Dylan, Thanks for the info. Perhaps this is the site you were looking for: http://biology.ukzn.ac.za/biology/index.php/… There is L stenophylla pictured as well as a few other spp. The phoca gallery settings are apparently screwed up so most images won't display unless you click the download button. Tim Chapman On Jan 24, 2012, at 8:57 AM, Hannon <othonna@gmail.com> wrote: > Tim, > > I am not certain of the status of this name but have been using it for the > last few years since seeing it on a Google search for "Ledebouria". It was > on a page from the Pietermaritzburg Botanic Garden but I cannot find it > now. It seems it is not a validly published name. I suppose it could be > rendered provisionally as L. sp. "stenophylla" but growers may readily > convert this to L. stenophylla. I'm glad it has the name 'Gary Hammer' for > now at least. When this plant has a proper name, 'Gary Hammer' will have to > be appended at the end, e.g., L. stenophylla 'Gary Hammer'. But since this > indicates a special form or clone of L. stenophylla the horticultural > taxonomists will have to get after it. > > Much work is still ongoing in South Africa with ledebourias and their kin > and it is quite possible that this entity will have its own name in the > near future. There seems to be no shortage of species in this alliance that > are undescribed or in need of sorting. > > I've grown this durable plant since 1995 when I got it from Gary, who said > he collected it near Barberton. Whatever its ultimate identification, which > will very likely change more than once in future, the collector and > locality can provide a means of knowing we are speaking of the same plant > with the same provenance. Until someone else collects it again near > Barberton ... > > Cheers, > > Dylan Hannon > Los Angeles > > On 24 January 2012 00:20, Tim Chapman <tim@gingerwoodnursery.com> wrote: > >> >> I've been researching Ledebouria a good bit lately and noticed the plant >> called 'Gary Hammer' is now being sold as L stenophylla. From what I call >> tell that is a non-existent name. Although there is/was a Scilla >> stenophylla however it appears to be a synonym of S leptophylla which would >> make it one of Venter's species , L leptophylla. The Gary Hammer plant >> looks nothing like L leptophylla. Perhaps there are plans to publish a L >> stenophylla?? Curious if anyone has more info on this name? >> >> Tim Chapman >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > > > > -- > "*The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add an > useful plant to its culture*" > - Thomas Jefferson Memorandum of Services to My Country, after 2 September > 1800 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/