Babiana villosa

Babiana villosa
Darren Sage (Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:58:46 PDT)

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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