Wild leaves on some of these Massonias, worth growing for those alone. Kind of reminds me of Cypripedium acaule or the leaves of Cypripedium section Trigonopedia. http://www.w-frosch.de/Arten/arten.htm Bonaventure Magrys Cliffwood Beach, NJ > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:44:08 -0800 > From: Mary Sue Ittner > Subject: [pbs] Massonia depressa > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20070128193315.01438c50@mail.mcn.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Recently my Massonia depressa has been blooming for the first > time from > seed sowed fall 2002. I had remembered reading an article about > how this > species was pollinated by rodents (gerbils) at night and the > elaborate > system they had to discover this so I was fascinated to look at > the flowers > on my plant. I added some pictures to the wiki showing the > plant, flowers, > and nectar in a close-up. > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > And for those of you who might be interested I found that an > article about > the rodent pollination on the Internet including pictures of the > animals at > work. > http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/88/10/1768/ > > I'm very fond of the Massonias I grow. I was happy that Massonia > jasminiflora that I was unsuccessful growing from seed (twice), > that I > subsequently purchased from Gordon Summerfield (with all the > proper > documentation) this year is now growing at the right time for my > hemisphere > and one even bloomed. There are pictures of this species on the > wiki from > Cameron McMaster. > > Mary Sue >