Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum

Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: cohan on December 18, 2010, 07:32:58 AM

Title: south african mysteries
Post by: cohan on December 18, 2010, 07:32:58 AM

this is maybe the reverse of the usual issue here--i have names, from a seedlist, but don't know what they refer to--of course they may be typos!

Lachenalia polypedantha
google doesn't give me any hits for this, nor obvious spelling variants-- i tried pedanta pedata..


Ppepodesma orpenii
i tried it with only one p.....

any thoughts? if you know them, any descriptions?

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: Graham Catlow on December 18, 2010, 07:50:50 AM

Hi Cohan,
Perhaps try Prepodesma orpeniips
I googled the specific name and not the generic one.

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: Graham Catlow on December 18, 2010, 07:54:01 AM

Sorry spelt it wrong
Prepodesma orpenii

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: cohan on December 18, 2010, 07:56:44 AM

ah, quite likely, thanks.... ok, one to skip--there are easier places to get mesemb seed  ;D

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: Graham Catlow on December 18, 2010, 07:59:25 AM

And the other one try
Lachenalia polypodantha

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: cohan on December 18, 2010, 08:01:59 AM

that seems valid too, tks, but i still don't see a description, and only pics are a seedling...lol

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: ArnoldT on December 18, 2010, 02:55:18 PM

Cohan:

Attached is the page from G. Duncan's book on Lachenalia.

Small spelling difference.

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: alpines on December 19, 2010, 01:18:57 AM

Cohan,

Try Aloinopsis (syn. Prepodesna) orpenii. Photos are available on Google

Regards
Alan

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: alpines on December 19, 2010, 01:23:13 AM

Apologies !!

The synonymous generic name is Prepodesama

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: cohan on January 01, 2011, 12:01:18 AM

thanks alan and arnold--forgot to check back on this thread!
interesting info on the lach, arnold, good to have, tks again..

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: Maren on January 01, 2011, 11:07:24 AM

Hi, if in doubt, try the International Plant Name index, maintained by Kew. This is the address http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do (http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do)

The plant name query presents you with two options: Quick Search or Full Search. If you are unsure about the name, use the full search. This is how I used it to find your plant name:

Genus:    enter Lachenalia
Species:  enter p%.

Press Search.

In this database, the percent symbol (%) denotes a wild card. The above entry gave 23 results. You could reduce this by entering the second character in the species field i.e. po%. That gave just 2 results, one of them being polypodantha.

Title: Re: south african mysteries
Post by: cohan on January 02, 2011, 12:43:24 AM

Quote from: Maren on January 01, 2011, 11:07:24 AM

Hi, if in doubt, try the International Plant Name index, maintained by Kew. This is the address http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do (http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do)

The plant name query presents you with two options: Quick Search or Full Search. If you are unsure about the name, use the full search. This is how I used it to find your plant name:

Genus:    enter Lachenalia
Species:  enter p%.

Press Search.

good tip, thanks!

In this database, the percent symbol (%) denotes a wild card. The above entry gave 23 results. You could reduce this by entering the second character in the species field i.e. po%. That gave just 2 results, one of them being polypodantha.