Hi Jim and all Since I supplied Ellen with the see, I will respond. The comments in the Wiki on the flowering of Brachystelma cathcartense are based on the behaviour of wild plants which occur in fairly poor and dry conditions in the Cathcart distirct of the Eastern Cape. Jim, you must have grown them very well so they have developed more flowers than they would in the wild. Your plants come from pure wild seed so what ever they do for you is correct. B. meyerianum is often absolutely covered in flowers - it is really rewarding. Please let us know if you have pollinators that will do the job and if your plants set seed. This year my Brachystelma caffrum developed some seed horns and I was able to harvest some. It will be interesting to see if the seed is viable from nursery plants Camron McMaster Cameron and Rhoda McMaster African Bulbs PO Box 26, Napier 7270 Tel/Fax: 028 423 3651 Mobile: 082 774 2075 Email: africanbulbs@haznet.co.za Website: http://www.africanbulbs.com/ ---- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:21 PM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 88, Issue 17 > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Brachystelma question (Jim McKenney) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 14:13:39 -0400 > From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> > Subject: [pbs] Brachystelma question > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <EB3D139253AF4F2389F7CD98034172D8@Library> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Brachystelma cathcartense is about to bloom here; the plant was received > from Seneca Hill Nursery just in time. I?ll be shedding tears over the > demise of Ellen?s nursery for a long time ? and I know I?m not the only > one. > > > > > This plant is shown on the PBS wiki, but the text there raises a question. > The text states that the plant ?has one or two cup shaped flowers?? The > plant I have has produced a cluster of stems and each stem has multiple > flowers, two at each of several nodes. > > It just so happens that I also obtained a plant of B. meyerianum, and when > I > compare the two plants, I see that B. meyerianum has multiple buds per > stem > but only one flower bud per node. > > > > Brachystelma experts, here?s your chance to shine: should the wiki text > for > B. cathcartense be changed to say ?has one or two cup shaped flowers per > node? ? > > > > Cool plants by the way?. > > > > On a related note, I saw a wide low mass of Asclepias viridis in full > bloom > the other day ? that one has so far escaped my net. The color scheme is > quiet, but the architecture of the plant is stunning. > > > > > > Jim McKenney > > jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871? North, 77.09829? West, USDA > zone > 7 > > My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ > > BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ > > > > Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS > > Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ > > > > Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 88, Issue 17 > *********************************** >