Sounds good. Thank you. Jude On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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.) > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The Silent Seed > > Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. > > thesilentseed.com > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- The Silent Seed Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. thesilentseed.com