[pbs] Aristea
Roy Herold
rherold at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 21 20:49:51 EDT 2008
Jim (neighbor almost),
Very interesting that you have a bulb from Panayoti's collections in
1997 on Platberg (that big flat topped mountain/hill to the north of
Harrismith). I, too, have a bulb from the Platberg, from Panayoti's
distribution to the NARGS seedex in 1997. Mine was purportedly
Cyrtanthus epiphyticus, but when it *finally* bloomed last year it
turned out to be Cyrtanthus stenanthus. Unfortunately, this has to be
the homeliest cyrtanthus in existence, with squinty *beige* flowers and
a floppy scape. I've been reluctant to put photos of it on the wiki,
fearing ridicule from all quarters.
--Roy
jmsjon664 at aol.com wrote:
> I received seed of Aristea sp. (Platberg, 1500m) from Panayoti Kelaidis in 3/97. It germinated in 3 months and went on to bloom 4 years later (in an alpine house that went as low as 5 deg. F), with fleeting, fleeting blue flowers in July. It is perhaps 20cm high. It carries on now (I just went out to check -- it's very easily disregarded) in a somewhat warmer space, to 15 deg F.
> With all this fuss, it can expect to have more attention paid to it.
>
> Jim Jones
>
> Lexington, MA
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