Sometimes there are too many specialized bulb groups on Facebook, and other times there are none. Take Hippeastrum for example. There are a lot of groups for this genus, some overlapping, with at least a couple that only allow discussion of species, while others include any Hippeastrum at all. Then there are amaryllid groups and South American bulb species, as well as specific amaryllid family groups. There is a Tigridia and related genera group but only in Spanish. There are multiple Worsleya groups. There are also multiple Zephyranthes/Habranthus groups in English and in Spanish. And you find people posting the same, marvelous photographs of rarer species to 3 or 4 groups simultaneously. I find it difficult to keep up. And the comments get split across related groups for the same photographs. On the other hand, sometimes you only see certain amazing species on just one of the multiple-group genus groups. For example, there is a blood-red Zephyranthes species (?) in Mexico that is beautiful, but I never see much detail discussed about it, and only in Spanish. It’s both a blessing and curse. --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m > On Dec 1, 2020, at 1:05 PM, Diane via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > We have such a broad range of interests in PBS that I am surprised at how specialized some groups can be. > > There are societies for bulbs that have a lot of species, like Iris and Lilium. > > I’ve just discovered a Facebook group called Paramongaia Lovers. It has 508 members, but I am not a member so can’t check out any messages. > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>