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

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.

THE BUSHMAN CANDLES: LAST 50 BOOKS.
This publication was declared out of print on Friday 30 September. We kept back just over 50 copies of the book in case any had to be replaced, after possible damage during transit to various recipients. These books are now available for sale until stocks are finished and may be ordered direct from Penrock Publications whilst stocks last.

A notice will appear on the web site when none of these books are left and the payment facilities will also be suspended at this time.

click here to order

 

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

 

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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