Hesperocallis undulata
Don (Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:25:56 PDT)

I am doing a citizen science research project on this plant in Borrego
Springs, CA. I notice that there has been a lot of discussion about the
plant in past years (2005-2010) but not much recently. This past spring
was excellent for the plant in the wild, and approx. 165 of them came up
in my yard, as well as elsewhere within the range of the species. Of the
plants in my yard, roughly half bloomed, and roughly half of those
produced seed. I counted the number of leaves per plant, correlated this
with flowering and fruiting, and excavated 12 bulbs from my yard to be
weighed and measured. If you are interested in the details I can send
you a draft of the paper I have written. This coming winter I will be
doing my own germination studies and experimenting with "forcing" some
bulbs by means of irrigation to see if that works.

What I am looking for is any information about recent efforts to grow
the plant, such as success or failure with germination, translocation of
bulbs, or anything else that seems interesting. If you respond to
pbs@lists.ibiblio.org, please also send a copy to my personal email
address, don@rideout.net so that I will be sure to receive it. I look
forward to hearing from you. Thanks.

Don Rideout
Borrego Springs, CA

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