Dear David, thank you very much for the translation of our words to Uli. In January I had my 80^th birthday and I did not realize, that my answer to Uli will go to all PBS members. My English is already somewhat rusty, but I have the feeling that your translation of my mail to Uli did not exactly hit my German words. Here I try to give the English version of my German text and please be so kind as to critically check my English version: "Dear Uli, Although we are not sure whether Obermeyer 1978: 363 correctly accomodated the Ornithogalum pulchrum Schinz 1890 in Ornithogalum, but it is certainly not an Albuca in the sense of Linnaeus! Do you hope for a real "beautiful" Albuca <from Monica Swartz or somebody else in PBS>?? Up to now we have not yet seen a live plant to which the name Ornithogalum pulchrum Schinz 1890 fits. If you suppose now to have received true seeds or bulblets of Ornithogalum pulchrum Schinz 1890 I would be very grateful to you, if you could send me some of these possibly most interesting plants." Greetings to all Pacific bolbophilas bolbophilosque Ute Gesendet: Dienstag, 01. Mai 2018 um 13:31 Uhr Von: "David Pilling" <david@davidpilling.com> An: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net Betreff: Re: [pbs] Albuca pulchra Hi, Translated: "Dear Uli, Although we are not sure whether Obermeyer 1978: 363 the Ornithogalum pulchrum Schinz 1890 correctly accommodated at Ornithogalum, but An Albuca in the sense of Linn is certainly not! your hopes You a real "beautiful" Albuca ?? We have not yet seen a live plant to which the name refers Ornithogalum pulchrum Schinz 1890 fits. If you suspect now Seeds or onions, I would be very grateful to you, if you me to send something." On 01/05/2018 12:28, "Dietrich M?ller-Doblies" wrote: > Lieber Uli, > wir sind zwar nicht sicher, ob Obermeyer 1978: 363 den Ornithogalum > pulchrum Schinz 1890 richtig bei Ornithogalum untergebracht hat, aber > eine Albuca im Sinne von Linn� ist das mit Sicherheit nicht! Erhoffst > Du Dir eine richtige "sch�ne" Albuca?? > Wir haben bisher noch keine lebende Pflanze gesehen, auf die der Name > Ornithogalum pulchrum Schinz 1890 passt. Wenn Du jetzt verd�chtige > Samen oder Zwiebeln erh�ltst, w�re ich Dir sehr dankbar, wenn Du mir > etwas zukommen lassen w�rdest. -- David Pilling [1]http://www.davidpilling.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net [2]http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… References 1. http://www.davidpilling.com/ 2. http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…