Re: Bomareas and other fall blooming things
- Subject: Re: Bomareas and other fall blooming things
- From: L* P*
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 16:32:33 -0700
>After browsing Phillips and Rix's book, Indoor and
>Greenhouse Plants, I was wondering if anyone is
>growing any of the following Bomarea species:
>B. caldasii, B. salsilla, B. frondea, B. multiflora,
>B. racemosa, or any of the other less commonly
>available species? Some of these are sometimes
>available at Strybing Arboretum, or the UC Berkeley
>Botanic Garden. I was wondering if anyone is growing
>these in their own gardens, and might have seed, or
>suggest commercial sources for plants. (Suncrest
>Nursery does list B. frondea). I'd be interested to
>hear comments from anyone growing these...
Telos Rare Bulbs <bulbs@jps.net> offers 4 or 5 species:
Bomarea acutifolia
B. hirtella
B. salsilla
B. sp.
B. caldasii
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--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10
wlp@radar-sci.jpl.nasa.gov
