Author Topic: South African high altitude Alpines and Bulbs growing in Northern Hemisphere (Read 3543 times)

Julia · « **on:** January 21, 2016, 07:34:25 PM »

I have been contacted by Elsa Pooley a fantastic field botanist, author of "Mountain Flowers, A field Guide to the Flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho" plus many other books.
She is requiring help with there new book that she is writing with Geoff Nichols. They are looking for pictures and information of which South African high altitude Alpines and Bulbs will grow well in the Northern Hemisphere. Ron McBeath and I have both given her a list but she would like pictures and to see if the amazing SRGC forum community may have more ideas.
So please post your pictures and any other info you may have.
Thank you

Graeme · « **Reply #1 on:** January 21, 2016, 07:44:25 PM »

hope its got a good section on Rhodohypoxis

Julia · « **Reply #2 on:** January 21, 2016, 07:52:41 PM »

Do you have a good selection and if you do could you post some pictures?

Graeme · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2016, 08:03:55 PM »

Quote from: Julia on January 21, 2016, 07:52:41 PM

Do you have a good selection and if you do could you post some pictures?

not as many as I used to have -

Julia · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2016, 08:12:55 PM »

Great thanks very much.

Graeme · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2016, 08:17:08 PM »

if you want the original jpg's pm me

Hoy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2016, 09:30:04 PM »

You may contact Trond Steen of Steen og Wormsen stauder (nursery): trosteen(et)online.no. He grows some very fine South African plants for sale in Northern Norway. Here is one example:

Diascia anastrepa 'Sani':

The catalogue: http://www.stewo.no/index.htm

Julia · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2016, 10:03:54 PM »

fantastic, could you private message me his contact details
thank you very much

David Nicholson · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2016, 11:08:29 PM »

Julia, Lorraine and Chris Birchill may be able to help http://www.talevalleynursery.co.uk/

brianw · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2016, 11:55:14 PM »

Wildside gardens has some fantastic displays of Rhodohypoxis. Must have some photos somewhere.

Darren · « **Reply #10 on:** January 22, 2016, 01:22:32 PM »

Here is my Moraea alpina picture from back in 2012. It still does well for me and I'm very fond of it. My plants came from Ian Christie who told me it grows well for him too. I still have the higher res picture on the Mac somewhere.

I do grow a lot of other Drakensberg bulbs such as Moraeas huttonii, alticola, spathulata. Albuca humilis, Gladiolus flanaganii and others but for some reason I haven't ever taken photographs of them.

Julia · « **Reply #11 on:** January 22, 2016, 04:33:39 PM »

Darren great thanks I will pass the information to Elsa

ichristie · « **Reply #12 on:** January 22, 2016, 07:15:52 PM »

Hello Julia and Darren I am posting another picture of Moraea alpine full size pic anytime cheers Ian the Christie kind

Julia · « **Reply #13 on:** January 22, 2016, 07:43:28 PM »

Fantastic do you have any other pic's of SA high altitude Alpines?

brianw · « **Reply #14 on:** January 22, 2016, 08:13:23 PM »

Wildside Rhodohypoxis

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