Re: Astelia Finale
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Astelia Finale
- From: t*@eddy.u-net.com (Tim Longville)
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:20:46 GMT
- References: <3a40c90a.5654896@mail.u-net.com> <3A3D681A.AA83D6D4@xtra.co.nz>
Moira -
Many thanks for the information. Well, A. petriei seems to quite like
it in Northern Ireland, apparently, where it *is* (just about) in
cultivation. But, then, 'permanently wet open sites' aren't in short
supply in N.I....!
And the mysterious A. milliganii is now explained. Not my memory
crossing its wires but his. He meant Milligania! Ah...
The International Plant Name Index entry for astelia runs to an
astonishing 70+ names, each more obscure than the last - though how
many relate to actual plants....
BTW, does anyone know who the Skottsberg was who is commemorated in
plant names in several genera - and where he (I presume?) collected?
A. skottsbergii is one of those IPLNI names but the other plants I
know named for him all come from South America, I think. Was he simply
A Good Guy, for whom various collectors in various parts of the world
named plants, or...?
'He had a talent for dredging up the obscure' - one of the more
publically inscribable possible sentences for my tombstone?!
>> A. petriei, says he, is from NZ; A. milliganii
>> from Tasmania - and it's A.m. which is very similar to A. alpina.
>> Confirmation, anyone?
>Tim
>You do have a genius for dredging up the obscure.
>
>A Petriei is indeed a NZ species, but not in culitivation it seems.
>It inhabits mountain tops in the South island in permanetly wet open
>sites or snow hollows. Also very occasional in forests at the tree-line.
>
> I suspect it would not take kindly to captivity.
Best wishes
Tim
>
Tim Longville
