South African Bulbs/Geophytes 2019

[Rimmer de Vries]

Does anyone know an identification for Massonia sp Addo?
this is Roy Herald's collection in Addo which is very different from the M sp Addo i have grown from seed ex seed (4th picture)

[ashley]

The Herald plants look like M. tenella amoena.  In the pbswiki Bert Zaalberg considers sp Addo likely to be M. hirsuta.   

[Sorry for the confusion; meant amoena but wrote tenella ]

[Rimmer de Vries]

Thanks. Here is another massonia with a lost tag. Bloomed a month ago.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Here are my M hirsuta (left 3 rows) M jasminiflora (3rdrow) and Herald sp Addo on right.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Massonia pygmaea collected by Roy Herald in Renosterveld Modderfountein in 2011. Photo from Nov 1.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Another strange Massonia. Came as M echinata (Kingwilliamstown) seed from McMaster in late 2015
2 new photos with first flowers open

[Paul Cumbleton]

Another strange Massonia. Came as M echinata (Kimgwilliamstown) seed from McMaster in late 2015

Hi Rimmer,
I'm guessing this will turn out to be Massonia inaequalis - should be able to tell when the flowers open properly and you can see if the anthers are of unequal lengths.

Paul

[kvb]

Kingwilliamstown is close to growing area of M. sempervirens but far away from M. inequalis. Let us wait to the full flower emeges.
I also have found out that there are more than one species Addo. Does somebody know from who these plants come from.

Chris

[Rimmer de Vries]

Going through Roy's notes the M. sp? Addo seeds came from Steven Hammer.

A reply from Roy:
The sp. Addo that I originally had was from Steve Hammer. I'm not sure if he or one of his friends collected it. Dylan Hannon might know.

That said, the M amoena (formerly M jasminiflora pustulate leaf) in your pic was from Penroc, and I'm sure I mixed it up with Addo somewhere along the way.

In the words of Forrest Gump, Massonias are like a box of chocolates--you never know what you're going to get!

Oops, I see you already posted the Steve Hammer info to SRGC. You may inform the cognoscenti that I mixed things up. Again.

--R

[Rimmer de Vries]

So now that it has been established that the first pictures are M amoena (formerly M jasminiflora pustulate leaf) from Penroc, i think that the second batch is also M amoena (from McMaster  as M as echinata from Kingwilliamstown).
The filaments are all the same length so not Massonia inaequalis.
I now think these are a large late flowering M jasminiflora due to the reflexed petals

[Hans J]

Hi Strumaria fans

if anybody is interested for fresh seeds ( ephemeral ) so please look here :

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=17536.msg408366#msg408366

Sorry only inside Europe

Best wishes
Hans

[fermi de Sousa]

Albuca humilis from seed from AGS Seedex 2013, first flowered in 2017
cheers
fermi

[YT]

Lachenalia viridiflora
From Silverhill Seeds

[Gail]

Lachenalia viridiflora

Fabulous Tatsuo! Such an astonishing colour and they look really well grown.

[YT]

Fabulous Tatsuo! Such an astonishing colour and they look really well grown.

Thank you, Gail As you know, my place is at lower latitude than yours and we have sunnier winter