Massonia leaves

bonaventure@optonline.net bonaventure@optonline.net
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:47:35 PST
Wild leaves on some of these Massonias, worth growing for those alone. Kind of reminds me of Cypripedium acaule or the leaves of Cypripedium section Trigonopedia. http://www.w-frosch.de/Arten/arten.htm

Bonaventure Magrys
Cliffwood Beach, NJ

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> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:44:08 -0800
> From: Mary Sue Ittner 
> Subject: [pbs] Massonia depressa
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> Recently my Massonia depressa has been blooming for the first 
> time from 
> seed sowed fall 2002. I had remembered reading an article about 
> how this 
> species was pollinated by rodents (gerbils) at night and the 
> elaborate 
> system they had to discover this so I was fascinated to look at 
> the flowers 
> on my plant. I added some pictures to the wiki showing the 
> plant, flowers, 
> and nectar in a close-up.
> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
> 
> And for those of you who might be interested I found that an 
> article about 
> the rodent pollination on the Internet including pictures of the 
> animals at 
> work.
> http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/88/10/1768/
> 
> I'm very fond of the Massonias I grow. I was happy that Massonia 
> jasminiflora that I was unsuccessful growing from seed (twice), 
> that I 
> subsequently purchased from Gordon Summerfield (with all the 
> proper 
> documentation) this year is now growing at the right time for my 
> hemisphere 
> and one even bloomed. There are pictures of this species on the 
> wiki from 
> Cameron McMaster.
> 
> Mary Sue
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