Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS

Jude Haverington tylus.seklos@gmail.com
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:13:03 PST
Sounds good. Thank you.
Jude


On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Jude,
>   Getting chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) should be pretty easy - it's
> one of the most common plants in California and in-state native nurseries
> will have it cheaply available in many sizes. I can certainly stay on the
> lookout for you for any seeds/dead plants - once you have those in-hand,
> getting the host plant should be easy.
> -|<ipp
>
> > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:40:36 -0500
> > From: tylus.seklos@gmail.com
> > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS
> >
> > Fascinating stuff - thanks again everyone.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:36 PM, penstemon <penstemon@q.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I have just "discovered" this crazy plant - and am interested in
> getting
> > > seeds of this - O. bulbosa or O. californica, or both. Could somebody
> help?
> > >
> > > You need a host plant, first. Adenostoma fasciculatum.
> > > Orobanches are true parasites and will not survive unless they can
> develop
> > > haustoria very quickly after germination, in order to attach
> themselves to
> > > the host plant. Unlike, say, castilleja, which can survive without a
> host.
> > > The seeds are practically invisible. You can probably collect seed,
> though
> > > not on a windy day.
> > > Bob Nold
> > > Denver, Colorado, USA
> > > (I grew up in California, which is why I responded.)
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