June 2015 Plants named after......
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I'm really glad it wasn't me that started this, because I'd have really hard times to decide between the two of your pics 'Mr Lithos'
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What happened ? Anthony you killed the thread. As I have said before, low mp.camera, hand held, not much thought.
On the other hand no-one wants to post their troughs of Lauii
What about
Alonso
Esparanza
Glass
Rowley
To name a few in common cultivation
On the other hand no-one wants to post their troughs of Lauii
What about
Alonso
Esparanza
Glass
Rowley
To name a few in common cultivation
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Okay, a couple of my favourite gasterias.Lithos wrote:What happened ?
Gasteria batesiana, named by Gordon Rowley in 1955 in honour of John Thomas Bates, that well known trolley bus conductor and avid collector of South African succulents
and Gasteria vlokii, named by Ernst van Jaarsveld in 1987 in honour of Jan Vlok, a South African botanist, forester and enviromental advisor, discoverer of this species
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Hi Mike,MikeT wrote:Haworthia bolusii blackbeardiana, named after Adrian Haworth, Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus and Blackbeard the pirate . Though not sure where the pirates were involved
To complete your description ..... blackbeardiana, for Miss Gladys Blackbeard (1891-1975), gardener, nature lover and succulent enthusiast who lived near Grahamstown, South Africa.
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... and just one mammillaria, Mammillaria saboae subsp. goldii, named after Kathryn Sabo and Dudley Gold
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Dudleya brittonii
Aeonium davidbramwellii
Aichryson bethancourtianum
Echeveria halbingeri
Echeveria 'Joop van Keppel'
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Didn't know that. It does make more sense than Blackbeard the pirate, though. Thanks, TonyTony R wrote:Hi Mike,
To complete your description ..... blackbeardiana, for Miss Gladys Blackbeard (1891-1975), gardener, nature lover and succulent enthusiast who lived near Grahamstown, South Africa.
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First time flowering this week, one of the Schick hybrids, Madame Pele - according to the Cactus Art website, named for the Hawaiian Volcano and Fire Goddess
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My favourite plant: Leuchtenbergia principis. Described by Hooker in 1848 and named in honour Maximilian de Beauharnais the 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg an amateur botanist and stepson of Napoleon with an excellent moustache. Despite only having a 6x4 greenhouse I've developed quite a fondness for them as can be shown by the small forest...
(I was hoping to post a flowering plant however the bud is growing painfully slow and June is almost over...)
(I was hoping to post a flowering plant however the bud is growing painfully slow and June is almost over...)
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I am going to pick MikeT as the winner, with one plant named after 3 people.MikeT wrote:Haworthia bolusii blackbeardiana, named after Adrian Haworth, Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus and Blackbeard the pirate . Though not sure where the pirates were involved
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