Sorry about the message going to PBS, but since I made that mistake, does anyone have any information on Bomarea petraea. I can't find anything. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "diana chapman" <rarebulbs@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Bomarea photos uploaded > Hi Susan: > > I can't find a lot of information on the individual Bomareas. > > B. acutifolia > >From Mexico and Costa Rica, this species is probably not as hardy as the > others. The outer petals are deep red, the inner ones clear yellow > deepening to orange-red without any spotting. The anthers are deep blue. > Very vigorous, it grows to 15ft. > > B. patacoensis > >From Colombia and Peru. The outer petals are scarlet with inner petals that > open yellow and turn to deep red spotted heavily with darker red. Grows > 8-12ft. > > B. petraea > Source unknown. A smaller Bomarea, only growing to about four feet tall > producing dense clusters of orange-red flowers, the inner petals marked with > maroon. > > The three species I would have to know which ones they were to provide > data - I do have some collection data for them. I will try to find where B. > petraea comes from. > > Diana > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php