Here's Diana's location. More light than both previous sites. https://gaisma.com/en/location/… Arnold -----Original Message----- From: Diana Chapman via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> To: Arnold Trachtenberg via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: Diana Chapman <rarebulbs@suddenlink.net> Sent: Wed, Apr 28, 2021 5:42 pm Subject: Re: [pbs] Rauhia identification? I am in northern California in the fog zone. Mine are not etiolated. > Jude > This is a pet peeve of mine. > Our light levels here in the northeast don't come near the light levels that one finds near the equator. > If you get me a locale for Rauhia I'll show you the difference between where they grow and Boston area. > I found a city in Peru near where Rauhia are found, Bagua Grande. > See the attached two charts which are indications of light levels for the two locations. > Measured in kWh/m2/day > > > - Insolation > - The monthly average amount of the total solar radiation incident on a horizontalsurface at the surface of the earth for a given month, averaged for that monthover the 22-year period (Jul 1983 - Jun 2005). Each monthly averaged value isevaluated as the numerical average of 3-hourly values for the given month.Source: NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center. > - > > > > Arnold > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Silent Seed via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Cc: The Silent Seed <tylus.seklos@gmail.com> > Sent: Wed, Apr 28, 2021 5:23 pm > Subject: Re: [pbs] Rauhia identification? > > Hi Arnold, > I agree it's a Rauhia, and am hoping to get a species name if at all > possible. It has not flowered for me yet. > Even grown hard, in Bob's greenhouse, it was this way; elongated. I've had > it in full sun, and yes, lower light, at different times over the years, > and the leaf is always like this. Maybe that helps identify the species? > Best, Jude > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 5:19 PM Arnold Trachtenberg via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> Hi Jude >> It looks like a Rauhia, although one that has been grown at low light >> levels hence the etiolation.. >> >> Arnold >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The Silent Seed via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> Cc: The Silent Seed <tylus.seklos@gmail.com> >> Sent: Wed, Apr 28, 2021 4:48 pm >> Subject: [pbs] Rauhia identification? >> >> Hi folks, >> Is it possible to identify Rauhia without a flower? >> I purchased this at Bob Smoley's greenhouse literally 2 days before he >> passed away, so this is a very sentimental plant in my collection. I feel >> so fortunate to have met this beautiful soul. >> He was telling me that a friend of his collected this plant a long time ago >> - I believe he mentioned Brazil. My memory doesn't serve me in this regard. >> The shape and overall appearance seem pretty distinctive. (The leaf always >> looks like this; tall, and has "fullers" and is glaucous.) >> I don't remember it ever having more than one leaf at a time. >> If the picture doesn't work for you, let me know, and I can send it >> directly. >> Thanks in advance, Jude >> >> -- >> The Silent Seed >> Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. >> thesilentseed.com >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: RauhiaN2nd9April2021.jpg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 2703223 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: < >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
