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Fenestraria aurantiaca Faded label
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:49 pm
by Mike P
I’m guessing this is probably a common clone so here goes. I have a Fenestraria aurantiaca which I believe came form the MSG meeting at Bandstead a few years back which has a location which reads - beach at port ????
Any ideas? There was something else written in the top r/h corner of the label but that has also gone beyond reading.
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Maybe someone recognises the handwriting?
Thanks
Mike
Re: Fenestraria aurantiaca Faded label
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:55 pm
by Astro
Port Nolloth? Not sure if Fenestrarias grow down that far south.
Re: Fenestraria aurantiaca Faded label
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:35 pm
by AnTTun
Try the same trick that I've used Mike: put it under strong(er) light and move until you get an angle that might show 'hidden' letters.
Re: Fenestraria aurantiaca Faded label
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:42 pm
by Tony R
Astro wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:55 pm
Port Nolloth? Not sure if Fenestrarias grow down that far south.
See last paragraph of this link:
http://www.society.bcss.org.uk/index.ph ... mbria.html
Re: Fenestraria aurantiaca Faded label
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:34 pm
by MikeT
It definitely grows at McDougalls Bay on the edge of Port Nolloth, only a few yards from buildings. It's where all the dog-walkers exercise their dogs. It seems to cope with being walked on and being fertilised with dog poo - neither of which I've tried on mine.
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Re: Fenestraria aurantiaca Faded label
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:35 pm
by Chris L
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Try brightness and contrast alterations in a photo editor.
Re: Fenestraria aurantiaca Faded label
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 2:43 pm
by iann
Sure to be Port Nolloth.
Re: Fenestraria aurantiaca Faded label
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:31 pm
by Mike P
Splendid, thanks all.
Re: Fenestraria aurantiaca Faded label
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:30 pm
by rthr
Perhaps the faded text in the top r/h corner related to the rhopalophylla part of its name, the full name being Fenestraria rhopalophylla subsp. aurantiaca.
Catherine