If Harold can coin Microcodium then why not Massificodium?
The pictures show an amazing bulbocodium from Northern spain that grows to 3 feet tall. First found and reported by James Akers I have nicknamed it N. b. akersianus and I hope we can go through the necessary procedures to have the name recognized, either at subspecies or variety rank.
The plant shown is from a bulb 3 years in the same pot. It has been flowering for nearly 6 weeks, it currently has both fresh flowers and ripening seed pods (pollinated, of course!) totalling 25. The picture was taken on 23rd March.
Ben Zonneveld has confirmed that it is a tetraploid so I’m hoping that some interesting seedlings will emerge in due course. It certainly sets seed readily – but I do not yet know if it will accept pollen from other Sections.
Brian Duncan
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