Re: Brazil in May
- To: lindsey@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Brazil in May
- From: T* <g*@inch.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:47:33 -0600
It looks beautiful, though gigantic: would you please fill us in when you
find out more about it? Thanks!
Tuan Ching
>I found the remarks about Blue Amaryllis interesting. Worsleya rayneri.
>I am going to have to research that one-where it will grow, temperature and
>humidity needs, etc.
>
>BTW I live in El Paso, Texas just south of the ORGAN Mountains in New
>Mexico and right on the RIO GRANDE. I have found out the same place names
>are used in Brazil, but I suspect the climate is a little different.
>
>
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>> >dear friends,
>> >
>> >i'll be in sao paulo and rio de janeiro in may. i would like to know
>places
>> >of botanical interest, nurseries, events to attend in the region. i
>intend
>> to
>> >visit the botanical garden in rio and possibly the burle-marx sitio. any
>> >other places/tips? thanks.
>> >
>> >tsuh yang chen, nyc
>>
>> Not aroid, but you should make a trip to the Organ mountains (near
>> Rio) and see the only location for the incredible amaryllid Worsleya
>> Rayneri which grows in nearly bare rock. This 'Blue Amaryllis' get some 5
>> to 8 ft tall and is endemic to only a couple nearby location. Endangered
>> and protected in Brazil it is worth a pilgrimage.
>>
>> best Jim W.
>>
>>
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