Hi All,

I received 2 of these bulbs a year ago and they nicely grew all winter and the one just flowered for me so I thought I would show them off to my GW friends!! This was grown about 4 inches away from a 400W MH bulb for the winter in a mix containing 20% organic potting mix and the rest drainage and got watered roughly once every 5-7 days.

I got this with the following description when I received the bulbs:

"The plants are so far only known from the south-facing slopes of the quartzite mountain north of Varsputs in Bushmanland. The taxonomy of this species is currently under study and the flowers have not yet been seen."

Not sure about that last part....could be some serious hyperbole, but I will forward the pic to the person who sent them to me and see what he has to say :o)

Looking around it seems that B. namaquana has these golden bristles on the leaves, but the only pics I found were of a juvenile leaf so the comparison is sort of moot to be honest (B. namaquana was also offered as a distinct plant that I did not order). The flower color was described as pink for B. namaquana on the PBS and IBS sites......the color of the flower I show is really hard to capture, but I think I have it pretty good.....it is a very light rose.....very light!!

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Any thoughts are always appreciated!! By the way, I sprung for a new backdrop....out with the cardboard and in with fabric.....Like moving ahead a millenium :o)

There are 3 more flower buds so I will do my best to capture a better image in better light, but this is a toughie.

Hope spring or fall is going well for everyone :o) Dan