[pbs] Doryanthes
Alberto Castillo
ezeizabotgard at hotmail.com
Sat Sep 11 12:47:42 EDT 2004
>From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner at mcn.org>
>Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
>To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [pbs] Doryanthes
>Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:37:53 -0700
>
>Hi,
>
>New list member Peter Thomson from Sydney, Australia, sent me pictures of
>Doryanthes excelsa to share with everyone and I just late last night found
>time to add them to the wiki and make a page which I will move into place
>alphabetically when I find more time. Does anyone know what the up to date
>family is for this genus? My Australian books say Agavaceae and it
>certainly has that appearance to me, but since appearance is no longer
>always what we go by... Other choices I've seen on the Internet that make
>less sense to me are Liliaceae and Amaryllidaceae. The common name for this
>plant is Gymea Lily, but one of my books also calls it Gigantic Lily which
>seems appropriate. We saw Doryanthes palmeri in Australia and it too was
>very impressive. I'd think you'd need to have a large garden for these
>plants. The Encyclopedia of Australian plants suitable for cultivation
>says they are highly suited as container plants, but the containers need to
>be large. I wonder how large that might be. Any Australian members growing
>either of the species in your gardens?
>
>http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/index.php/Doryanthes
>
>Mary Sue
>
>Hi Mary Sue:
Doryanthes excelsa is rather common here in public parks in Buenos Aires. I
can not figure a container big enough to grow it, perhaps a 200 litre one?
On the other hand, they are easy in the ground and require no extra
watering. Incidentally they are no geophytes whatsoever.
All the best
Alberto
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