Hello Harold, In my collection I do have a pink (ish) form of Muscari. The color isn't strong enough to call it really pink. I started breeding with it to enhance the color. I heard that a Dutch nurseryman also has a pink form, I expect that will hit the market in the near future. Martin Philippo, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands e-mail: martin philippo website:///muscaripages/ -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Harold Koopowitz Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 1:10 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: RE: [pbs] Muscari--TOW Does anyone have any pink or lilac forms of Muscari? Harold At 11:19 PM 5/13/2003 +0200, you wrote: >Hello Jane, >certainly there are many synonyms of Muscari armeniacum. I have several >forms of M. armeniacum in my collection, collected (not by me ) in Turkey, >Greece and other countries. They are all different. I don't always agree >with the botanists that simply put many forms under one species name. Some >of these forms are truly nice and interesting! Don't dislike your M. conicum >because it is 'merely' a synonym, judge it on its beauty. If you have any >seeds left over this year I would love to try it. > > >Martin Philippo, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands > >e-mail: martin philippo >website:///muscaripages/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On >Behalf Of Jane McGary >Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 9:43 PM >To: Pacific Bulb Society >Subject: Re: [pbs] Muscari--TOW > >Mary Sue asked, > >Just now blooming from Jane's surplus bulbs is Muscari pallens. It didn't >even come up until April and I was sure it was >a goner. It is a sweet >little thing. How long do I need to keep it growing and does it need summer >water? > >I don't know whether it needs summer water, but it certainly tolerates it, >because all of mine are in places where they get a small amount of >irrigation in summer. > >By the way, a couple of years ago I got seed from the Scottish Rock Garden >Club under the name Muscari conicum. I was quite pleased at how attractive >it was in flower this year and looked it up. Oops...it's an invalid synonym >of M. armeniacum. As they say, if dandelions were hard to grow, people >would think they were gorgeous. > >Jane McGary >Northwestern Oregon, USA > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Prof. Harold Koopowitz Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php