Thanks for the reply. I've seen that website, and it's one of only two where the plant looks noticeably different from pictures of nelsonii. As it's of wild plants in one locality...well, who knows? Maybe it's variable over its range? Can you confirm it always has an appearance similar to those plants? Unfortunately, my bulbs are barely 7cm across, so the 15cm leaf base thing doesn't help in my case. I assume you are talking about old, fully-grown plants. If you or anyone has pictures of younger plants, it would be a great help. I have seen a habitat shot by EVJ where the plants look like something halfway between A. bracteata and A. nelsonii (bulbs looking like nelsonii). Thanks again! On Fri, Sep 4, 2020, 1:35 PM Johannes Ulrich Urban via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hello David, > > Albuca batteniana is unmistakably different from A. nelsonii. I grow > both, although my plant of A. batteniana is still a baby, it comes from > Issa Nursery in France. I first saw this Albuca in the garden of friends > who got it from the same nursery. It is a MASSIVE plant, much much > bigger than A. nelsonii which in itself is not a dwarf either. > > A batteniana is not very tall but the leaves are very broad, 15cm or > more at the base and form an arching massive rosette. The bulbs tend to > divide and form huge clumps in time. Not a plant of fast growth, though. > The inflorescence looks similar but that I can only judge from pictures. > My own plant has not yet flowered and the one in the friends garden, I > have only seen it in the green but not in flower. > > Here is a good picture but without a scale to give an idea of its size. > > http://africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/… > > There are also some pictures on the website of Annie's Annuals but their > plants look different from mine. > > The plant, not the flowers of course, looks somewhat similar to Kniphofa > northiae but the leaves are plain green. > > A very lush and impressive architectural plant for a prominent position. > > There is a lot of confusion with the names of Albuca, so hopefully you > do not have A. nelsonii instead..... > > bye for now, > > > Uli > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…