[pbs] Schizobasis intricata
Roy Herold
rherold at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 19 20:19:16 EDT 2008
Jim,
What a coincidence, there was a nice Schizobasis intricatus in *our*
cactus and succulent show this past weekend, and it got a blue ribbon.
This is an easy bulb to grow, and can be treated similar to boweia. It
may or may not go dormant in hot weather--the one in our show did not,
but mine did. The flowers are exceedingly self fertile, and each will
produce seed without an active pollinator. I would have sent some of
mine into the BX, but they always drop before I can collect any.
There were a number of other nice bulb/corm/tuber entries in our show
that did a good job of balancing out the succulents and cacti.
Haemanthus, boophane, scilla, bulbine, gethyllis, eucomis (my
vandermerwei got a ribbon), sinningia, boweia (not volubilis but rarer
ones like nana), etc. Nice to see these folks are branching out a bit,
so to speak.
--Roy
James Waddick wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> I confess a mini-obsession - let's call it 'fascination' with
> succulent plants. I was at the local Cactus and Succulent show to
> enjoy the variety* when I saw a new plant (many actually). This plant
> is Schizobasis intricata a bulbous Liliaceae superficially similar
> to the common Boweia volubilis, but 'more so'.
>
> Does any know or grow this plant? Is it difficult to
> cultivate? The annual herbaceous growth is even more finely divided
> than in Boweia and it seems to bloom easily with tiny white flowers.
>
> Appreciate any thoughts. Jim W.
>
>
>
> * Confession I bought two small Adenium obesum cvs, but wanted more. Oh well .
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