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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #45 on: November 20, 2011, 09:15:29 PM »
Darren - What can I say? I was happy with my lot until I saw that photo, simply staggering. Thanks for showing it.

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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #46 on: November 20, 2011, 10:58:33 PM »
Arnold, instead, funnelling the excessive watering for a massonia.

Biran, they  collect night dews on the furrows and warts.

Peter, the depression around the flower bud can be a deadly  trap under soggy/foggy  conditions.
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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #47 on: November 21, 2011, 08:03:03 AM »
That clump of echinata has never been split in 7 years, just moved to bigger pots. Unfortunately it shows some signs of tiredness this year and I'm going to have to be brave and do a full split & repot next summer. Trouble is it seems to have living roots pretty much all year round, no matter how dry it gets. It may end in tears!



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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #48 on: November 21, 2011, 08:38:17 AM »
I have one like this Darren, it likes more moisture and is evergreen, offsetts a lot. Repotting is no problem and I grow it in leafmould and grit. I grew it from Silverhill seed in 2007 as Massonia jasminiflora
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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #49 on: November 21, 2011, 10:02:54 AM »
Quote from: Ezeiza on November 20, 2011, 10:58:33 PM
Brian, they  collect night dews on the furrows and warts.


I am not sure how this would help them Alberto when the leaves are so flat?
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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #50 on: November 21, 2011, 08:42:35 PM »
Brian, plants can absorb moisture through the leaves.
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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #51 on: November 21, 2011, 10:09:27 PM »
Of course they can - stupid me :P
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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #52 on: November 27, 2011, 05:09:02 PM »
As today the sun was shining after more than two weeks of terrible fog, I took some pictures of my Massonia collection...
The first one is an unidentified species, its always the first in flower. This picture is about 3 weeks old.
Then pustulata and different forms of jasminiflora from the Eastern Cape.
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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #53 on: November 29, 2011, 03:39:35 PM »
Massonia pustulata
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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #54 on: November 29, 2011, 03:57:33 PM »
Waouh ! They seem all in great form and so nice  :D
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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #55 on: December 04, 2011, 06:58:30 PM »
I have some Massonia pustulata from Jim Archibald's seed sown 2008. One plant had a bud at  the beginning of October but it doesn't seem to have developed any further. Any suggestions as to why this is? ???
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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #56 on: December 04, 2011, 08:41:21 PM »
Menai:

If the bulb is immature the flower can abort.

The flower pictured took a year to settle in before flowering.

I grow at 45F plunged in a gravel/sand mixture.

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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #57 on: December 05, 2011, 02:13:57 PM »
Between two rain showers some pics :

Massonia pustulata ( sown in year 1998 ) - a very nice form with dark pattern
Massonia plain leaf (  ex Loerisfontain )...I hope they will flower in next year
Massonia spec. Stutterheim - I'm shure this is a M.jasminiflora

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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #58 on: December 05, 2011, 02:27:14 PM »
I think I have to wait at lest one more year
for your seedlings flower
Nice collection

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Re: Massonia 2011
« Reply #59 on: December 05, 2011, 05:16:00 PM »
Brillant Hans  8) 8) 8)

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