Ismene amancaes
Alan (Sun, 05 Mar 2017 05:12:51 PST)

One of my two clones of this species always sets some seed (selfs); the
other doesn't. Its relatively short season of growth (though not as
short as Paramongaia) might make it less of a hit on the global
marketplace than Bruce suggests. The mass gregarious flowering on the
lomas is similar to what the related Leptochiton quitoensis (and
possibly I. helianthus) do where there populations have been left
undisturbed. I am glad to hear from Norton that at least one of the
lomas that harbor the species is being preserved.

Alan Meerow