Re: ID wanted on Agapanthus-like Hawaiian plant
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: ID wanted on Agapanthus-like Hawaiian plant
- From: R* W*
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:52:35 -0700
> "Mach T. Fukada" <fukada@aloha.net> writes:
> This would have been my guess also. C. asiaticum or a hybrid...
>
> > Laura Cooper writes:
> >Well, it's kind of a stab in the dark but I'm wondering if it's a
> >form of Crinum? My purple-leafed Crinum behaves in a similar way
> >(grows from large bulb, produces bulbils)....
Thanks for the ID. Your guesses were correct.
Plant: http://www.doofus.org/Crinum/crinpics/fig_7.html
Flower: http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/fa08/fa08030.jpg
Fruit: http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/fa08/fa08031.jpg
I've now got two bulbs, (one purple and one white form) growing in my
greenhouse and am looking forward to a bloom in the next year. I wonder
if C. asiaticum will grow outside in Palo Alto, or if frost will kill
the bulb?
--
Rick Walker
