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Post by cjm on Nov 4, 2013 16:50:26 GMT
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Post by amatambo on Nov 4, 2013 19:38:03 GMT
CJM, send the picture to Kirstenbosch Gardens - if anyone can identify it, they will be able to do so. I was given a sprig of a plant that is known as "Lengana" among the Basothos and "Umhlonyane" among the Zululs and Xhosas, but not knowing what it was, I scanned it and sent the picture to Kirstenbosch who identified it as Wildeals in Afrikaans and White Wormwood in English. Go for it!
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Post by cjm on Nov 4, 2013 20:05:01 GMT
CJM, send the picture to Kirstenbosch Gardens - if anyone can identify it, they will be able to do so. I was given a sprig of a plant that is known as "Lengana" among the Basothos and "Umhlonyane" among the Zululs and Xhosas, but not knowing what it was, I scanned it and sent the picture to Kirstenbosch who identified it as Wildeals in Afrikaans and White Wormwood in English. Go for it! Seems a good idea. Thanks! |
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Post by amatambo on Nov 5, 2013 20:00:34 GMT
If you do come right at Kirstenbosch, please let us know the results - it is a beautiful plant, and you've got my curiosity up too. BTW, I managed to get a "Wildeals" plant from one of the nurseries here, and it's a really beautiful plant - I vaguely remember my late hubby having planted one in our garden in Durban at the time, but that was long ago. Besides being a medicinal herb, it is also very pretty - if I knew how to post a picture of the sprig I scanned at the time, I'd post it here so that you can see what it looks like.
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Post by cjm on Nov 5, 2013 20:38:39 GMT
If you do come right at Kirstenbosch, please let us know the results - it is a beautiful plant, and you've got my curiosity up too. BTW, I managed to get a "Wildeals" plant from one of the nurseries here, and it's a really beautiful plant - I vaguely remember my late hubby having planted one in our garden in Durban at the time, but that was long ago. Besides being a medicinal herb, it is also very pretty - if I knew how to post a picture of the sprig I scanned at the time, I'd post it here so that you can see what it looks like. I was fed wilde-als tea as a child. We had a plant in the garden. I would love a picture. I have been meaning to post something on hosting pictures but I have more ideas than I get to. I don´t want to insult people´s intelligence either. You basically need a hosting site like Photobucket or Flickr. You post your picture there and then post the link to that photo here. I have been using Photobucket for many years but recently I changed to Flickr which provides more free space than you could ever use. For a while their management tools of the photo´s have been pretty primitive but it is improving. You upload your picture there, click on the picture, click on share and click on BB board info ( a link). You then post that bare link on your posts here. If you have difficulty at any stage, give a shout and I will take you through it. |
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Post by cjm on Nov 5, 2013 21:05:47 GMT
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Post by neels on Nov 6, 2013 10:31:43 GMT
This look like a bush that I last saw at school. I do not know the name but it had a distinct smell and was declared as a weed
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Post by cjm on Nov 6, 2013 10:58:01 GMT
This look like a bush that I last saw at school. I do not know the name but it had a distinct smell and was declared as a weed It is part of my concern that it might be a weed. |
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Post by cjm on Nov 6, 2013 18:34:43 GMT
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Post by amatambo on Nov 7, 2013 18:32:33 GMT
Excellent! So it's actually an "alien", albeit a very pretty one. Glad the boffins could tell you more about it. the foliage does look somewhat acacia-like, though, but that's where the resemblance ends. Tell me, is it growing on your property, and if so, whereabouts do you actually live - no, I don't need to know your "street address," etc - just more or less whereabouts to determine the type of soil, climate, etc, etc...
Just want to add that Coppertone might also be interested as she is very much into gardening and plants..
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Post by cjm on Nov 8, 2013 18:02:10 GMT
Excellent! So it's actually an "alien", albeit a very pretty one. Glad the boffins could tell you more about it. the foliage does look somewhat acacia-like, though, but that's where the resemblance ends. Tell me, is it growing on your property, and if so, whereabouts do you actually live - no, I don't need to know your "street address," etc - just more or less whereabouts to determine the type of soil, climate, etc, etc... Just want to add that Coppertone might also be interested as she is very much into gardening and plants.. Not growing ON our property but it cannot get closer as it is in the fence. It is apparently also related to the Mauritius Thorn (Kraaldoring) (which grows in the Durbs area, you surfer okes!). The common name is bird -of-paradise flower - which seems quite apt. It has a proposed classification (CARA/NEMBA - whatever that is) of widespread invasive species controlled by a management program (Bromilow, pp47 & 176). Let us say I live in the Klein Karoo, sandy soil. |
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