Babiana villosa

Myke Ashley-Cooper myke@new.co.za
Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:28:42 PDT
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
  >
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