>D.burmanni "giant red plant to 4.5 cm diam. scapes 25 cm tall"
Headwaters of Hann River, Kimberley<
or perhaps
>B.liniflora subsp. occidentalis "mauve, petal tips serrate,
outer surface yellow with thick radiating maroon stripes"
Honeymoon Beach, Kimberley<
To get a copy of the catalog, you can access the archive files that have
been set up on the CP server:
> To get a list of what files are available use:
>
> INDEX CP
>
> To get a particular file use:
>
> GET CP filename
>
> For Lowries file, the name is "cat.lowrie", so you would send the
> command:
>
> GET CP cat.lowrie
>
> to listserv@opus.hpl.hp.com, for an email version of the catalog.
>
> For general confusion, the command: HELP is always available.
By the way, the size of the file is around 43kb.
Be forewarned that some people have been disappointed with the
germination rates that they have gotten from his seeds. Lowrie, in his
defense points out that these are not from domesticated plants, so one
shouldn't expect them to germinate as easily as beans, for instance.
Many of these plants enhance their chances of survival because they
only germinate under specific (and perhaps for us unusual) conditions
of temperature, moisture and light. Lowrie has requested
correspondence from those who get 0% germination from a seed packet,
and I suppose from those who have had success with difficult types.
That way he can pass the information on to others.
For me the gamble is worth it for some of the seed types he sells.
They don't cost that much, and it gives me the chance to add to my
collection some rather exotic and beautiful plants that I wouldn't
otherwise be able to get.
With his seeds, I've recently had good luck with one type of D.
burmanni, B. gigantea (using Brian Cochran's gibberellic acid recipe),
D. falconerii (needs 30-35C, sun, and lots of humidity) and D.
cistiflora (it took a couple of months). On the other hand I didn't
any plants from a wide-leafed D. villosa.
Glenn
rankin@hpl.hp.com