We had seed of it last year collected in exactly that spot. THe plants were tiny and we spent hours crawling around on our knees looking for seed capsules. We'll try to get seed again this next year. We haven't ever seen it in flower - we are always too late. Regards Rachel Saunders Tel +27 21 762 4245 Fax +27 21 797 6609 PO Box 53108, Kenilworth, 7745 South Africa ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Grimshaw" <j.grimshaw@virgin.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] massonia > The Massonia echinata under discussion are presumably winter-growing. Does > anyone have the diminutive, high altitude one from the Drakensberg, which > may or may not be M. echinata? I have only seen it at 3000 m (10,000') in > the gravel at the top of Ben MacDhui (the highest point of South Africa on > the Eastern Cape border with Lesotho). The whole plant is no more than about > 5 cm (2 in) across (and that's a large one). > > John Grimshaw > > > > Dr John M. Grimshaw > Sycamore Cottage > Colesbourne > Nr Cheltenham > Gloucestershire GL53 9NP > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >