species Pelargoniums - OP

[pel1]

Hi all,
Can anyone identify this unusual pelly I saw at Kew yesterday? the label was too far back and overgrown to read. The plant had unusual sprawling woody stems, not very pretty, but unlike any other pelli I have seen, I wonder what the flowers are like?
Many thanks, James

[pel1]

Here are a few more at Kew yesterday, if anyone can spare a cutting or seed from any of these please get in touch, I have a few other intersting species I can offer material of in exchange.
enjoy the photos, James

Pelargonium acraeum
P. album
P. papilonaceum
P. ribifolium
P  scabrum

[cohan]

fun to see these--pelargonium really has tried every leaf shape strategy, hasn't it?..lol

[Darren]

Cohan - I hope someone can post a pic of P tetragonum just to illustrate that the genus has also tried not having any leaves at all (save a few vestigial traces in the one I grow)! P tetragonum simply has photosynthetic stems instead. Lovely flowers too, though they look a bit odd on the top of a bare green stick..

[cohan]

sounds familiar, i have probably seen pics of that before, darren..
i'm cool with odd  and tend to like flowering sticks 

[pel1]

My P.Tetragonum has leaves! but they are seasonal and drop in the dry season. Must try and dig out a photo...........

[Darren]

Hi James - I don't have much idea about variation in P tetragonum. I've seen pictures on the web of plants with almost normal sized 'zonal' leaves but my plant has tiny lobed leaves only up to about 15mm across, and very few of them. As you say - they drop in the dry season.

I confess it is one of those plants that gets neglected by me unless in flower!

Nice to see all these pellies on here. Interesting your remark about alchemilloides seeding around. I thought I'd lost this species but just found a little one stowing away in a conophytum pot!  P barklyi pops up all over the place in my greenhouse too and fights it out for top weed status with Melasphaerula graminea and Cyclamen cilicium. I would not be without any of them of course!

[cohan]

weeds like those i could handle 

[Colin Dolding]

"I could have sent you some of these Pelargonium carnosum. They are rooted today after being sown yesterday morning 36 hours ago!! Unbelievable but true. And how did I keep them viable? By keeping them in a glassine envelope in a drawer for over a year."

I have found some old Pelargonium seed which I will try to germinate using your method. Will post results if any!

[pel1]

Hi all,
I have surplus seedlings of some nice species pelargoniums going spare if anyone wants to do an exchange. They were sown last autumn and most are approximately three inches tall now, I have just potted them on for the first time. I can spare a few each of the following; Vitifolium,  Glutinosum,  Capitatum, Australe and Odoratissimum, I also have one (smaller) seedling of Aridum.
I would be interested in swapping for seedlings/cuttings/seeds of almost any species pelargonium I don't already have, also any spare material of interesting bulbs, I have recently started collecting allium, fritillaria and arisaema to add to my cape apecies, if anyone can spare a few.
Best wishes, James.

[pel1]

In flower now........

[mark smyth]

Brilliant selection James.

I didnt bother sowing seeds this year. 

[arillady]

James those are really lovely. These smaller types seem to do ok here in South Australia in our fairly harsh conditions. A friend gave me a couple last summer of: P nemaform and P sidioides. These are lovely dark pinks.
As he had seen some clumps of what are possibly related ones on my driveway - can't remember what species they are on the driveway.

[cohan]

In flower now........

lovely flowers all, and some nice glimpses of interesting foliage...
are these all summer growers? or winter growers blooming before dormancy?

[pel1]

Cohan;
acetosum, fragrans and ionidiflorum are summer growers, the rest are all succulent and are winter growers here in England.
-James