Many plants in this country are sold as A. africanus. That is interesting, but not surprising, that they are not likely to have anything to do with this species. Steve -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of zonneveld Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 04:12 AM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [pbs] Agapanthus africanus ?? Rodger It is unlikely you have Agapanthus africanus or even an africanus hybrid. The plant is hardly in culture as it needs very hot and dry situations and is very difficult to grow. It has the highest amount of nuclear DNA ( 31.6 pg) and any hybrid with another species ( all other five have 22.3-25.5 pgram) is easeily spotted. I did not found a single africanus hybrid among about 200 plants tested. Most if not all plants sold as africanus are A praecox Lit Zonneveld chapter 2 in :W Snoeijer, Agapanthus a revision of the genus,2003 Timber Press Zonneveld & Duncan. Taxonomic implications of genome size and pollen colour and vitality for species of Agapanthus Plant syst Evol. 241:115-123 2003 Ben J.M.Zonneveld Institute of Biology,Leiden University, Clusius lab Wassenaarse weg 64, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands Zonneveld@rulbim.Leidenuniv.NL Fax: +31-71-5274999. min temp -10C (15F) _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php