Hi, Uli and Ben, I can probably get samples of Andalusian Mandrake, by the way I would like to ask if you would like to do some work on Iberian and North African Narcissus. I expected Mandragora autumnalis to be common in southern Portugal, as it is not at all rare in most western Andalusia and it even grows in urban, disturbed places ( I was told about a population within the city of Seville, near a military area). I sowed some seeds and though they are not as easy as tomato seeds, I got some seedlings and got them to flower. Then I had to leave them behind for some time, but that's another story. Carlos - having at last some light cold, about 4°C at 8 am. Valencia, Spain, every bulb at outdoor tempetarure El lun, 17 ene 2022 a las 13:00, <pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> escribió: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Mandragora (Ben Zonneveld) > 2. Subject: Winter in the Algarve (Kathleen Sayce) > 3. Handling Oxalis during growth (James Shao) > 4. Re: Handling Oxalis during growth (Samuel) > 5. Re: Handling Oxalis during growth (James Shao) > 6. Re: Winter in the Algarve (Mandragora) (Shmuel Silinsky) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:49:35 +0100 > From: Ben Zonneveld <ben.zonneveld@naturalis.nl> > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: [pbs] Mandragora > Message-ID: > <CACZ7c-hDYgWfhUyQD6PRjhfxFfXUU= > LeiTJC1NQHrRhvQw+mrg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I measured the amount of DNA per nucleus for Mandragora officinalis as 1.71 > picogram. It would be interesting to compare this with M. autumnalis. It > could solve the discussion. > Ben.Zonneveld@naturalis.nl > > Op zo 16 jan. 2022 om 13:00 schreef < > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. hymenocallis amancaes (daniel girardon) > > 2. Calochortus SX (Jan Jeddeloh) > > 3. Winter in the Algarve (Johannes-Ulrich Urban) > > 4. Re: Winter in the Algarve (Vlad Hempel) > > 5. Re: Winter in the Algarve (Robert Lauf) > > 6. Re: Winter in the Algarve (Nils Hasenbein) > > 7. Re: Winter in the Algarve (Mandragora) (Garak) > > 8. Re: Winter in the Algarve (Mandragora) (Brian Whyer) > > 9. Re: Worsleya Procera seedlings (Jack & Val Myrick) > > 10. re Daniel Girardon searching for Hymenocalis amancaes > > (Bruce Schroder) > > 11. Re: Winter in the Algarve (Mandragora) (Nils Hasenbein) > > 12. Re: Saunders' Field Guide to Gladioli of South Africa > > (johan-willm@orange.fr) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 21:28:03 +0100 > > From: daniel girardon <daniel.girardon71@gmail.com> > > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > Subject: [pbs] hymenocallis amancaes > > Message-ID: > > <CALpNrbGA4FBDEsY6s96N-g1Y9s7a1fkT3u= > > 2jnh8MxYgkYH6zQ@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Hello everyone, > > I'm looking for who can help me find this species that I lost > > thank you > > Daniel Girardon > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:30:12 -0800 > > From: Jan Jeddeloh <janjeddeloh@gmail.com> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: [pbs] Calochortus SX > > Message-ID: <C2F99F54-A886-412E-9EB9-8F0C84D26A79@gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > The lucky winners of the three calochortus shares are: > > Marc Rosenblum > > Robyn Cairns > > Torrey Neal > > > > Seed is packaged up and will be mailed by Monday at the latest. > > > > The other folks in the drawing were: > > Christine Dowd > > Mark Akimoff > > Christopher McDaniel > > Michael Mace > > Paige Woodward > > Jancy Lovell > > Elizabeth and Marc Evans > > Maxine Cass > > James Shao > > > > If your name is not on this list it?s because your membership is not paid > > up for 2022 and were not entered into the drawing. > > > > > > > > Jan Jeddeloh > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 21:36:36 +0000 > > From: Johannes-Ulrich Urban <johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: [pbs] Winter in the Algarve > > Message-ID: <6D6FC6F9-2D35-4065-990B-7320E7FDEF5D@t-online.de> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Dear All, > > > > Today I participated in a magnificent guided walk through a designated > > nature conservation project, a coastal wetland. I have seen several > > flowering plants of the mandrake Mandagora autumnalis. They are lush > > vigorous clumps with crinkled foliage and surprisingly large blue > flowers. > > I was concerned to hear that this is a seriously endangered species in > > Portugal. I would love to share these pictures with you, this is the > first > > time ever that I have seen this plant. > > > > Bye for now > > > > Uli > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image0.jpeg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 191529 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image1.jpeg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 161137 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image2.jpeg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 169183 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:40:32 +0100 > > From: Vlad Hempel <vlad.hempel@gmail.com> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Cc: Johannes-Ulrich Urban <johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de> > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Winter in the Algarve > > Message-ID: > > < > > CALCu09t+z6g82yOYHc23TvkBiet_EFO2MOeobn6PU-8fOm3ahw@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Such a lovely color Uli, thank you for sharing. > > > > > > > > On Sat 15. Jan 2022 at 22:37 Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > Today I participated in a magnificent guided walk through a designated > > > nature conservation project, a coastal wetland. I have seen several > > > flowering plants of the mandrake Mandagora autumnalis. They are lush > > > vigorous clumps with crinkled foliage and surprisingly large blue > > flowers. > > > I was concerned to hear that this is a seriously endangered species in > > > Portugal. I would love to share these pictures with you, this is the > > first > > > time ever that I have seen this plant. > > > > > > Bye for now > > > > > > Uli > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > > Name: image0.jpeg > > > Type: image/jpeg > > > Size: 191529 bytes > > > Desc: not available > > > URL: < > > > > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > > Name: image1.jpeg > > > Type: image/jpeg > > > Size: 161137 bytes > > > Desc: not available > > > URL: < > > > > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > > Name: image2.jpeg > > > Type: image/jpeg > > > Size: 169183 bytes > > > Desc: not available > > > URL: < > > > > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:18:55 +0000 (UTC) > > From: Robert Lauf <boblauf@att.net> > > To: Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Winter in the Algarve > > Message-ID: <1902035034.1068464.1642285135181@mail.yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Cool. > > One question:? If this is a conservation project and the species is > > considered vulnerable, do the conservators allow/encourage the collection > > of seed so that the maximum number of plants can be propagated for > > reintroduction and/or distribution to other favorable habitats, or is the > > strategy just "put a fence around them and watch them die out?" > > Bob? ? ? E Tenn, where I expect the current winter storm will bring > little > > or no snow to my little microclimate.? Currently 40F and a bit gloomy. > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 23:29:22 +0100 > > From: Nils Hasenbein <nils.hasenbein@googlemail.com> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Winter in the Algarve > > Message-ID: <E4EA73EF-2922-4F83-BCB9-B3E5C385DDD4@googlemail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Beautiful pictures, Uli! I grew M. autumnalis from seed about 15 years > ago > > (it was said to be easier to grow than M. officinalis, and I wanted to > give > > a Mandrake to a friend who had asked about them after reading Harry > > Potter). It was easy to grow in a pot, and it flowered ok, but the plant > > was in no way as lush and beautiful as these. > > > > Best wishes, > > Nils > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00:57 +0100 > > From: Garak <garak@code-garak.de> > > To: Nils Hasenbein via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Winter in the Algarve (Mandragora) > > Message-ID: <be2cfd3f-8cf2-9e3c-7833-5d18bbc8315d@code-garak.de> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > > > Nils, > > > > You might be aware that the taxonomic status of M. officinarum and > > autumnalis is an on and off - discussion, which seems currently in favor > > of separate species. Anyway, mine was bought as autumnalis, but flowers > > in April to May for me and looks a lot like the? officinarum depicted on > > PotW - at least southern Germany allows for an outdoor planting, maybe > > you could try it yourself. As nice as the lush version in Uli's picture? > > is, I guess less lush may be more useful in the garden. > > > > Martin > > > > Am 15.01.2022 um 23:29 schrieb Nils Hasenbein via pbs: > > > grew M. autumnalis from seed about 15 years ago (it was said to be > > easier to grow than M. officinalis, and I wanted to give a Mandrake to a > > friend who had asked about them after reading Harry Potter). It was easy > to > > grow in a pot, and it flowered ok, but the plant was in no way as lush > and > > beautiful as these. > > > > -- > > Martin (pronoun: he) > > ---------------------------------------------- > > Southern Germany > > Likely zone 7a > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: Mandragora Germany outdoor.JPG > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 3252454 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 8 > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 23:20:06 +0000 (GMT) > > From: Brian Whyer <brian.whyer@btinternet.com> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Winter in the Algarve (Mandragora) > > Message-ID: <50113fe4.d67fe.17e600a78a8.Webtop.91@btinternet.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > > > > My M. officinarum seems almost indestructible in largish pots, for many > > years. Divide them occasionally but not a showy plant for potential > > sale. The fruit is better than the flowers (blue green, spring form); at > > least until eaten by slugs. Don't know if pets might eat it. > > > > Brian Whyer, SE UK > > Nils, > > You might be aware that the taxonomic status of M. officinarum and > > autumnalis is an on and off - discussion, which seems currently in favor > > of separate species. Anyway, mine was bought as autumnalis, but flowers > > in April to May for me and looks a lot like the officinarum depicted on > > PotW - at least southern Germany allows for an outdoor planting, maybe > > you could try it yourself. As nice as the lush version in Uli's picture > > is, I guess less lush may be more useful in the garden. > > Martin > > grew M. autumnalis from seed about 15 years ago (it was said to be > > easier to grow than M. officinalis, and I wanted to give a Mandrake to a > > friend who had asked about them after reading Harry Potter). It was easy > > to grow in a pot, and it flowered ok, but the plant was in no way as > > lush and beautiful as these. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 9 > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 18:31:18 -0800 > > From: Jack & Val Myrick <vkmyrick@pacbell.net> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Worsleya Procera seedlings > > Message-ID: <50A75C96-121F-4C35-8945-21BFED1C28EA@pacbell.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Wow! They are really amazing. Good luck bringing them to maturity. > > > > Val > > Sonora, CA > > > > > On Jan 14, 2022, at 8:15 PM, Mike via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > > Twelve months ago I germinated some WP seeds. All germinated within > about > > > 10-14 days. They have spent the year in individual pots. Pretty happy > so > > > far with their progress. Had a hiccup or two along the way. We all > > > survived them though. Probably begin to repot the larger ones in the > > > spring. > > > > > > Have a great weekend, > > > > > > Mike > > > San Diego > > > Looking forward to some showers late this weekend. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 10 > > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:56:49 +1100 > > From: Bruce Schroder <silvertop1952@gmail.com> > > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > Subject: [pbs] re Daniel Girardon searching for Hymenocalis amancaes > > Message-ID: > > < > > CANRzmrhAhTs84bUsQSoXuZXHxNxrCxrx7h00vqiKVV9oyBTg3w@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > I'm pretty sure it would be Ismene amancaes you are after Daniel > although I > > see PBS references both names. I would suspect there are only a very > small > > number of people in this group or perhaps even wider than this group that > > are growing this species so I wish you the best of luck! It seems it is > > impossible to source seeds or bulbs from its native Peru and in all my > > years of growing bulbs, I have never seen them available anywhere, either > > commercially or from collectors. > > > > Certainly Daniel, if you manage to track a source, I would be knocking at > > his/her door for just a coupe of seeds! > > > > Bruce Schroder, Australia > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 11 > > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 10:08:00 +0100 > > From: Nils Hasenbein <nils.hasenbein@googlemail.com> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Winter in the Algarve (Mandragora) > > Message-ID: <7BEEAF4A-F38E-46AC-AF0A-135F770EA902@googlemail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > Martin, > > > > to me, the two forms seem pretty distict, so I would prefer them to > remain > > split. > > You are right, I should give it another try; I simply had no garden to > > plant it those years ago. Judging from Ulis and the wiki?s pictures, a > > medium fertility should yield a more balanced leaf-to-flower ratio. > > > > Best wishes, > > Nils > > > > P.S.: Of course it?s officinarum, not officinalis - in my previous post > > spell check ?corrected? it > > > > From the middle of germany, where it is wet, foggy and around 2-4 C at > the > > moment, after too warm (12C) holidays and a few freezing (-8C) nights. > > Hippeastrum are fading indoors, a single Crocus laevigatus flowers in a > pot > > outdoors. > > > > > > ... von unterwegs ... > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 12 > > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:09:27 +0100 > > From: johan-willm@orange.fr > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Saunders' Field Guide to Gladioli of South Africa > > Message-ID: <dbcdadc3-3746-4fb6-8e9e-3e56a7228197@email.android.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 59, Issue 15 > > *********************************** > > > -- > Met vriendelijke groet, > > Ben Zonneveld > Gastonderzoeker > < > https://naturalis-public-media-assets.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/… > > > > > > > > > - - > ben.zonneveld@naturalis.nl - http://www.naturalis.nl/ > Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden > Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden > <https://www.naturalis.nl/> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 10:38:30 -0800 > From: Kathleen Sayce <kathleen.sayce@gmail.com> > To: "pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net" > <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Subject: Winter in the Algarve > Message-ID: <6A1410C2-E3B2-4F82-B5E1-3ED073B32E1F@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I would like to know more about the wetland you toured, Uli, as wetlands > are an interest of mine. > > Kathleen > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 16:31:37 -0800 > From: James Shao <jamesmsss55@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Handling Oxalis during growth > Message-ID: > < > CAOWFk+PNWoq05ttGFz48KY7SQwktbhh-B5DMYx+kDcBXrcGe8Q@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Would anyone know how well Oxalis versicolor handles root disturbance > during growth? I have some Oxalis glabra and versicolor mixed and I'd like > to try to separate them while I can still tell which is which. > > James > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:47:30 +1000 > From: Samuel <bgjulian@iinet.net.au> > To: James Shao via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Handling Oxalis during growth > Message-ID: <7ae5b81c-f9cb-3401-a211-8fc08985671c@iinet.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Yes , I have done this many times over the 30 plus years I have been > growing a range of Oxalis species ad forms , > > both Summer and Autumn/winter flowering? types. Have done this back in > Tasmania as well as up here in Queensland. > > > On 17/01/2022 10:31 am, James Shao via pbs wrote: > > Would anyone know how well Oxalis versicolor handles root disturbance > > during growth? I have some Oxalis glabra and versicolor mixed and I'd > like > > to try to separate them while I can still tell which is which. > > > > James > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 16:50:38 -0800 > From: James Shao <jamesmsss55@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Handling Oxalis during growth > Message-ID: > <CAOWFk+PsbCB9QnbdiQguasWR3jWYjGNN1kpfR= > f6XHBHjScuNQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Thank you Samuel > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2022, 4:48 PM Samuel via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Yes , I have done this many times over the 30 plus years I have been > > growing a range of Oxalis species ad forms , both Summer and > Autumn/winter > > flowering types. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:32:12 +0200 > From: Shmuel Silinsky <gardenbetter@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Winter in the Algarve (Mandragora) > Message-ID: > <CACHBJeGk7EXeT6D6ZiKdn8= > tXqqRNMB_8RWzoxuFfkt+g6FeZg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Here in Israel Mandragora is native. Winter wet and summer dry it grows in > pretty crummy soil. Very resilient. I had always assumed it was poisonous > until a friend said the fruits are very edible but the seeds are toxic. The > fruits do smell fantastically wonderful so I tried eating one (without the > seeds) and it was DELICIOUS! Very unique flowery and sweet. I would grow > them for the fruits alone besides all the folklore connections. Here we are > told the Arabs used mandrake seeds as a soporific for surgery way back > when. > Shmuel Silinsky > Jerusalem, Israel > Zone 9 > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2022, 11:08 AM Nils Hasenbein via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Martin, > > > > to me, the two forms seem pretty distict, so I would prefer them to > remain > > split. > > You are right, I should give it another try; I simply had no garden to > > plant it those years ago. Judging from Ulis and the wiki?s pictures, a > > medium fertility should yield a more balanced leaf-to-flower ratio. > > > > Best wishes, > > Nils > > > > P.S.: Of course it?s officinarum, not officinalis - in my previous post > > spell check ?corrected? it > > > > From the middle of germany, where it is wet, foggy and around 2-4 C at > the > > moment, after too warm (12C) holidays and a few freezing (-8C) nights. > > Hippeastrum are fading indoors, a single Crocus laevigatus flowers in a > pot > > outdoors. > > > > > > ... von unterwegs ... > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 59, Issue 16 > *********************************** > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
