Boophone haemanthoides in bloom at UCBG

Denise Marie Ortiz desertdenial@hotmail.com
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:31:29 PDT
Wow amazing photos!! Thanks for sharing them!!
 
> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 07:13:56 -0700
> From: plicht@berkeley.edu
> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Boophone haemanthoides in bloom at UCBG
> 
> Jacob
> Thanks for these photos. I've been watching this plant for 4 yr with
> anticipation and then discovered that it was just coming into bloom the
> day before I left for a week trip. I instructed the staff to photograph it
> for me but sofar noone has sent me any photos. I don't recall the origin
> of this bulb but we got a number of interesting things like it from the
> 'discontinued' UC Irvine collection in 2004.
> Paul
> 
> > 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
> >
> > ----------
> > - photographs: http://flickriver.com/photos/morabeza79/random/
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