I am about to embark on a field collection trip which requires me to collect information on flowering and seed time. I have searched you database which include almost all the plants on my list, however there is no information about flowering and seed time. May you please help me to get flowering time and seed time of the list below

Threatened plant species:

Albuca crudenii
Alepidea macowanii
Alepidea multisecta
Aloe Kniphofiodes
Aponogeton ranunculiflorus
Asclepias concinna
Aspalathus katbergensis
Aspidolgossum uncinatum

Bergeranthus nanus
Berkhkeya griquana
Brachystelma caffrum
Brachystelma cathcartense
Brachstelma molaventi
Brachstema petraeum
Carex subinflata
Cephalaria galpiniana
Ceropegia macmasteri
Ceropegia tomentosa
Cineraria vagans
Colpodium drankensbergense
Crocosmia masoniorum
Cymbipappus hilliardiae

Diascia ramosa
Dierama tysonii
Dierama ambiguum
Dioscorea brownii
Dioscorea sylvatica
Disa lugens
Disa montana

and more......

I have searched PlantzAfrica, Wikipedia, Dave's garden, Red list database and several books.

to ATP LadyL.

Sorry, but those plants are unfamiliar to me, so I have no helpful information to share. Perhaps one or more of our dedicated sleuthing members can assist with some search sites that you could try. (The @ sign in front of their names will bring this question to their attention.)


@JRsbugs
@zuzu
@jmorth

PlantZAfrica might help, it has detailed descriptions but you might not find all the species.

http://www.plantzafrica.com/

Sorry, I see you have searched PlantZAfrica.

Cameron & Rhoda McMaster's site might help, or you could try contacting them as they might know someone who can help.

http://www.africanbulbs.com/pa...

The Free State Botanical Gardens, located in Bloemfontein, would be a great place to contact.

http://www.southafrica.net/za/...

http://www.sanbi.org/gardens/f...

Plants of Southern Africa online checklist ..

http://posa.sanbi.org/searchsp...

Photo Guide to Plants of Southern Africa which might only show photos ..

http://www.southernafricanplan...

Silverhill Seeds might be able to help ..

http://www.silverhillseeds.co....

LadyL, to All Things Plants.

I sent you a private message that may point you in a helpful direction. (Click on the red envelope to read the message.)

Good luck with your project; it sounds fascinating.

Welcome to ATP, Lady L. That's a great question! Good luck with your field trip.

Perhaps Thompson and Morgan, they've an extensive seed catalog.
http://www.thompson-morgan.com...

According to the ATP members map we have a few three other members who live in South Africa.
How about a shout out to them to see if they can give you some help with the indigenous South African plants.

@cathyweid
@riette
@Elsa123

The following two members show up on the map as being in South Africa, but...
@conifers Nope, she's in Iowa.
@gardenersdetective Nope, zone 5 somewhere in the US?