Another geophyte-relative posting which some night find off topic

J. Agoston agoston.janos123@gmail.com
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:27:40 PST
Te magyar vagy?

2010/3/9 Barna Sipos <sipos.barna@gmail.com>

> Hello Jim,
>
> Here is a seedsource of Philesia magellanica, it is hardy to about -10º C.
> Once I ordered it, the seeds were in the ovary, because they have to be
> very fresh!
>
> http://chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/…
>
> Cheers
>
> Barna Sipos
>
> On 9 Mar 2010, at 21:52, Jim McKenney wrote:
>
> > Justin recently made a post which I found electrifying. He mentioned, in
> > passing, that he was able to grow Philesia magellanica.
> >
> >
> >
> > For those of you who don’t know it, Philesia is a monocot “shrub” native
> to
> > Chile. It and Lapageria form the family Philesiaceae, a segregate from
> the
> > Liliaceae in the old, broad sense.
> >
> >
> >
> > I’ve known about Philesia and Lapageria for a long time, but I wrongly
> > assumed that they both need cool temperatures to thrive. And since
> neither
> > is likely to be hardy in a zone 7 garden (or, frankly, any east coast
> garden
> > of any zone; please, someone, prove me wrong) I assumed they were not for
> > me.
> >
> >
> >
> > But if Justin can grow Philesia in Texas, then cool temperatures year
> round
> > are evidently not necessary for the successful cultivation of these
> plants.
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> >
> >
> > I’ve already planted Lapageria seed; I’m still on the lookout for seed or
> > plants of Philesia. Let me know in a private post if you can point me in
> the
> > right direction.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim McKenney
> >
> > jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com
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