Hi everyone, In this context I would add Pancratium maritimum. It is found on coastal sand dunes in the Mediterranean area, never very far from the sea. Some say, to grow it well, some salt is to be added to the soil. It is easily raised from seed. Best wishes Antoine Hoog Le dimanche 14 septembre 2025 à 12:00 +0000, pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net a écrit : > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Salt tolerant bulbs (Jane McGary) > 2. Re: Salt tolerant bulbs (Mike Rummerfield) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:09:02 -0700 > From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > To: "Luis C. via pbs" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Salt tolerant bulbs > Message-ID: <e74d7d47-958f-4d33-b5a6-94e349e90865@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Hello, Luis, > > The talk I mentioned is not online, sorry. > > There are several Alstroemeria species in Peru, so perhaps one of > them > would tolerate your region. If at some time you visit Chile and go to > Valparaiso, there is a small town north of there called Pichidangui, > and > a beach below the coastal street there is covered with A. pelegrina > (and > many other good plants), growing in rocks where the waves reach. > Another > Chilean plant that grows very close to the ocean is Rhodophiala > bagnoldii; it emerges and flowers only in wet years, as when El Ni~no > occurs. > > Best regards, > > Jane > > On 9/12/2025 5:34 PM, Luis C. via pbs wrote: > > Thanks! Oh, Alstroemeria... we have a native one. But it seems to > > require > > more humidity than I can provide for the time being. I will look > > into it. > > The Chilean desert endemics also sound nice, though I'm not sure > > I've seen > > anyone offering them there. > > > > Your talk sounds quite interesting. Is there a link for that? I'm > > curious. > > > > -A > > > > El mi?, 10 sept 2025 a las 22:04, Jane McGary via pbs (< > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>) escribi?: > > > > > I saw Narcissus tazetta growing in a saltwater marsh on the shore > > > of > > > Crete, among big grass tufts. Also, in Chile there are > > > Alstroemeria > > > species that grow right down on beaches, in the salt spray, such > > > as A. > > > pelegrina and A. werdermannii. Zephyra compacta is a rare species > > > that > > > grows on beaches in Chile too. In the Mediterranean there are > > > Muscari > > > species found on beaches. I don't know how much saltwater gets to > > > them, > > > but several Rhodophiala species in Chile grow on stabilized ocean > > > dunes. > > > My talk "Bulbs in their habitats" includes a section on beaches > > > and dunes. > > > > > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > > > > On 9/10/2025 4:32 PM, piaba via pbs wrote: > > > > i've seen Crinum growing on rocks on the beach, getting lapped > > > > up by the > > > saltwater. > > > > ======== tsuh yang > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 4:01?PM Luis C. via pbs < > > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have good recommendations for species that might > > > > > grow in > > > salty > > > > > soil? For context, I live in an area of Northern Peru where > > > > > the > > > available > > > > > running water is quite salty and temps rarely drop lower than > > > > > 15 ?C, > > > even > > > > > in winter. I have already considered Hymenocallis but having > > > > > other > > > genera > > > > > might be nice. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance; > > > > > > > > > > -A. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > pbs mailing list > > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > Unsubscribe: > > > > <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > > PBS Forum latest: > > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > Unsubscribe: > > > <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > PBS Forum latest: > > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum > > https://… > > =recent > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:03:30 -0700 > From: Mike Rummerfield <mikerumm@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Salt tolerant bulbs > Message-ID: > < > CACvUPLfsF_CeAHBDzdMVwTyZrS4kg70UhjWGfZG77EJVh13Y=w@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > n > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 9:09?AM Jane McGary via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Hello, Luis, > > > > The talk I mentioned is not online, sorry. > > > > There are several Alstroemeria species in Peru, so perhaps one of > > them > > would tolerate your region. If at some time you visit Chile and go > > to > > Valparaiso, there is a small town north of there called > > Pichidangui, and > > a beach below the coastal street there is covered with A. pelegrina > > (and > > many other good plants), growing in rocks where the waves reach. > > Another > > Chilean plant that grows very close to the ocean is Rhodophiala > > bagnoldii; it emerges and flowers only in wet years, as when El > > Ni~no > > occurs. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Jane > > > > On 9/12/2025 5:34 PM, Luis C. via pbs wrote: > > > Thanks! Oh, Alstroemeria... we have a native one. But it seems to > > > require > > > more humidity than I can provide for the time being. I will look > > > into it. > > > The Chilean desert endemics also sound nice, though I'm not sure > > > I've > > seen > > > anyone offering them there. > > > > > > Your talk sounds quite interesting. Is there a link for that? I'm > > curious. > > > > > > -A > > > > > > El mi?, 10 sept 2025 a las 22:04, Jane McGary via pbs (< > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>) escribi?: > > > > > > > I saw Narcissus tazetta growing in a saltwater marsh on the > > > > shore of > > > > Crete, among big grass tufts. Also, in Chile there are > > > > Alstroemeria > > > > species that grow right down on beaches, in the salt spray, > > > > such as A. > > > > pelegrina and A. werdermannii. Zephyra compacta is a rare > > > > species that > > > > grows on beaches in Chile too. In the Mediterranean there are > > > > Muscari > > > > species found on beaches. I don't know how much saltwater gets > > > > to them, > > > > but several Rhodophiala species in Chile grow on stabilized > > > > ocean dunes. > > > > My talk "Bulbs in their habitats" includes a section on beaches > > > > and > > dunes. > > > > > > > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > > > > > > On 9/10/2025 4:32 PM, piaba via pbs wrote: > > > > > i've seen Crinum growing on rocks on the beach, getting > > > > > lapped up by > > the > > > > saltwater. > > > > > ======== tsuh yang > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 4:01?PM Luis C. via pbs < > > > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have good recommendations for species that > > > > > > might grow in > > > > salty > > > > > > soil? For context, I live in an area of Northern Peru where > > > > > > the > > > > available > > > > > > running water is quite salty and temps rarely drop lower > > > > > > than 15 ?C, > > > > even > > > > > > in winter. 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