Note #9 The Tennis-racket Otidia
The tennis-racket otidia is perhaps not very common in collections and it certainly is not very common in nature either. The available distribution maps broadly show two populations that couldn’t be more…read more
Note #6 Portrait of John Lavranos, Pelargonium Plantsman
If interested in Pelargonium, there are pretty good odds that you are growing a species found by John Lavranos. One in ten, to be exact, if specializing in the section Hoarea: he…read more
Note #5 UK National Collection of Xerophytic Pelargoniums
It's difficult so say why this visit took so many years to arrange. I’ve been in contact with David for more than a dozen years, and Taunton is not continents away from…read more
Note #2 Botanizing with Bettie Marais
I've known all along that this was going to be one of the most extraordinary days of the 2016 trip. The morning was as bright and sunny as an August morning can…read more