Massonia pustulata Loriesfontein
Hannon (Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:43:08 PST)
This fine species has been cultivated in California since at least the late
1970s, though I never saw a locality associated with it. Currently I have
plants from seeds ex Silverhill Seeds originally collected near Stanford,
which lies far to the south of Loeriesfontein. The leaves are markedly
pustulate and range from dark green to dark red/purple.
Dylan
On 10 November 2012 12:31, Leo A. Martin <leo@possi.org> wrote:
Quoting a previous message:
Message: 3
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:30:14 +0100
From: Dietrich M?ller-Doblies
Two true locality data questions: Who cultivates Massonia
pustulata from Loriesfontein?
Who has some detail information about its origin. Since
when is it in cultivation? Who was possibly the collector?
From where around Loriesfontein?
A nice week with flowering surprises to all!
Dietrich
I had a hunch and forwarded this to John Lavranos, plant discoverer
extraoirdinaire. Here is his response:
I first wanted to confirm things on google earth. It was i
that found this Massonia at the Loeriesfontein locality in
the early 90's. I have also sen it elswhere (near Springok)
but the Loeriesf. form was particularly attractive. I sent
a few bulbs to the USA, perhaps to Arid Lands, under
Hansonian ownership.
Leo Martin
Phoenix Arizona USA
_______________________________________________
pbs mailing list
pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/