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Diane Whitehead
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Chasmanthe?
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February 14, 2012, 06:06:21 AM »
I've looked through all my South African flower books and the closest I can come
to identifying this is Chasmanthe aethiopicum but it doesn't fit exactly, and the
blooming time is wrong.
It was growing on the beach near Langebaan on the West Coast in mid-September.
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
cool mediterranean climate warm dry summers, mild wet winters 70 cm rain, sandy soil
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bulbs and corms you've got to love them.
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February 14, 2012, 08:07:19 AM »
Diane i think your plant is Antholyza plicata( Babiana thunbergii)
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Maggi Young
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"There's often a clue"
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February 14, 2012, 11:04:56 AM »
Kew Plant list gives
Babiana hirsuta
(Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning as an accepted name, with
Babiana hirsuta
(Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning,
Babiana thunbergii
,
Antholyza plicata
,
Antholyza hirsuta,
and
Anaclanthe namaquensis,
Anaclanthe plicata,
Antholyza hirta,
Antholyza namaquensis,
Babiana thunbergii, Gladiolus mollis, and Gladiolus sulcatus
[Illegitimate]as synonyms.
What a list
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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February 14, 2012, 12:39:06 PM »
Look at the PURE quarzitic sand it grows in. Small wonder many of these bulbs are difficult to grow!
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Alberto Castillo, in south America, near buenos Aires, Argentina.
Diane Whitehead
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February 14, 2012, 05:57:08 PM »
Thanks, everyone.
I found it in the one wildflower book I didn't look at: Namaqualand.
Here's another photo that really shows the pure sand.
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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February 14, 2012, 07:04:47 PM »
Diane:
Is this it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdeff_photos/4970740764/
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Arnold Trachtenberg
Leonia, New Jersey
Diane Whitehead
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February 14, 2012, 07:24:37 PM »
Yes, that is it under another one of its names. The fuzzy stems and
pleated leaves are distinctive.
Thanks for pointing me to that flickr account. I've now been able to
name another plant growing on that same beach. Christian Defferrard
certainly has posted a lot of African plant photos.
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
cool mediterranean climate warm dry summers, mild wet winters 70 cm rain, sandy soil
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