Hi David, you could have separated them while dormant. N. felipponei has a biscuit colored "shell" to the bulb, that is quite rounded. In the other, bulbs have dark brown membranous tunics and the bulbs are typically teardrop shape. Best > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 11:46:49 -0800 > From: idavide@sbcglobal.net > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] Gladiolus splendens weediness > > Dear Paul, > > Gladiolus splendens is grown (propageted) by Annie's Annuals. You might ask them whether they've noted any tendency for the species to become invasive. I have had my plant for just over a year, and it has remained well-behaved. > > On the other hand, I bought a Nothoscordum felipponei at the UCB garden in 2008. It turned out to be infected with Nothoscordum gracilis. As I couldn't separate the bulbs, I discarded the lot. I noticed later that N. gracilis had become an invasive nuisance in the UCB garden. > > David Ehrlich > > > > ________________________________ > From: Paul Licht <plicht@berkeley.edu> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Cc: meghan Ray <meghanray@berkeley.edu> > Sent: Sat, March 6, 2010 8:26:49 PM > Subject: [pbs] Gladiolus splendens weediness > > Our propagator has grown some Gladiolus splendens from wild-collected > seed, but we are concerned about its weed potential due to its growth > habit of sending stolons out from the main corm (and its ready > germination).I wonder if any others in our coastal Bay Area California > climate have observed any spreading of this plant. The issue of > invasiveness always concerns us when planting out new material. > > Paul Licht, Director > Univ. California Botanical Garden > 200 Centennial Drive > Berkeley, CA 94720 > (510)-643-8999 > http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail tiene actualización automática de la bandeja de entrada, para que ningún email se escape de tu vista. Ver más http://descubrewindowslive.com/hotmail/…