I have listed this species in my 2008 summer bulb list. They are sturdy seedlings several years old. Requests for this list are welcome (US orders only), please send a private request to me at othonna<at>gmail<dot>com. Also on this list are rare species of Dandya, Hymenocallis, Rauhia and Stenomesson, most with locality information. A winter grower list is also available but these will not be shipped until June of this year. I find S. howardii easy to grow here outdoors in Los Angeles so long as it is kept out of winter rains. It starts growth in early summer and finishes in late fall so do not expect spring activity-- as with geophytes from the monsoon climate areas of Mexico generally. Its hysteranthous habit (flowers appearing above bare soil before the leaves) is very appealing and the flowers are large compared to the plant overall and blood red. Bulbs are more like Rhodophiala or Zephyranthes in being subterranean with a long neck; foliage is also distinct from S. formosissima in being uniformly narrower, darker and with some red tinting. S. howardii grows in hot dry canyons at lower elevations than S. formosissima. It is a fine species, recognized decades ago by Thad as distinctive, and I am pleased to be able to offer it. Dylan Dylan Hannon Rare Bulbs On Feb 16, 2008 2:14 PM, <lucgbulot@aol.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Among the species I wish to test in a near future is Sprekelia > formosissima, but my question rather concerns Sprekelia howardii. > > I have seen on the Pbs website, that Doug Westfall cultivate this rare one > in California. I was wondering if Doug is a member of the list as well and > if he can give us some advice about its cultivation. Anyonelse has > experience with this plant ? Were can I purchase bulbs of it ? > > Moeover what are the current taxonomic status of Sprekelia glauca and S. > clintae (synonyms ?). Is the species in cultivation somewhere ? > > Thanks in advance again for your help, > > PS. I am also looking for a copy (or photocopy) of the following paper - > Lehmiller > D. J. 1999. A New Species of Sprekelia > (Amaryllidaceae). Herbertia, 54, pp. > 228-231. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----E-mail d'origine----- > De : Mark BROWN <brown.mark@wanadoo.fr> > A : Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Envoyé le : Sa, 16 Février 2008 20:40 > Sujet : Re: [pbs] Re : Galanthus books > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Luc , > The Stern book is really on ly now of historical interest although the > list of > cultivars compiled by E.ABowles at the end is fascinating.The New > monograph > can't be beaten for up to date info.Rod Leeds is a consumate grower of > bulbs but > as I have not read his book I can't help more than that.He is a very keen > galanthophile too.Perhaps others know it well? > Best wishes, > Mark > > > > > > > Message du 16/02/08 09:54 > > De : lucgbulot@aol.com > > A : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > Copie à : > > Objet : [pbs] Re : Galanthus books > > > > Hi All, Looking at Abebooks.com for the Aaron Davis Thesis, I also found > : > Stern F. C. 1956. SNOWDROPS AND SNOWFLAKES - A Study of The Genera > Galanthus and > Leucojum. I guess that this book is outdated but does anybody knows what > is the > quality of illustration and geographic data ? Quite an expensive book so I > shall > consider your advice before buying... Also of interest (at least to me) is > "Autumn bulbs" by Roy Leeds... Anybody can tell me if that book is worth > to buy > ?? Thanks to all whom helped with the references... Luc who will soon be > back in > the garden in still sunny SE France -----E-mail d'origine----- De : Diane > Whitehead A : Pacific Bulb Society Envoyé le : Sa, 16 Février 2008 7:44 > Sujet : > [pbs] Galanthus books Luc asked for a Galanthus monograph. Timber Press > published Aaron Davis' doctoral thesis in 1999: The Genus Galanthus It > describes > the species. In 2001, Matt Bishop, Aaron Davis and John Grimshaw privately > published Snowdrops A Monograph of Cultivated Galanthus. I own both and > consider > them both essential. Diane Whitehead > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki_____________… > pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/