I.D. Help Required
- To: medit-plants
- Subject: I.D. Help Required
- From: G* B*
- Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 19:10:20 +0200
Hi All
I have three plants which have me a little flummoxed, so any help would be
appreciated.
1/ Salvia sclarea ' Turkestanica '. Betty Clebsch gives this as being white
or with a pink tinge. I have a form I received as ' Turkestanica ' but with
pink/violet bracts, a white lip & blue ' hood '. Definitely far grander than
the normal clary sage I've grown in the past. Would this be the ' Vatican
strain ' she talks about ? Given that I'm frost free, how truly perennial is
it ?
2/ I have a plant I bought as Megaskepasma erythrochlamys. The flower looks
very similar to photos I have of this ( similar to Odontonema strictum ) but
is in a rich violet colour. A soft, tropical looking shrub & seems to flower
year round. Any ideas ?
3/ I have a climber sold to me as Lapageria rosea, which I was very excited
to get, especially when it really thrived for me. Its not though. It has a
similar looking, mauve, fox glove type, flower but these are borne in
definite panicles, arising in spring, from the woody stems. Leaves are
opposite comprised of 5 leaflets, two being opposite pairs & one terminal.
Entire & deeply veined. Again, any ideas ?
Thanks in advance
Glenn Breayley. Ragnarok & Valhalla Research.
POBox 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown, South Africa
Ph/Fax SA 021 7904253 E-mail valhalla@iafrica.com
Wholesale nurseryman & Tillandsia specialist wholesale & retail grower.
