massonia

Rachel Saunders silverhill@yebo.co.za
Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:42:07 PST
We had seed of it last year collected in exactly that spot. THe plants were
tiny and we spent hours crawling around on our knees looking for seed
capsules. We'll try to get seed again this next year.  We haven't ever seen
it in flower - we are always too late.
Regards
Rachel Saunders
Tel +27 21 762 4245
Fax +27 21 797 6609
PO Box 53108, Kenilworth, 7745 South Africa


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Grimshaw" <j.grimshaw@virgin.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] massonia


> The Massonia echinata under discussion are presumably winter-growing. Does
> anyone have the diminutive, high altitude one from the Drakensberg, which
> may or may not be M. echinata? I have only seen it at 3000 m (10,000') in
> the gravel at the top of Ben MacDhui (the highest point of South Africa on
> the Eastern Cape border with Lesotho). The whole plant is no more than
about
> 5 cm (2 in) across (and that's a large one).
>
> John Grimshaw
>
>
>
> Dr John M. Grimshaw
> Sycamore Cottage
> Colesbourne
> Nr Cheltenham
> Gloucestershire GL53 9NP
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