[pbs] Bulbs that flower without leaves--TOW

German Roitman ggroiti at mail.agro.uba.ar
Sun Aug 3 17:01:04 EDT 2003


Hi all:

Some species of Habranthus are a good example of plants that produce 
leaves, then lost there leaves and a month or 2 later they produce there 
flowers.

This happen in H. estensis:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/habranthusestensis2.jpg

H. gracilifolius:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/habranthusgracilifolius1.jpg

H. pedunculosus:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/habranthuspedunculosus1.jpg

H. tubispathus

http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/Habranthus_tubispathus.jpg

It also happpen in Habranthus niveus, H. martinezii, H. versicolor,


Also happen in Rhodophiala, although sometimes the second spathe is produce 
later when leaves have already appear.

Rh. mendocina
http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/rhodophialamendocina1-a.jpg

Rh. bifida

http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/Rhodophiala-bifida-alba.jpg


Never seen this feature in Zephyranthes and in the Hippeastrum from 
Argentina it suppose to happen in H. cybister.

Best wishes

Germán




German Roitman
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