Boyce? Post a picture or provide a link to one? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boyce Tankersley" <btankers@chicagobotanic.org> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 4:14 PM Subject: [pbs] Ornithogalum mystery > Hi All: > > We have a new staff member in our Bulb Garden and I am attempting to > resolve the mystery bulbs that she inherited from a former staff member > whose paperwork left something to be desired. > > This mystery bulb appears to be Ornithogalum nutans but the flowers lack > the broad green marking on the outside of the tepals. The leaves are > broad, for an Ornithogalum and relatively flaccid. It has been growing > in a partially shaded situation for a number of years. > > Are there forms of O. nutans that lack the broad green stripe on the > outside of the petals? > > Many thanks, > > Boyce Tankersley > Director of Living Plant Documentation > Chicago Botanic Garden > 1000 Lake Cook Road > Glencoe, IL 60022 > tel: 847-835-6841 > fax: 847-835-1635 > email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/