Mystery bulb

John Bryan johnbryan@worldnet.att.net
Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:56:30 PDT
Dear Alberto:

Thanks, I guess the mystery bulb remains just that, a mystery! Cheers,
John

"crinum@libero.it" wrote:
> 
> Dear John,
> Thad Howard states that H. virescens (syn. H. macleana) is a dwarf white-flowered specie. Herbert:  scape about two feet, pedunculated; tube green, 1inch and half; limb greenish without, white whitin, two inches; cup greenish and white, with deep green lines, 1 and half inch long, with bifid jagged lobes; style equal to the limb.
>  I have never seen it.
> Ciao
> Alberto
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> Date      : Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:17:32 -0700
> Subject : Re: re [pbs] Mystery bulb
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> > Dear Alberto:
> >
> > Thank you for your nice pictures. One of the clues given about the
> > Mystery Bulb, was that the leaves sheath the stem. Neither of the
> > species you kindly sent have this character, nor do they, in my opinion,
> > curl as much.
> >
> > Because of this I think we are left with H. armancaes, but this species
> > has more yellow flowers, H. narcissiflora, but this has narrow green
> > bands in the flowers, and H. virescens, but this has a greenish hue.
> > However H. virescens now contains H. pedunculata, which has pure white
> > flowers, and thus should be considered variable, and it has leaves which
> > sheath the lower stem. I am, because of this, inclined to think the
> > Mystery Bulb is H. virescens, and I would say that only by seeing the
> > actual plant can we identify it. I do not think we are too far off. But
> > as there are some 30+ species, identification with certitude is not
> > easy! Thanks again for the photographs. Cheers, John E. Bryan
> >
> > "crinum@libero.it" wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear John and all,
> > > I have added the two picture:
> > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
> > >
> > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
> > >
> 
> > > Carol confirms that her plants have a long stem (false stem) but littoralis and harrisiana have a fan of basal leaves.
> > > Ciao
> > > Alberto
> 
> > > Italy
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> > > >From      : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
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> > > Date      : Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:00:30 -0700
> > > Subject : Re: re [pbs] Mystery bulb
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> > > > Dear Alberto
> > > > Please do. Cheers, John E. Bryan
> > > >
> > > > Alberto Grossi wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Flowers of littoralis and harrisiana are far longer different. I grow all three of them. The corona in these species is smaller and open. If you want I can add the pictures of these flowers to the wiki.
> > > > > Alberto
> > > > > Italy
> > > > >
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> > > > > Date      : Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:24:28 -0700
> > > > > Subject : [pbs] Mystery Bulb
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> > > > > >
> > > > > > The 'mystery flower' posted by Susan Hayek looks to me like a
> > > > > > Hymenocallis, possibly H. littoralis or H. harrisiana. Cheers, John E.
> > > > > > Bryan
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