Re: RFI - Wildflowers in South Africa in September
- To: medit-plants
- Subject: Re: RFI - Wildflowers in South Africa in September
- From: R* S*
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 06:47:19 -0700
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Glenn Breayley wrote:
> The last time I saw Protea flowers full of snow they had died back by the
> following summer.
They died back because of the cold? Or they fully flowered first, and then
died?
>
> I should also be able to point her in the direction of the best local areas (
> not much at the moment I'm afraid as there's been some really devastating
> fires this last summer ).
Do the fires mean that flowering should be unusually good in the burned areas?
(As it would in California, where many annuals only germinate in abundance after
a fire). Since a lot of S.African plants (so we read hear) need fire or smoke
to germinate, do the fires last summer portend better floral displays a couple
years in the future after newly germinated plants have matured?
Looking forward to traveling there someday.
Richard Starkeson
Berkeley, California
