Oh, I hope so! Getting another clone out there would be wonderful. And this would probably be just as cute in germination as the Jansenville collection...I'm looking forward to germinating some more just to see the baby bulbs! Robert in suddenly warm San Francisco, where the D. intricata (Jansenville) are just coming up to bloom...15 months after sowing (they've gotten over their cuteness) On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 3:46 PM David Schaeffer via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I recently (FINALLY) managed to get my hands on a Drimia (Schizobasis) > intricata that isn't the Chuck Hanson collection from S of Jansenville, > Eastern Cape. Nearly every specimen of this species (if it is indeed "a" > species) in cultivation is from these plants, at leadt here in the States, > though one can occasionally run into what is called the "Tanzanian form." I > imagine most of you are familiar with it. > > The new bulbs I recieved are derived from plants collected near the Klipwal > diamond mind, quite a bit N of the Jansenville locality. The cliffs are > also home to a well-known clone of the popular Gasteria batesiana. > > The bulbs themself are somewhat different in appearance, having a more > typical "drimia" look. The inflorescence is stiffer, taller and strongly > paniculate. But the flowers were the real surprise - see the attached > image. They are campanulate, or nearly so, and unlike the Jansenville > plants, whose flowers open only for a few hours late afternoon/early > evening, these are open by morning and appear to last nearly two days. > > I hope they self as easily as the Jansenville plants... > > Best regards, > > Dave in SE PA, Zone 6b, where the switch has flipped to (warm) Fall -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Drimia intricata_20210906_165212-crop-1k.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 524303 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
