delosperma & aizoaceae

[Great Moravian]

Whereas in yellow-flowered nuggetoid Delosperma the 5 or 6 nectaries are broadly separated

in 'White Nugget' the nectaries are almost connate and often forming a lophomorphic ring

Receptaculum structure is apparently different too. Therefore I suggest the hybrid origin of
'White Nugget' one parent being not a Delosperma.
I adopted the usage receptacle=hypanthium and am interested in its interior
including the top of ovary and stigmas.

[Great Moravian]

I wonder whether anybody has genuine Delosperma sutherlandii which hibernates without shoots.
I prepared images of receptacles of Delosperma ashtonii and Delosperma deleeuwiae and
would appreciate one of Delosperma sutherlandii too.

[cohan]

Good resource to see these details, thanks!

[Maggi Young]

I wonder whether anybody has genuine Delosperma sutherlandii which hibernates without shoots.

Hmmmm..... well, I don't, I fear.

[iann]

Thanks Ian for the identification!

Have you noticed, that I have already posted a picture of a flowering D. deilanthoides from your seed!
I am very happy with them!

I don't remember seeing that, and I can't find it now.  Shame since these are some of the best Delosperma flowers.  Mine are still flowering now, which is quite late.  Spring came early this year and summer still hasn't quite arrived.

From my seed?  Did I send some to the BCSS seed pool?

[Maggi Young]

Herbert's  (pauli) picture of D. deilanthoides was here......

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4828.msg202457#msg202457     

[iann]

Thanks, I see it now.  I even have vague memories of sending out some seed

[iann]

A few mesembs in flower.  Delosperma sp Lesotho did its main flush in the early spring heatwave but is actually flowering again.  The Titanopsis is a hybrid between T. schwantesii and T. hugo-schlechteri.

[cohan]

A few mesembs in flower.  Delosperma sp Lesotho did its main flush in the early spring heatwave but is actually flowering again.  The Titanopsis is a hybrid between T. schwantesii and T. hugo-schlechteri.

All nice! What is the last plant?

[iann]

The last one is Diplosoma retroversum, a strange winter grower.  Very thirsty and then completely disappears in summer.

[cohan]

interesting one, will have to look it up...

[Martin Tversted]

Hej Ian
John Proffit is not a hybrid but a wild plant that noone could identify on species level and then just given a cultivar name to honor a person from DBG. Found in the wild near Matatiele at the east base of the East Cape Drakensberg


Martin Tversted

[Great Moravian]

http://www.fgas-sukkulenten.de/index.php?view=detail&id=860&option=com_joomgallery&Itemid=85&lang=de
http://www.fgas-sukkulenten.de/index.php?view=detail&id=824&option=com_joomgallery&Itemid=85&lang=de
Two different plants, the former is my preference because the leaves resemble Delosperma cooperi

[Great Moravian]

Delosperma aff. hirtum in blossom. Frost-hardy and having uniquely coloured 35 mm large flowers.
An image by Marek Chaloupka.




A trial of back-referring to the image posted as an attachment below.

[iann]

Not every Delosperma is a low trailing plant.  Here is Delosperma lydenburgense.