Massonia question
Roy Herold (Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:45:16 PST)

Richard,

I think most of the spiny M echinatas in circulation are actually M
pygmaea or M hirsuta. The latter designation is terribly confused,
applied to some M jasminiflora types from Addo and also to some M
pygmaea(?) types from Van Rhyns Pass. Paul Cumbleton has a putative M
hirsuta with the extreme spines you are looking form but the flowers are
decidedly M depressa types. See

<http://srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/…>

for a picture.

I'm guessing you would be happy with the spiny M pygmaea that I'm
growing. Stay tuned for seeds in the BX if everything works out.

--Roy
NW of Boston