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An uncommon species from Serbia and Macedonia. It is said to be rather fussy in cultivation, and so I keep it rather sheltered and rather dry, and so it is rather slow growing.
I do sometimes wonder if I treated it a bit more generously , would it grow into a cabbage? It seems to produce rather small and distorted flowers. Writing in 1951, W. Schacht says: " The first of the Ramondas to be discovered in the Balkans was R. serbica Pane; it was found in 1855 by Josef Pancic between Alexinac and Kniasenac north of Nisch. In later years it has been found that it is spread fairly far afield. It is found in Albania, Old Serbia, West Macedonia and East Serbia and was discovered a few years ago for the first time in North-East Bulgaria. In some places, as for instance the Jelasnica-schlucht near Nisch, it is found together with R. Nathaliae Pane, et Petr. " The species was collected in 1984 by Jim and Jenny Archibald and widely distributed as seed. Their catalogue entry says: "Jugoslavia, Makedonja, S of Volkovija. 1000m. Shady crevices and ledges on limestone cliffs. 20.7.84 (Seldom seen in cultivation, a distinct sp. with its purple anthers and more tubular flowers; ,a more challenging plant to grow than R. myconi or R. nathaliae.) |
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