Dylan's attractive Conanthera is one I haven't seen at the site where the seed was collected, Pichidangui, but mention of it recalls happy memories. Pichidangui is a little town on the Chilean coast northwest of Santiago, and north of the busy conurbation of Valparaiso. Friends and I enjoyed making it our first stop after picking up a car at the Santiago airport -- there are several inexpensive hotels there. The botanical high point for me is a rocky beach with public access off the shoreline street with a wonderful mass of Alstroemeria pelegrina, clearly tolerating salt spray and probably briny groundwater. There are many other plants in this habitat, including delightful flowering cacti. I'll see if I can attach photos. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA On 4/3/2022 9:08 PM, Hannon via pbs wrote: > I received seeds of a number of bulbous species from Chileflora in 2009. > Most of them germinated well and this Conanthera is perhaps the best of the > lot-- a large flowered form (flowers 4cm long) of C. trimaculata, > photographed yesterday. It came as C. campanulata from Pichidangui, > hopefully the locality is still correct. First bloom was 2-3 years ago. > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Alstroemeria pelegrina 11-3.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1552249 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Beach at Pichidangui.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3651701 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>
