Dear members, Here are pictures of the ripening Boophone haemanthoides inflorescence at the UCBG one month after anthesis: http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… I have added these pictures to our wiki along with a superb emergent foliage picture by Nhu Nguyen: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Thank you for all the positive feedback last month when I posted pictures of the blooms. Enjoy! Jacob Knecht Berkeley, California On 5 August 2010 23:11, Jacob Knecht <jacobknecht@gmail.com> wrote: > I heard that the large Boophone haemanthoides was coming into bloom, > so today I made a quick visit to the University of California Berkeley > Botanical Garden just to see it. Turns out this one cream-coloured > (instead of pink) and smells lovely! > > Pictures: > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > http://flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/… > > Anyone who can, should come see this. It will be an ongoing show as > the inflorescence expands into a magnificent infructescence! > > Jacob Knecht > >