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Margaret Young (Myoung)
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No flowers and not much foliage but the fruit sure looks good right now!
Sorbus hupehensis
Sorbus hupehensis
Sorbus cashmiriana
Sorbus cashmiriana
The above posting made for Lesley Cox in south island New Zealand, who is having technical problems!! We're working on it!! |
Luc Gilgemyn (Luc)
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What has happened to our Aussie Paul - we've been missing him around here for the last days ??
Luc Gilgemyn - Harelbeke - Belgium |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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I've been wondering about Paul too. I hope he's OK.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Having another try with Cyclamen hederifolium `Bowles' Apollo. This is a white flowered form but it comes in pink too. About 50% true foliage from seed.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Yea!!!
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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The beech foliage is rather good just now. This is a copper beech in its other life.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Lovely shot, Lesley. Just as Rob G. has shown us his huge, beautiful Lewisias in a wall near Edinburgh,which makes me think of warmth and summer, here you are with the hints of autumn... what fun this forum is! |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Thanks Maggi. Still struggling a bit but getting there I hope.
Our little foxy dog is buried under this tree which may account for its phenomenal growth this year. Or maybe it's just the combination of age (9 years now) and the extra rain we've had this summer. Fagus sylvatica is my most favourite of all trees for its noble size, its lovely shape and the stunning autumn foliage in whatever form the tree takes.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Sorry, I didn't mean to post 2 pics so similar. I'll have to rename files with names instead of numbers.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Franz Hadacek (Fhadacek)
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Beautiful shot, Lesley. What a contrast to our season. Thanks SRGC Forum it is possible to see it.
Franz |
John Forrest (Jof)
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Super pics Lesley. Hope you get the gremlins sorted out soon. Look forward to more postings. Store them up and show later if you have to.
I have just e-mailed Paul about the Crocus seed promised way back. he should check with us first to see if it is convenient for him to take a holiday OR is it the southern hemisphere pc gremlins that have kept hom off the web?
John Forrest, Blackpool, North West England, UK |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Something really scandalous! In this morning's mail I received a glossy catalogue from a mailorder nursery in the North Island. Galanthus nivalis was listed - it's too late to be planting them now anyway - at $5.95 each. That's about 2.70 in UK pounds, or $24 for 5. And then they had the effrontery to say they were good for naturalizing.Naturalizing what at that price? A 6" pot?
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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A couple more pictures of Sorbus species. This one is (I think) Sorbus aria. It grows to a big tree so needs some space but well worth it. The foliage goes a lovely gold and enhances the large fruit. Leaves are entire not pinnate like the better known rowans.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Maybe I'm pushing my luck here but I'll have another go. This is Oxalis lobata and I suspect it's just as well Paul's not around at the moment or he'd have a much better pic than this
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Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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And Oxalis luteola maculata
and Oxalis massoniana
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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I do believe I've cracked it! A mere 5 months after getting my camera. A couple more now, just for practice.
These are nothing much so far as spectacle is concerned but interesting because both are flowering for the first time, just 19 months after germination. Crocus vallicola from Vlastimil Pilous and C. longiflorus from Jim and Jenny Archibald.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Luc Gilgemyn (Luc)
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Hi Lesley !
Beautiful Oxalis' - I love O. massoniana - beautiful color - I don't think it would be hardy out here though.
Don't be modest about your pix Lesley, they're excellent. And thanks for keeping us up to date about what happens out there - you seem to be our only source now, after Paul vanished. I hope he's all right though - has'nt anybody heard anything from him ?
Luc Gilgemyn - Harelbeke - Belgium |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Heard from Paul yesterday, he hasn't been very well but hopes to be back posting soon. He's pleased to have been missed here!He's had good wishes from various Forumists to cheer him up!
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Thomas Huber (Hubi1)
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I changed some mails with Paul the last days and I'm sure, he will be back posting soon.
Hey Lesley, you woke me up from dormancy  I'm still there enjoying all those wonderful pics, but my posting-time is over until next autumn.
Wonderful picturs of C. vallicola and longiflorus. Unbelievable that they will flower after just 19 months. Do you use a specific soil-mix or fertiliser?
Thomas Huber, Neustadt/Hessen, Germany |
Anne Wright (Annsie)
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I think Lesley must be using rocket fuel!
Anne, North Yorkshire, England |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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I believe the received wisdom is that the growing season in the South Island of New Zealand is about two months longer than we would have here inthe UK... if this is true, that would be part of the reason for Lesley's speedy success with these Crocus to flower from seed, would it not? Now I just have to remember where I read this stuff about the two extra months of growing! |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Luc, it would be worth trying Ox. massoniana as I find it much hardier than other South African species, purpurea and luteola for instance. I've occasionally had the flowering bulbs frozen solid when we've had a run of early winter frosts, with no damage at all.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Maggi I think that would be right about the longer growing time. Spring starts early August and autumn doesn't end till late May so only 2 months of winter and those are not severe. We have snow here but it never lies for more than a day or two. I believe that more is happening underground in winter than at any other time, especially for bulbs, but all the same, 19 months is exceptional. I once had Frit michailovskyi flower from seed in just 2 and a half years but 4 would be more usual.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Nothing special Thomas by way of seed mix. I use exactly the same as I use for potting. It's based on fine crushed pine bark (Pinus radiata), about one third, and two thirds of a local composty product known as "superdirt" which is also based on pine bark with added sheep manure (rotted) and crushed lignite coal. OK, so I know it sounds horrible but it's very cheap and it really is excellent for the purpose. It smells clean and is pleasant (not dirty) to handle. To all of this I add about one part to six, of coarse grit and a couple of handfuls of slow release fertilizer (Osmacote) to about a third of a metre of mixture. This mix is used for everything with the only concession to "difficulty" being added grit and gravel if I'm potting say, rarer juno irises or frits. The Superdirt is also a wonderful addition to the vegetable garden (superb cabbages!) and as an addition to cooler parts of my garden where I grow small rhodos etc. It's a bit on the acidic side.I should probably add a little lime or dolomite to the potting mix. Might remember to do that in the spring. Sorry to bore you with all this.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Howdy All,
I am finally back. Glad you've been posting pics Lesley. The Oxalis lobata looks lovely.... don't short change yourself!!!!!
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Thomas Huber (Hubi1)
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Lesley, not boring, but very interesting, what you wrote. I will try to optimise my soil-mix with your tipps.
Thanks
Hi Paul, good to have you back!
Thomas Huber, Neustadt/Hessen, Germany |
dave toole (T00lie)
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Good morning all.I have also awoken from my dormancy Thomas!
A few photos from my garden yesterday--
A couple of shots of Lapageria rosea(chilean bellflower)
Fotherilla major in its autumn glory
Common Nerine sps. white form
A primula sps.
In the alpine house---
A large plant of Corydalis wilsonii
Just for Paul,the impressive 2 metre flowering heads of the kangaroo paws-- Anigozanthus sps.
Flowering since 22/02/05 and still going strong nearly 3 months later-- Cyclamen africanum ?(i think --as the seedlings do not survive outside here over winter)
A large Trillium chloro. spear, poking well through the ground in anticipation of warm spring weather in 2/3 months time.
Finally just for John Forrests wife a further pic of some of the baby native parrots --Kakarikis-- some two months older.
Dave
Dave Toole.Invercargill.Bottom of the South Island New Zealand .Zone 8/9. |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Welcome back Dave. You have to admit there's more to alpine life than natives. Is your Kangaroo Paw out in the open or under cover? I've tried a few over time and always had them frosted. I'd like to try one or two of the smaller ones again.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Most of my Cyclamen cilicium are under a Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) and difficult to photograph without lying on my tummy in the mud but this one is in a trough.
Cyclamen cilicium
The flowers are darker than the others and it blooms for a good 5 months from a 15cms tuber but the down side is that it has never set any seed.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
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Just back from a lovely tea with the inlaws.
Lesley--The kangaroo paw is grown in the alpine house although it is very hardy to cold down here if dryish at the root.Very easy on the east side of a building under the eaves.Remind me in 3 weeks time when you stay here overnight to dig you a sizeable clump,if you like.Our alpine group is looking forward to your talk.
Dave Toole.Invercargill.Bottom of the South Island New Zealand .Zone 8/9. |
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Dave and Lesley,
Great pics!! I love the Cyclamen cilicium too... mine are in flower at the moment as well.
Here are a few pics of things in flower here at the moment.
I've been liquid fertilising my Azaleas regularly this year and there are a lot more buds for this time of year. Many of them are giving a good amount of autumn flowers as well so it has been well worth the effort.
Dahlia imperialis is in flower right now. These photos have come out a bit more pink than the mauvey colour that they really are. Very impressive with their height of more than 3 metres.
And a shot upwards showing more of the flower stem to give you an idea of the height.
Dietes irioides is flowering nicely right now. Such lovely clean flowers.
This is a seedling Jonquil from seed from a seedex in 2000. The first couple are coming into flower now. They were being bred to produce autumn colour as the parents were the earliest possible varieties. If they flower in late autumn like this every year then they will be a VERY good addition to the garden. I can't wait until next year to see if more colours appear.
Numerous roses are still in flower. This one is 'Seduction' and has a lovely perfume.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Nice Narcissus Paul. Is it one of Graham Fleming's?
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
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A couple more Oxalis. This one is O. fulva which comes in white, pink, darker pink and salmon. Sorry about lack of flowers but the foliage is good.
And the foliage of Oxalis palmifrons which has soft pink flowers but not yet for me. Paul, can you get a pic with flowers from your chum in WA?
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
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I love Asphodelus acaulis for its winter flowers, just starting now. Alas a heavy shower of rain in the night has spoiled the first few but there'll be plenty more to come. This asphodel needs to be grown very hard - at least 50% gravel - so that the foliage doesn't overcome the stemless blooms.
And to finish, another Cyclamen. My supermarket sold out of their first batch of mini cyclamen in hours but recently had some more. I grabbed half a dozen in white, pink and different reds. This pink though, is the only one that's scented, exactly like the original C. persicum from which I believe these are bred.
The brick background's not the best though!
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
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Lesley,
No the narcissus is a seedex plant, not from Graham. I rather like it.
This is also from the same lot of seedlings and is a much paler, rounder flower which will likely fade to a white perianth. I think it will still flatten out more. No more have buds at this stage, but I guess that some could still produce them a bit later. Otherwise hopefully there will be quite a few more next year. These are rather exciting as they are the first narcissus I have ever flowered from seed I have sown myself.
Also open at the moment is Narcissus viridiflorus which is very cool. Interesting perfume to it, sort of reminiscent of the jonquils but still it's own unique scent. I wonder what I'd end up with if I crossed the two of them and waiting the 6 or so years for the flowers (if they produced seed successfully)? I guess I'll never know unless I try! LOL
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
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Dave
Pat says thanks for the Parrot pics, don't the kids grow up quick.I like your flower pics also.
Paul
I can't believe the size of your Dahlia imperialis, what is the stem like to support it? The Dietes is also stunning.
Lesley
Don't let a little thing like rolling in the mud deter you from sending us your lovely pics of Cyclamen. You have to be prepared to suffer for your art.
John Forrest, Blackpool, North West England, UK |
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I'm also staggered by the Dahlia - Tree ferns, Tree Dahlias, what next? mmm Tree Trilliums.....
Anne, North Yorkshire, England |
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John and Anne,
Does that mean that tree dahlias aren't grown in the UK? I guess that your season wouldn't be long enough as even here we only get teh flowers just before the frost starts. A better species for you guys would be D. excelsa which starts flowering a couple of months earlier usually (has been too dry this year and flowers have delayed badly this year). The flowers are much darker pink with a dark centre.
You may or may not have noticed a while back I put up a pic of a tree dahlia hybrid which was a semi-double apricot. These are the result of D. excelsa crossed with "normal" dahlias to give a hybrid that has most of the height of the trees but can start flowering before Christmas here. Those would be even better. They get to about 2.5 to 3m as far as I know, but mine hasn't been in for long enough yet to know for sure. I had damage on the main stem this year so I had to start again from short canes half way through the year. The hybrids definitely need staking as they don't have the strong stems of the trees. The stem on the imperialis is about 4 or 5 inches thick I think..... I'll try to get a pic today and measure it properly.
John, do Dietes get grown in the UK? They're another South African genus so I figure they may not. My D. grandiflora (I think that is the right name?) sets seeds prolifically each year if anyone wants some. I can rustle up a pic if anyone wants one?
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
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All very well for you John, saying I should be prepared to suffer for my art, you with benches at waist level! Maybe if my art were a bit more artistic (and my knees were younger) I'd be happy to.
I used to have a tree dahlia (D. imperialis) in my previous garden and because it flowered so late - didn't start until late April and we had a few frosts around then - I grew it in my shade house. Roger had to take the roof off for the dahlia to grow through. It went to about 12 feet before I decided it wasn't worth the bother, too few flowers before the frost got the lot. The trunk grew to a diameter of nearly 6" at the base and was hollow. It took two full hours to dig the thing out so I could give it away.
Paul, do you know a seed source for Narcissus viridiflora? I believe it's quite widely grown in Australia. I seem to remember something about that on Trillium-L a while back.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
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Lesley,
Unfortunately no idea of seed source. I can try to self pollinate mine though if you'd like? I haven't crossed it yet so I could just self it and see?
It is available fairly regularly here in Aus, although at wildly differing prices. I bought mine years ago very cheap but couldn't afford more of them at the time, and boy do I wish I had been able to. Mine has now multiplied to maybe 4 of them, but they rarely flower for me so this years flower is a real pleasure. I am going to repot shortly even though in full growth as I keep losing track of where the pot is and so it never gets repotted while dormant (which is likely why it never flowers for me too! LOL)
I will keep an eye out for seed anywhere for you Lesley, just in case I can find some.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
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Paul, there are very few tree dahlias in the UK. There are a few at the Eden Project in Cornwall and I have heard of one or two in milder public gardens, but most people have never heard of them. They were the subject of a question to the Radio programme that we are connected with a month or so ago and I did a bit of research to see how we could help the lady who fancied trying them, but in Scotland I don't think she's got much hope of success. Maybe in a sheltered old walled garden, in a really good year?!!!
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Maggi,
The Dahlia excelsa would be the way to go if trying tree dahlias as it only needs a much shorter growing period to flower than the imperialis..... I can try sending you some cuttings if that is allowable through your quarantine? They would certainly make a stir in the garden, that is for sure! LOL
If seed of Dietes grandiflora is wanted then let me know as I am sure I can find some. Other than the 2 already mentioned I also grow D. bicolor and flavum although the latter hasn't flowered for me as yet.}
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
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Lesley
http://www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com have had Narcissus viridiflorus seeds in the past.
Anthony Darby, Dunblane, Perthshire. |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Thanks Anthony, I've just had a look and boy, is that some seed list! I only looked at bulbs and rhizomes and N. viridiflorus is there all right. I wonder how old their stuff is, I can't imagine all that lot, let alone the other lists, being collected each year. Anyway, I might try a few things and see what's what. It ain't cheap though and depends on how many seeds in a packet. No indication that I could see.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
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Paul
Here Blackpool is referred to as 'Breezy Blackpool' so not much chance of growing anything that tall, even if we could grow it in the season. It is listed in Plant Finder so some are able to grow it here but perhaps in the South. Dietes is also listed.
I already have more plants than I can now look after properly and have decided to sow no more seed nor buy plants until my collection of pots is down to a manageable proportion.
John Forrest, Blackpool, North West England, UK |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Two final crocuses for the season. Crocus goulimyi is quite late this year, just starting now for me.
Crocus caspius is always late to the extent that it is almost winter-flowering. Some corms have pure white flowers, others are flushed with lilac on the outer petals.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
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How many trees make a wood? And how many Turkish oaks make a Turkish oak wood? Just one in my garden. It's about 6 metres high now and getting quite wide as well. I have planted Cyclamen cilicium underneath around the trunk as well as different coloured C. coum. Some snowdrops are starting there too.
Quercus cerris
Today we had dull, grey clouds but just a few minutes before the sun set, the clouds cleared to make this wonderful orangey-gold glow over everything. The rainbow was a bonus.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Anne Wright (Annsie)
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Beautiful, Lesley.
Anne, North Yorkshire, England |
Thomas Huber (Hubi1)
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Wonderful pictures, Lesley (especially C. caspius )
What a difference to our trees here in Germany, who shine in bright green right now! Please show us pictures of your Cyclamen and Galanthus, too!
Did you find something interesting on my list?
Thomas Huber, Neustadt/Hessen, Germany |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Hello Thomas. I certainly did find many interesting things on your lovely website. I emailed a while back but it can't have reached you for some reason. I'll do that again tomorrow, as tonight, I have been with Roger for a quiet drink, which we often do on a Friday evening, a means of unwinding from the week's stresses. After 3 glasses of a very good Central Otago Pinot Noir, I'm not fit for much which needs a clear mind. You wouldn't believe the number of corrections I'm having to make to this post. I noticed today that there are quite a lot of seedlings among the Crocus caspius, so I should be able to send some seed as well as corms. The seed forms right down at soil level, among the leaves and is not very obvious.
Lesley Cox, Lower South Island, New Zealand |
Thomas Huber (Hubi1)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 10:20 am: | |
Hi Lesley!
Good news on C. caspius!
But bad news about my e-mail-provider! I often had problems in the last weeks!
Is there anybody else out there waiting for an answer? Please contact me via the board and I will send you another e-mail-adress!
Thomas Huber, Neustadt/Hessen, Germany |
John Forrest (Jof)
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What a superb picture Lesley. The gold is supposed to be at the end of the rainbow
John Forrest, Blackpool, North West England, UK |
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