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 On Mon, Sep 6, 2021, 6:18 PM David Pilling via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Oops. Wrong Mike. > > On 06/09/2021 23:15, David Pilling via pbs wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 06/09/2021 22:44, Colin Davis via pbs wrote: > >> Have any members heard from Mike Mace recently? I've been in contact > with > > Yep, posted here on 3rd September. > > > > -- > David Pilling > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: intricataklipwal.jpg.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 449269 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>
