The only Welwitschia plant I ever saw face to face was inside a locked (!) greenhouse in the SANBI botanical garden in Pretoria, South Africa.
How do you suppose they pronounce the genus name in its native Namibia? (hints: former German colony) Jim Shields At 01:49 PM 1/11/2011 -0500, you wrote: >Henry asked of Welwitschia: > >Where do you get it? My plant was grown from seed from Silver Hill. > >How difficult is it to cultivate? Well Henry, isn t it obvious that such a >rare plant could only be grown by superior, omniscient types who know how >to pronounce everything correctly? > >....... > >With a bit of luck, I might have to include this plant in my will. > > > >Jim McKenney > ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
