Hello Evan, I have loved your threads, photographs & information, & wish you success in your quest for knowledge. I have two comments & hope you see a little lateral thinking here. I smiled when i saw your line "Geissorhiza is mimicking the Babiana to steal its pollinators" Ive been interested in evolution of plants for over 45 years since a child when i visited NZ & started my journey with plants from growing moss & lichen from spores. I have geissorhizas grown from seed to flower, although i specialize in Australian Crinums & enjoy following their evolutionary pathways across our vast deserts & surrounds. Perhaps what you are seeing is not mimicry of Babiana, but a simple parallel evolution of both of these plants to their available pollinators & specific environmental conditions ;) I am also a great advocate for conservation & would love to see rare species, studied but not removed & dried as samples. Best of luck Steven On 23 September 2017 at 07:13, Evan Eifler <evan.eifler@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I wanted to pass along another update on my field research and remind you > that there's *one week left* of my crowdfunding campaign with ~$2,000 left > to go so if you were considering pledging to support my research, now's the > time! Thank you to those of you who have already donated. Here's the link - > https://experiment.com/projects/… > the-cape-floristic-region/labnotes > > I've pasted the text of my update below, but please check out the update on > my campaign's website to see photos - https://experiment.com/u/V2f10A/ > > I'm currently very busy with fieldwork and the campaign, but I will add > photos to the wiki as soon as I have a chance. > > Anyway, enjoy! And as always, let me know if you have any questions or > comments. > > Evan > > > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -- Steven : ) Esk Queensland Australia Summer Zone 5 Winter Zone 10 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…