantlist.org/ > tpl1.1/search?q=wilcoxia. A few haven't yet been moved because their > provenance apparently hasn't been resolved. If you have a source for these > books, also see Anderson, Edward, "The Cactus Family," 2001; and Hunt, > David (Ed.), "The New Cactus Lexicon," 2006. Both placed ALL of Wilcoxia > into Peniocereus or Echinocereus. > Marilyn PekaskySF Bay Area, CA > > From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 11:33 AM > Subject: [pbs] genus Wilcoxia > > My newest plant obsession is fragrant cactuses (especially the tropical > epiphytes) which are definitely OT for PBS. However, while searching for > sources for the more obscure varieties I encountered the genus Wilcoxia. > These are cactuses with tuberous roots like Dahlias. They're fascinating! > > Are PBS members growing these? I can't find any record of them being > offered in the BX. The PBS wiki does have a page for a related genus, but > not for Wilcoxia: > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > My first attempt is going to be Wilcoxia schmolli. I just ordered some > seeds. Some cool pics of it can be seen here: > > http://www.cacti.co.nz/shop/wilcoxia-schmollii/ > http://forum.bcss.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=154042 > http://blog.goo.ne.jp/queiiti/m/200808/ (2nd photo down, on this > page) > > Dennis in Cincinnati > _______________________________________________ > 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/