hesperocallus

From: stacy holtzman <sholtzma at sunflower.bio.indiana.edu> on 1998.01.23 at 18:18:53(1869) A person in another plant listserv had this question, and it doesn't have anything to do with aroids, but somebody knowledgeable may have heard of this plant, so I want to ask. Has any of you any information on a plant named Hesperocallus ( undulata or parviflora). How does it look like, where can I get it. Thanks for any help! Stacy +More ---Stacy Holtzman sholtzma@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu--- ---Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biology Dept., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405---

From: E Charles Nelson <tippitiwitchet at zetnet.co.uk> on 1998.01.24 at 04:45:29(1871) The message from stacy holtzman contains these words: > A person in another plant listserv had this question, and it doesn't have > anything to do with aroids, but somebody knowledgeable may have heard of > this plant, so I want to ask. > Has any of you any information on a plant named > Hesperocallus ( undulata or parviflora). > How does it look like, where can I get it. > Thanks for any help! > Stacy > ---Stacy Holtzman > sholtzma@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu--- > ---Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biology Dept., Indiana University, > Bloomington, IN 47405--- Should be Hesperocallis; termination is -is not -us. Hesperocallis undulata is the desert lily from the south-western USA. It belongs to Liliaceae or Hyacinthaceae (depending on your point of view). The genus is (according to my source) monospecific, and the same source suggests growing it in standard cactus compost. It is a bulbous species, with white finnel-like flowers, and wavy, strap-shaped leaves. I have no idea where to obtain it. -- Dr Charles Nelson +More Tippitiwitchet Cottage, Hall Road, OUTWELL PE14 8PE, Wisbech, UK tel [+ 44] 01945 773057. fax [+ 44] 1945 774077 e-mail tippitiwitchet@zetnet.co.uk

From: "Carlo A. Balistrieri" <cabalist at facstaff.wisc.edu> on 1998.01.24 at 04:51:30(1872) >Has any of you any information on a plant named >Hesperocallus ( undulata or parviflora). >How does it look like, where can I get it. In the Liliaceae; wavy margined, blue-green leaves funnel shaped, fragrant white flowers. Zones 9-10. If you need more, let me know. (And no, I don't grow it). Carlo +More Carlo A. Balistrieri, J.D. Email: CABalist@facstaff.wisc.edu P.O. Box 327 Ashippun, WI 53003-0327 U.S.A. Voice: 414.569.1902 Telefax: same number, please call ahead.

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