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.

 

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

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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