Message: 5
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 05:53:01 +0000 (UTC)
From: Hans Callebaut <hcalleba@yahoo.com>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
Subject: [pbs] Daubenya alba
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Back in 2013 I got some D. alba seeds from BX350. Those seeds (from Dylan
Hannon) had been in cold dry storage for 6 years. I'm happy to say pretty
much all of them (~35 or so) came up after about 6 weeks (and are still
alive and well). As mentioned in the wiki description, they were a bit slow
to develop and just now I got a first flower. It's not entirely an 'alba'
as the name would suggest, rather more white-and-purple (image attached).
This corresponds well with Dylan Hannon's images for D. alba on the PBS
wiki. However the provenance for the plants shown is referenced as
'Bosrivier, Sutherland', while the seeds I got were annotated
'Bo-Visrivier, Sutherland'. For what it's worth, I did find a Google
reference for a 'Bo-Visrivier Road' in Sutherland, SA. Both names seem to
make sense as well ('Bosrivier' meaning 'Forest river' and 'Visrivier'
meaning 'Fish river').
'Bosrivier, Sutherland' and 'Bo-Visrivier, Sutherland' look awfully
similar (and both are D. alba from Dylan Hannon), so I'm wondering if one
is a misspelling of the other, and if so, which one is correct?
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