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pbs Digest, Vol 46, Issue 21
CHARLES L Powell via pbs (Wed, 30 Dec 2020 07:38:17 PST)

I grow a few scores of M. longipes (they are fairly easy from seed and I have several seasons now growing) and I’m also in San Jose. Mine bloom yearly and usually set seed when I pollinate with my hand. They are grown in full sun year round and are doing quite well. I grow a few other Massonia the same way and they also are doing well.

Best,

Chuck

I have Massonia longipes which develops a flower bud every year however

the bud just sits there.

I haven't grown that species, but every time I get a bud that doesn't open,
I suspect low light levels (unless the plant is being blasted in full sun).

Looking at the distribution map on iNaturalist, your Massonia is distributed
along the southern coast of South Africa, from the winter rainfall zone
across to areas that get rain all year.
https://inaturalist.org/taxa/…

Those areas would not be very warm in winter (although they'd be a lot less
cold than Toronto). Think breezy and cool, with bright sunlight when it's
not raining.

Hope that helps.

Mike
San Jose, CA

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