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Author Topic: Is this Massonia latebrosa ?  (Read 5036 times)

Hans J

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Re: Is this Massonia latebrosa ?
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2019, 08:39:29 AM »
Very interesting found - congratulation !

It seems those species has a greater distribution than we know

Happy welcome to this forum  :D
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Re: Is this Massonia latebrosa ?
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2019, 09:03:04 AM »
Thank you. That's about 70km E of Karoopoort. That's already 50km closer to the known spot. :-) Shame that pictures are too poor to make a certain identification, also without flower.
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Re: Is this Massonia latebrosa ?
« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2019, 10:23:48 AM »
Yesterday wrote Bert to me if my plants have such pustules as in the description :
"cone-like, 0.4−0.6 mm in diameter, with a smooth, inflated, spheroidal to ellipsoidal trichome on top ca. 0.3 mm long"

After looking in my raw pictures I have seen those pustules ( with a enlargement )
Here is a detail :
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Re: Is this Massonia latebrosa ?
« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2019, 10:32:03 AM »
Here are two scans from the description :

b = latebrosa
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Re: Is this Massonia latebrosa ?
« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2019, 09:49:11 AM »
@humble haws
Congratulations, you have found a 2nd growing location of Massonia latebrosa.
Based on the additional material you've sent me, the plants you've found at Konstabel station are indeed Massonia latebrosa. It has also just been confirmed by the authors of the latebrosa publication. They completely agree with the id.
Next to the known location at Karoopoort, 70km more west, very good to have now a 2nd growing location of this rare species.
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Re: Is this Massonia latebrosa ?
« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2019, 05:29:28 AM »
How exciting! Thank you Hans for posting in the PBS that led to this realization and Bert for confirming the hunch. Hopefully, these are more common in the wild than we know.

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Re: Is this Massonia latebrosa ?
« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2019, 08:10:34 AM »
Good news  ;D

My pollination was successfully ....and I have collect seeds from some fruits
So I can offer some packets with each 20 seeds  :)
If anybody is interested for me with swap or trade please write me a PM

Hans

Sorry but all seeds are gone
« Last Edit: May 12, 2019, 01:29:21 PM by Hans J »
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