The rose and
white flowered Daubenya comata
growing side by side. This photograph
was taken
in the autumn of 2006 near the Vaal River south east
of Stilfontein in the Free State. There were exceptional
rains
in the autumn of 2006 resulting in mass
flowering of the Daubenyas.
Close up
details of the rose flowered Daubenya comata.
The lavender, rose
and white flowered Daubenya
comata feature on the Penrock
Plant list.
Seeds of this species are also offered
by Penrock Seeds.
The grassland habitat of Daubenya comata near Stilfontein. The bulbs grow scattered through the grassland and some of the colonies may become large in open areas with sparse grass cover.
The hilly rocky grassland habitat of Haworthia koelmaniorum variety mcmurtryi.
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It is with great sadness that we have to announce that Charles Craib passed away suddenly on Monday 19 March 2012 due to a massive heart attack. His death is a huge loss to all who had the privilege of knowing and working with him both locally and internationally.
Please refer all enquiries regarding Penrock Seeds, Penrock Plants & Penrock Specialist Flora directly to Leigh Nieuwoudt. leigh@simplyindigenous.co.za.
A personal email will be sent to all regular and loyal customers of all 3 divisions of the business in due course. Business continues as usual in the interim and we endeavour to continue supplying an enviable variety of South African seeds and bulbs in the future.
Leigh Nieuwoudt
Partner
Please refer all enquiries regarding Penrock Books and copies of
“The Bushman Candles”, directly to Wynand van Eeden at
wynand@ananzi.co.za
PENROCK
SEEDS, PENROCK PLANTS AND PENROCK SPECIALIST FLORA
Penrock Seeds, Penrock Plants and Specialist Flora are three businesses
specialising in South African flora. They are situated near Johannesburg
in Gauteng Province, South Africa.
The three concerns are run via mail order. Customers should request
either retail or wholesale seed lists, plant lists or the specialist
flora lists.
Seeds and plants are exported to various countries throughout the world
and also supplied locally. The three businesses offer a wide selection
of flora either as seeds or plants much of which is not readily available in the trade. Penrock Specialist Flora specialises in the supply of
scarce plants and those new to cultivation.
Specialities offered by the three different companies are Aloe seeds
and the seeds and plants of rare and interesting bulbous flora. Amongst
the bulbs there is a focus on the Amaryllidaceae and Hyacinthaceae.
PENROCK
BOOKS
NEW RELEASE
THE BUSHMAN CANDLES.
by Charles Craib and John Lavranos.
This book is a detailed account of all the Bushman Candle species. The majority of them occur in South Africa and Namibia mostly in arid areas with erratic rainfall. They are renowned for their beautiful flowers and unusual growth forms.
The text is accompanied by lavish illustrations including water colour paintings of the different plants by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst and Gerhard Marx. Bowen Boshier’s pencil drawings depict the vast landscapes in which the plants grow. In addition there are numerous photographs of the plants in their natural habitats taken mainly by Connall Oosterbroek and Tim Harvey.
The book is fully discussed in the newsletter on this web site that ran from October 2009 until the end of January 2010 - Click here. A number of illustrations that feature in the book also appear in the newsletter. The book is scheduled for publication at the end of July 2011.
PRINTS OF ARTWORKS AVAILABLE
Limited-edition museum-quality prints of the artworks in this book by Bowen Boshier and Gerhard Marx can be ordered from the artists. Click on the flyers below for details.
Please note: the email address for Bowen Boshier has changed to bowen.boshier@gmail.com
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Some
out of print books and out of print journals are available via
Penrock Specialist Flora. The details about these publications
follow here.
Daubenya comata
bulbs sometimes grow very close together
in habitat. In this instance
two rose coloured plants,
flowering simultaneously,
appear almost joined together.
A robust Haworthia koelmaniorum variety mcmurtryi photographed in habitat. The plant was growing in a deep soil filled pocket between ryolite rocks and its cryptic leaf tips were very well camouflaged amongst ryolite pebbles. There is little difference between robust large H. koelmaniorum variety mcmurtryi and Haworthia koelmaniorum variety koelmaniorum.
Penrock Seeds offers seed from several unusual attractive clones of variety mcmurtryi. Plants from some of the special clones are also propagated by Penrock Specialist Flora.
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