Zantedeschia article

[J.E. Shields]

Ray,

Can you or anyone tell me who publishes the South African J. of Botany?  Is
it also the Botanical Society?  (I can't recall seeing it in their
periodicals list.)

I've tried all the usual suspects for seeds of the less common species of
Zantedeschias, including Silverhill.  I am arranging to get some seeds of
pentlandii in February.  Let's see if or how many I can actually get then!

A likely place, that I have not tried, for odorata would be Jim Holmes'
Cape Seeds & Bulbs.  Also, Sutherland -- one that had completely slipped my
mind!  Sutherland has no e-mail, but he has some interesting seeds from the
Western Cape, where odorata's home is.

According to someone, Rachel Saunders of Silverhill seeds I think, the King
of Sekhukhuniland, in Limpopo, owns personally the only mountain on which
Z. jucunda grows.  Charles Craib doubts that anyone can get any seeds or
tubers of that species.  Unless you can find somebody who knows somebody
who knows the King personally.  Good luck; and when you do get some, I'd
appreciate getting a couple of the Z. jucunda seeds just for being such a
nice guy.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana

At 02:13 AM 11/14/02 +0100, you wrote:

>Jim,
>
>You may be interested in the following update by Singh, et al.
>
>Singh, Y., Van Wyk, A.E. & Baijnath, H. 1996. Taxonomic notes on the genus
>Zantedeschia Spreng. (Araceae) in southern Africa. S. Af. J. Bot. 62(6):
>321-324.
>
>They break out Z. valida as a separate species.
>
>By far the most comprehensive work is:
>
>Letty, C. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11: 5-26
>
>although it's not as pretty or condensed as the one you have.
>
> >Species odorata seems to be a lot like aethiopica, except that odorata has
> >a Freesia-like scent and deciduous foliage
>
>Now there's a new hybrid Z. aethiopica x Z. odorata named Z. x 'Hoky Pokey'
>that will be available in the UK next year. Problem is the grower won't
>export to the US.
>
> >Is it hard to get rehmannii to bloom incultivation?  How about pentlandii?
>
>No on both accounts. My Z. rehmannii have been blooming every year
>for nearly 20 years and the Z. pentlandii for several years. All are
>in beds outdoors. Of course this is zone 7a.
>
>I've tried with no success to get either seeds or plants of Z. odorata,
>Z. juncunda, and Z. valida from Africa and elsewhere. If you find a source,
>please tell me.
>
>Ray

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