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Pleione and Orchidaceae / Re: Terrestrial orchids 2025

« Last post by mellifera on June 10, 2025, 09:59:37 PM »

Thank you for showing, Anders!

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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: Paeonia 2025

« Last post by Gail on June 10, 2025, 06:56:34 PM »

Last two flowers on 'White Innocence' now but it has done well this year and is a good riposte for those who complain that peonies don't last long. Paeonia lactiflora 'Madame Gaudichau' is a joy for months with the wonderful bronze-red shoots and foliage then flowers now - they have a rich tea-rose fragrance and are popular with bumble bees.

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Bulbs General / Re: Roscoea 2025

« Last post by Herman Mylemans on June 10, 2025, 11:47:28 AM »

Roscoea cautleoides

Roscoea × beesiana

ex Roscoea × beesiana

Roscoea scillifolia f. atropurpurea

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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: June 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere

« Last post by pfirsich48 on June 10, 2025, 11:03:46 AM »

Hmm!  Hummingbirds feed on the nectar here in Maine, US with seemingly no I'll effect

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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: June 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere

« Last post by Jeffnz on June 09, 2025, 09:59:08 PM »

All parts of Narcissus are supposedly poisonous to birds, not sure about your native parrots.

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Plant Identification Questions and Answers / Re: HELP!

« Last post by JohnnyD on June 09, 2025, 09:38:03 PM »

That sounds great to me Vinny. I will report back in due course - I hope! JohnnyD

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Plant Identification Questions and Answers / Re: HELP!

« Last post by Vinny 123 on June 09, 2025, 11:52:23 AM »

just checking online, supposedly A. p. is native to eastern RSA, which would make it a summer-grower............ which online suggests is the case.
I have three potfuls here that do fine as winter-growers.

When yours flowers, if you want to try getting seed (some sources suggest that it is not self-fertile), it is moderately complicated due to flower shape - it is designed for an insect to pry apart the central "cone" of the flower - details can be found online by searching "albuca fertilisation/pollination".

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Plant Identification Questions and Answers / Re: HELP!

« Last post by JohnnyD on June 09, 2025, 09:04:25 AM »

Looks good to me Vinny - thanks. JohnnyD

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Flowers and Foliage Now / June 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere

« Last post by fermi de Sousa on June 09, 2025, 04:25:14 AM »

This is definitely winter now!
We've had frosts and finally some rain. Parts of southern Australia have been experiencing drought while the north has been having floods! This is certainly a land of contrasts.
Here is the main offering to start this thread - Narcissus 'First Stanza' raised by Lawrence Trevanion in Canberra from a crossing of Narcissus elegans var fallax with Narcssus 'Soleil d'Or'. Pics taken a few days apart - the second two after an attack by critters - possibly parrots.
cheers
fermi

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Grow From Seed / Re: Growing Daylilies from Seed

« Last post by Jeffnz on June 09, 2025, 01:29:34 AM »

Look forward to seeing the outcomes.