Salt tolerant bulbs

Luis C. via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:34:18 PDT
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 mié, 10 sept 2025 a las 22:04, Jane McGary via pbs (<
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>) escribió:

> 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.
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