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Subject: Re: African species anyone?
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Ray and all,

I've gotten seeds from Rachel Saunders for several years, including
Zantedeschia.  At the moment I'm starting Z. albomaculata.  I intend to
test these for cold hardiness here in central Indiana (USDA cold zone 5,
AHS heat zone 6 to 8).

I checked the document Ray mentioned and it looks, from a superficial
glance, that the Arisaema in Africa are all in the Equatorial region and
northward.  That would be why I have not run across them in my scrounging
for southern African bulbs.

I'll be in the Republic of South Africa for 3 weeks starting in about 10
days.  I'll ask around about Araceae while I'm there.  I'll see Rachel
while I'm there.  Other possible sources of southern African geophytes in=clude:

Cape Flora Nursery
P.O. Box 10556
Linton Grange
Port Elisabeth 6015
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
E-Mail: <capeflor at iafrica.com>
Telephone: +27-41-732-096
FAX: +27-41-733-188
WWW: http://users.iafrica.com/c/ca/capeflor/

Cameron and Rhoda McMaster
The Croft Wild Bulb Nursery
P.O. Box 1053
Stutterheim 4930
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
E-mail: croft at eci.co.za
WWW: http://www.eci.co.za/stutt/croft/
Tel. (0)27-43-683 2796


Rachel and Rod Saunders
Silverhill Seeds
P.O. Box 53108
Kenilworth, Cape Town 7745
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
E-Mail: <silverhill at yebo.co.za>
WWW: http://www.silverhillseeds.co.za/
Telephone: +27-21-762-4245
FAX: +27-21-797-6609

(This source information is from:
http://www.shieldsgardens.com/GLOVBulbs/SOURCES.html )

Regards,
Jim Shields

At 07:44 AM 8/31/01 -0400, you wrote:

>Susanne,
>
>I've been trying to find sources for African species for years. No Luck.
>
>You might want to contact member Rogan Roth, who lives in South Africa
><Roth at nu.ac.za>,
>Peter Wunderlin <pmdes at iafrica.com>, who has been searching for
>Zantedeschia species for me,
>and Rachel Saunders <rachel at silverhillseeds.co.za>, who is in the seed
>business there.
>
>Ray
>GRSJr at Juno.com