- Welcome to PBS Forum.
Recent posts
#91
General Discussion / Re: Plants in the News
Last post by Diane Whitehead - April 16, 2024, 01:53:05 PMI should lend them some hummingbirds - they pollinate Puyas in Chile.
#92
Current Photographs / Re: April 2024
Last post by Diane Whitehead - April 16, 2024, 01:04:30 PMA second Leucoryne from Flores and Watson seeds in 2003. L vittata first flowered in 2019.
It is sweetly scented.
It is sweetly scented.
#93
Current Photographs / Re: April 2024
Last post by Too Many Plants! - April 16, 2024, 10:45:01 AMTritonia Deusta, or Crocata???
For most of the time I've had these I thought they were T. Deusta because they seemed more orange than Crocata and they don't have those windows that are in most pictures of Crocata. They are missing the dot markings that appear in most pics of Deusta, and the anthers to me clearly look more like Crocata. I'm just not sure...
... any thoughts out there?
@Robin Jangle
For most of the time I've had these I thought they were T. Deusta because they seemed more orange than Crocata and they don't have those windows that are in most pictures of Crocata. They are missing the dot markings that appear in most pics of Deusta, and the anthers to me clearly look more like Crocata. I'm just not sure...
... any thoughts out there?
@Robin Jangle
#94
Bulb and Seed Exchanges / Re: BX 471
Last post by Randy Linke - April 16, 2024, 10:30:55 AMGot it. Thank you.
#95
Current Photographs / Re: April 2024
Last post by Too Many Plants! - April 16, 2024, 09:32:22 AMQuote from: Martin Bohnet on April 16, 2024, 09:05:58 AM@Too Many Plants! that Moraea polyanthossomehow looks like the missing link between the Homeria- and Iris style forms. Quite interesting.
Funny you should mention that...I'm trying to cross pollinate my peach Homeria with this Polyanthos both directions to see if I can get any to take.
#96
Current Photographs / Re: April 2024
Last post by Diane Whitehead - April 16, 2024, 09:23:54 AMI just checked on my other Mac which uses Chrome. Hovering puts a line of information at the bottom of the screen, just as David wrote. This does not happen on this Mac where I am using Safari.
#97
Current Photographs / Re: April 2024
Last post by Martin Bohnet - April 16, 2024, 09:05:58 AM@Diane Whitehead "hover" is the magic word here - just let your mouse pointer linger on the thumbnail, don't click.
@Too Many Plants! that Moraea polyanthos
somehow looks like the missing link between the Homeria- and Iris style forms. Quite interesting.
@Too Many Plants! that Moraea polyanthos
#98
General Off-Topic / Re: THE AMARYLLIDACEAE OF SOUT...
Last post by Arnold - April 16, 2024, 08:48:02 AMThe AMARYLLIDACEAE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA books have arrived and are being posted to those who have participated.
#99
General Discussion / Re: Plants in the News
Last post by David Pilling - April 16, 2024, 05:37:57 AM'Otherworldly' plant blooms for first time in decade
Birmingham Botanical Gardens said the Puya alpestris, from the Chilean Andes, began to flower in one of its glasshouses last week.
It is described as a "truly rare event" with visitors told they have just days to see the "exquisite" plant.
Staff, meanwhile, face a race against time to pollinate it by hand.
Puya alpestris is native to the mountainous regions of central and southern Chile and distantly related to the pineapple, the botanical garden said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgyw895qnko
Birmingham Botanical Gardens said the Puya alpestris, from the Chilean Andes, began to flower in one of its glasshouses last week.
It is described as a "truly rare event" with visitors told they have just days to see the "exquisite" plant.
Staff, meanwhile, face a race against time to pollinate it by hand.
Puya alpestris is native to the mountainous regions of central and southern Chile and distantly related to the pineapple, the botanical garden said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgyw895qnko
#100
General Discussion / Re: Private exchanges
Last post by Arnold - April 16, 2024, 05:07:52 AMI've just seen this thread. I think we have to be careful regarding private exchanges so not to disable the very important BX/SX exchanges.