Help identify a rhizomes
bonsaigai37@aol.com (Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:27:18 PST)

How about a geophytic Pelargonium? I'm not really to species without more research...

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From: Marcel Berteler <marcel@berteler.co.za>
To: pbs <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 11:24 pm
Subject: [pbs] Help identify a rhizomes

Hello

I live in Cape Town, South Africa and I have a rhizomes growing in a pot
that I transplanted from our previous garden. Can someone assist me in
identifying this plant?

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/…
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/…

Root: rhizomes
Leaves: fern like, rather woody when dried.
Flower: long stem, about 1 meter with a simple cluster of little
flowers. each flower has 5 green sepals which curl up on opening and 5
yellow petals with a wide dark brown stripe.

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Thanks,

Marcel Berteler