genus Wilcoxia

Dennis Kramb dkramb@badbear.com
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:20:14 PDT
Wikipedia confirms your information.  Apparently neither Peniocereus
nor Echinocereus
have appeared in the PBX BX either.  So whatever you wanna call it, I'm
gonna be trying growing a geophytic cactus soon.  I'm excited!  And I'm
still wondering who else is growing them.

Dennis in Cincinnati


On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:59 PM, <faeden4444@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Dennis:
> According to The Plant List, most of Wilcoxia has now been moved to
> Peniocereus or Echinocereus.  See http://www.theplantlist.org/
> tpl1.1/search?q=wilcoxia.  A few haven't yet been moved because their
> provenance apparently hasn't been resolved.  If you have a source for these
> books, also see Anderson, Edward, "The Cactus Family," 2001; and Hunt,
> David (Ed.), "The New Cactus Lexicon," 2006.  Both placed ALL of Wilcoxia
> into Peniocereus or Echinocereus.
> Marilyn PekaskySF Bay Area, CA
>
>       From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>  To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
>  Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 11:33 AM
>  Subject: [pbs] genus Wilcoxia
>
> My newest plant obsession is fragrant cactuses (especially the tropical
> epiphytes) which are definitely OT for PBS.  However, while searching for
> sources for the more obscure varieties I encountered the genus Wilcoxia.
> These are cactuses with tuberous roots like Dahlias.  They're fascinating!
>
> Are PBS members growing these?  I can't find any record of them being
> offered in the BX.  The PBS wiki does have a page for a related genus, but
> not for Wilcoxia:
> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
>
> My first attempt is going to be Wilcoxia schmolli.  I just ordered some
> seeds.  Some cool pics of it can be seen here:
>
> http://www.cacti.co.nz/shop/wilcoxia-schmollii/
> http://forum.bcss.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=154042
> http://blog.goo.ne.jp/queiiti/m/200808/         (2nd photo down, on this
> page)
>
> Dennis in Cincinnati
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