For a bulb entusiast, you are probably in the best place in the world. I hope to get back sometime to see more. Darren >From: "Myke Ashley-Cooper" <myke@new.co.za> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Babiana villosa >Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:07:58 +0200 > >As a South African, I was merely expressing interest! >Regards >Myke > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Darren Sage > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 11:30 PM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Babiana villosa > > > Hi Myke > > I have since moved to Mexico and this informatioon is probably in a box >in > an attic in the UK or at my old job at Warwick HRI. We went all over >the > place. > > Contact the orgaisers f te VII symposium at: > http://www.actahort.org/books/430/ > > Ask for the man who arranged the 4 day presymposium trip. His name was >John > something. I think his surname began with G. You can mention me, he >will > remember (Dr Darren Sage, HRI, UK). If you contact him, please pass his > e-mail too me. > > Good luck! > > Darren > > > > > > >From: "Myke Ashley-Cooper" <myke@new.co.za> > >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >Subject: Re: [pbs] Babiana villosa > >Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:28:42 +0200 > > > >Do you recall where you went? Nieuwoudtville, Darling, Kamieskroon, >etc? > >My very favorite is Babiana rubrocyanea known in Afrikaans as 'little >wine > >cup". > > > >Regards > >Myke > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Darren Sage > > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 6:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Babiana villosa > > > > > > There are some stunning Babianas about in the wild in South Africa. >I > >am a > > bulb scientist and was at the 'VII international symposium on >floower > >bulbs' > > in Cape Town in 2000. An expert took us to see hundreds of bulb >species > >in > > flower on a 4 day trip. We saw maroon babianas and a range of blue >to > > purple ones, some of which had not yet been given an official >scientific > > name. A magic trip! I want to go again.......... now! > > > > Darren > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Myke Ashley-Cooper" <myke@new.co.za> > > >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > > >To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > > >Subject: Re: [pbs] Babiana villosa > > >Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:38:43 +0200 > > > > > >I guess I will have to climb through some barbed wire fencing to >access > >a > > >whole lot of seed then! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Alberto Castillo > > > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:47 PM > > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Babiana villosa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Myke Ashley-Cooper" <myke@new.co.za> > > > >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > > > >To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > > > >Subject: [pbs] Babiana villosa > > > >Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:48:29 +0200 > > > > > > > >At the east end of the village that I live in, Tulbagh, South > >Africa, > > >there > > > >is a stunning endemic maroon Babiana villosa which apparently >only > > >grows in > > > >this tiny area. Must I wait until the seeds are fully ripened > >before > > > >harvesting them or can they be picked green? > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Myke: > > > Will there be enough seed for the thousand >members > >of > > > PBS?!!!! > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > Alberto > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > > MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >pbs mailing list > > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php