Hi all I decided to do a general reply to comments on my previous post. Quite a few people commented on the substrate they grow in, The soil or sand is basically dune sand, quartsitic in nature. I think the red color comes from high levels of iron salts present. Differently than other types of sand, these sands tend to retain a fair amount of water and can remain moist (not soggy) for a long time after rains. The pebbles are found towards the edges of the sandy areas where the calcrete layer becomes more obvious, the rest is just that red sand, probably a foot or more deep at places. A week later, the seedpods on the Eriospermum (possibly corymbosum, thanks Robert) and Albuca (still not shure if it is an Albuca) are big and full. The Ledebouria's (probably L. glauca) have basically finished flowering (no seed pods visible) and the unknown single leaved plant is in full flower. It turned out to be Dipcadi crispa (thanks again Robert), I'll write a post with pictures of it seperately. Christiaan van Schalkwyk Upington South Africa -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_20191222_213124.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1820726 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_20191222_213224.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2808114 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
