[pbs] Hymenocallis maximilianii

Boyce Tankersley btankers at chicagobotanic.org
Wed Sep 3 13:51:47 EDT 2003


Hi Jim:

Dr. Jim Bauml with the Los Angeles County Arboretum travels to Mexico relatively frequently for his ethnobotanical research. If I remember correctly, he gave a presentation at the IBS meeting at the Huntington and had a lot of Hymenocallis taxa in his slide presentation. I haven't got a direct telephone number for him but the main number is (626) 821-3231.

Boyce Tankersley
btankers at chicagobotanic.org

-----Original Message-----
From: J.E. Shields [mailto:jshields104 at insightbb.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:05 PM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: [pbs] Hymenocallis maximilianii


Hi all,

I got a few bulbs of Hymenocallis maximilianii from Russell Stafford 
(Odyssey Bulbs) in April, 2002.  One of these is now sending up a 
scape.  It isn't in "Flora of North America" vol. 26.  Thad Howard lists it 
as from Mexico, coastal Guerrero, and as being "somewhat like H. acutifolia."

Can anyone tell me about how I ought to be growing it?  I have the feeling 
it is only flowering for me because of the extraordinarily rainy season we 
are having.  How big is it going to get someday?  What size container ought 
it be grown in?  I've crowded 5 of these into one 10-inch bulb pan (only 
about 4 or 5 inches deep).

Regards,
Jim Shields
in central Indiana

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