[pbs] Babiana villosa
Darren Sage
darrensage100 at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 21 00:58:46 EDT 2005
There are some stunning Babianas about in the wild in South Africa. I am a
bulb scientist and was at the 'VII international symposium on floower bulbs'
in Cape Town in 2000. An expert took us to see hundreds of bulb species in
flower on a 4 day trip. We saw maroon babianas and a range of blue to
purple ones, some of which had not yet been given an official scientific
name. A magic trip! I want to go again.......... now!
Darren
>From: "Myke Ashley-Cooper" <myke at new.co.za>
>Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
>To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [pbs] Babiana villosa
>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:38:43 +0200
>
>I guess I will have to climb through some barbed wire fencing to access a
>whole lot of seed then!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alberto Castillo
> To: pbs at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Babiana villosa
>
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> >From: "Myke Ashley-Cooper" <myke at new.co.za>
> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
> >To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
> >Subject: [pbs] Babiana villosa
> >Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:48:29 +0200
> >
> >At the east end of the village that I live in, Tulbagh, South Africa,
>there
> >is a stunning endemic maroon Babiana villosa which apparently only
>grows in
> >this tiny area. Must I wait until the seeds are fully ripened before
> >harvesting them or can they be picked green?
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> Dear Myke:
> Will there be enough seed for the thousand members of
> PBS?!!!!
>
>
> Regards
> Alberto
>
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