[pbs] Global warming? Local warming for sure!

Jim McKenney jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Mon Dec 18 17:30:15 EST 2006


Colchicum kesselringii is blooming today. The plant in question grows in a
pot in a cold frame; the cold frame has been open all season except for
three recent nights. Another plant of the same species shows no sign of
bloom.

More Galanthus elwesii are coming into bloom here and there; these are the
typical forms with two green blotches or one long green smudge. 

And little Ambrosina bassii has finally come into bloom. If you don't know
this elfin aroid, try to imagine an entire plant of skunk cabbage,
Symplocarpus foetidus, shrunk down to the diameter of a CD. This one
definitely has a significant cute factor.

Several Lachenalia are about to bloom, too. 

Some plants of Fritillaria biflora and F. liliacea have foliage up above
ground. 

I'm still planting tulips and lilies. Temperatures topped 70 degrees F today


Jim McKenney
jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7
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