Re: Brazil in May

From: TY <goldfish at inch.com> on 1999.03.25 at 14:47:33(3143) It looks beautiful, though gigantic: would you please fill us in when you find out more about it? Thanks! Tuan Ching >I found the remarks about Blue Amaryllis interesting. Worsleya rayneri. +More >I am going to have to research that one-where it will grow, temperature and >humidity needs, etc. > >BTW I live in El Paso, Texas just south of the ORGAN Mountains in New >Mexico and right on the RIO GRANDE. I have found out the same place names >are used in Brazil, but I suspect the climate is a little different. > > >---------- >> >> >dear friends, >> > >> >i'll be in sao paulo and rio de janeiro in may. i would like to know >places >> >of botanical interest, nurseries, events to attend in the region. i >intend >> to >> >visit the botanical garden in rio and possibly the burle-marx sitio. any >> >other places/tips? thanks. >> > >> >tsuh yang chen, nyc >> >> Not aroid, but you should make a trip to the Organ mountains (near >> Rio) and see the only location for the incredible amaryllid Worsleya >> Rayneri which grows in nearly bare rock. This 'Blue Amaryllis' get some 5 >> to 8 ft tall and is endemic to only a couple nearby location. Endangered >> and protected in Brazil it is worth a pilgrimage. >> >> best Jim W. >> >> >> James W. Waddick Voice: 816 746 1949 >> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd E-MAIL: jim-jim@swbell.net >> Kansas City MO 64152 Fax: 816 746 1939 >> Zone 5/6 - Winter low -10 degrees F Summer high +100 degrees F >> >> >> >>

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