[pbs] Bowiea basics
Alberto Grossi
crinum at libero.it
Thu Jan 15 11:45:05 EST 2009
Hi All.
The bulbs of my kilimandsharica are really smaller than volubilis. Gariepensis is a different plant.
Alberto
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Subject : [pbs] Bowiea basics
> >What is Bowiea volubilis nana? sorry for my ignorance!
>
> Dear Alberto,
> I agree.
> I have grown B. volubilis many times, but just obtained
> another plant along with one named B (v) nana. In checking out info I
> also came across the names B. kilimandscharica and B. gariepensis
> (various spellings).
> Some experts claim distinction, others combine all under the
> single species B. volubilis.
>
> I can understand that B. v. may be highly variable, but can
> anyone pin point the differences between these names?
>
>
> And to add to the confusion, some experts claim the plant is
> deadly poisonous from root to leaf tip and others claim it is edible.
> One of these must be wrong.
>
> Can anyone clear this up for all of us? and a good web site ?
>
> Thanks Jim W.
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Alberto Grossi
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