Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS

Kipp McMichael kimcmich@hotmail.com
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:10:26 PST
Jude,
  Getting chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) should be pretty easy - it's one of the most common plants in California and in-state native nurseries will have it cheaply available in many sizes. I can certainly stay on the lookout for you for any seeds/dead plants - once you have those in-hand, getting the host plant should be easy.
-|<ipp

> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:40:36 -0500
> From: tylus.seklos@gmail.com
> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Orobanche - CALIFORNIA FOLKS
> 
> Fascinating stuff - thanks again everyone.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:36 PM, penstemon <penstemon@q.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have just "discovered" this crazy plant - and am interested in getting
> > seeds of this - O. bulbosa or O. californica, or both. Could somebody help?
> >
> > You need a host plant, first. Adenostoma fasciculatum.
> > Orobanches are true parasites and will not survive unless they can develop
> > haustoria very quickly after germination, in order to attach themselves to
> > the host plant. Unlike, say, castilleja, which can survive without a host.
> > The seeds are practically invisible. You can probably collect seed, though
> > not on a windy day.
> > Bob Nold
> > Denver, Colorado, USA
> > (I grew up in California, which is why I responded.)
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