Plant ID wanted-- little information
A friend in Tokyo recently sent me a batch of seeds, and included a few bulblets
from a plant at first he called a lily, but then said he doesn't know the name of. The bulblets are green, about the size of a dime, and it is hard to tell the top from the bottom. He told me to plant them on the surface of moist soil, but not push them in or cover them. He sent this photo of the mother plant, with various sizes of smaller plants around it, including some of the green bulblets. http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG ANY ideas? |
Plant ID wanted-- little information
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:51:26 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG ANY ideas? Looks like some kind of tropical orchid. Does he grow it indoors or out? Outside. He told me: "The bulblets might do best in a pot that can be shaded during the hot part of the day and during winter bring indoors or on the porch; they survive Tokyo winters..." |
Plant ID wanted-- little information
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:37:33 -0400, Darren Garrison wrote:
A friend in Tokyo recently sent me a batch of seeds, and included a few bulblets from a plant at first he called a lily, but then said he doesn't know the name of. The bulblets are green, about the size of a dime, and it is hard to tell the top from the bottom. He told me to plant them on the surface of moist soil, but not push them in or cover them. He sent this photo of the mother plant, with various sizes of smaller plants around it, including some of the green bulblets. http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG Reminds me of one of the Bulbophyllum orchids. You did have the proper import permits for this, right? And your friend had the export permits? Kay |
Plant ID wanted-- little information
On 1 Aug 2007 02:42:04 GMT, Kay Lancaster wrote:
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG Reminds me of one of the Bulbophyllum orchids. You did have the proper import permits for this, right? And your friend had the export permits? No. Should I need them? For a houseplant? Didn't have them for the Ginkgo, Yuzu, or Persimmon seeds he sent either. Or one other Japanese plant he sent, I think he called it "kudzu"? I didn't need those, so I just sprinkled them around in the woods. |
Plant ID wanted-- little information
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:15:02 -0400, Darren Garrison wrote:
On 1 Aug 2007 02:42:04 GMT, Kay Lancaster wrote: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG Reminds me of one of the Bulbophyllum orchids. You did have the proper import permits for this, right? And your friend had the export permits? No. Should I need them? For a houseplant? Didn't have them for the Ginkgo, Yuzu, or Persimmon seeds he sent either. Or one other Japanese plant he sent, I think he called it "kudzu"? I didn't need those, so I just sprinkled them around in the woods. Yes, you do need them. And a CITES permit, too, if it's an orchid. The regulations are there to help prevent accidental import of diseases, insects, and other pests, and to help with endangered species. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_exp...ts/index.shtml http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_heal...products.shtml Accidentally introducing a pest by casual imports of un-inspected goods can be biologically and economically devastating. Asian longhorn beetle, Dutch Elm disease, Striga asiatica, Medfly... they were all accidental introductions. |
Plant ID wanted-- little information
"Kay Lancaster" wrote: Darren Garrison wrote: Kay Lancaster wrote: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG Reminds me of one of the Bulbophyllum orchids. You did have the proper import permits for this, right? And your friend had the export permits? No. Should I need them? For a houseplant? Didn't have them for the Ginkgo, Yuzu, or Persimmon seeds he sent either. Or one other Japanese plant he sent, I think he called it "kudzu"? I didn't need those, so I just sprinkled them around in the woods. Yes, you do need them. And a CITES permit, too, if it's an orchid. The regulations are there to help prevent accidental import of diseases, insects, and other pests, and to help with endangered species. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_exp...ts/index.shtml http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_heal...products.shtml Accidentally introducing a pest by casual imports of un-inspected goods can be biologically and economically devastating. Asian longhorn beetle, Dutch Elm disease, Striga asiatica, Medfly... they were all accidental introductions. Just wait until that Kudzu takes over the woods. Seahag |
Plant ID wanted-- little information
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG
Someone in the sci.bio.botany group had the answer for me: http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...&sa=N&tab =wi http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...&sa=N&tab =iw |
Plant ID wanted-- little information
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:37:33 -0400, Darren Garrison
wrote: A friend in Tokyo recently sent me a batch of seeds, and included a few bulblets from a plant at first he called a lily, but then said he doesn't know the name of. The bulblets are green, about the size of a dime, and it is hard to tell the top from the bottom. He told me to plant them on the surface of moist soil, but not push them in or cover them. He sent this photo of the mother plant, with various sizes of smaller plants around it, including some of the green bulblets. http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...p/MVC-008S.JPG ANY ideas? Ornithogalum caudatum http://www.botany.wisc.edu/greenhouse/Roomtwo-Or.html -- 09=ix |
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