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Hepatica / Re: Hepatica 2025
« Last post by Herman Mylemans on January 27, 2025, 04:33:09 PM »
Today, finally some more sun!
Hepatica transsilvanica 'Blumenstadt Erfurt', one month later than last year!
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Galanthus / Re: Galanthus January 2025
« Last post by Villu on January 27, 2025, 02:32:22 PM »
Winter is incredibly mild in Estonia this year. I don't remember having snowdrops so early.

1 G. elwesii 'Mrs Macnamara'
725350-0
2 G. elwesii 'Reverend Hailstone'
725352-1
3 G. elwesii 'Godfrey Owen'
725354-2
4 G. nivalis
725356-3
5 G. 'Sutton Courtenay'


I hope there is no harsh cold in February!
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Galanthus / Re: Galanthus January 2025
« Last post by Tim Harberd on January 27, 2025, 12:22:56 PM »
I haven't posted on here for a while!
Here is Bill Clark and my own (very slightly larger flowered) seedling.
The slugs have a definite preference for mine!!

Tim DH
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Seeds Wanted / Re: Do you know how hellebores are pollinated?
« Last post by Silvy on January 27, 2025, 08:25:40 AM »
thank you very much .. yes I definitely already have the tulle bags ready, in fact I was thinking of inserting them on the flowers as soon as they grow, before they open
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Seeds Wanted / Re: Do you know how hellebores are pollinated?
« Last post by Jeffnz on January 26, 2025, 09:02:55 PM »
Good luck, my other tip is to make sure that you bag the pollinated flowers well before they decide to pop their seed, I have been caught on this to many times.
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Plant Information and Portraits / Re: Themidaceae
« Last post by Robert on January 26, 2025, 06:57:29 PM »


In early January I spent time evaluating a number of my recently emerging Themidaceae hybrids. Pictured in the container to the left are early blooming Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus hybrids based on early blooming parents that consistently bloom ~ two weeks earlier than other forms of this species in our region. The parents have typical purple-blue flower bracts and medium to light blue flowers. The new growth of these hybrids is well advance compared to the same species pictured on the right. In addition, the foliage is green with purplish pigmentation restricted to the far distal portion of the new growth.



In the container to the right of the early blooming hybrids are Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus hybrids with parents with intensely deep purple-blue flower bracts and deep blue flowers. Pictured above is a close-up photograph of these hybrids. It is fascinating to note that these hybrids, with deeply pigmented bracts and flowers, also have deeply pigmented foliage that is very similar to the deeply pigmented foliage found in some forms of Dichelostemma multiflorum found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.



For comparison, pictured above, is a group of Dichelostemma multiflorum hybrids that I am working on with deeply pigmented foliage.



Pictured are Triteleia ixioides hybrids based on T. ixioides ssp. scabra and T. ixioides spp. unifolia. The goal with these hybrids is to enhance the deep maroon pigmentation in their flowers. These hybrids too exhibit some degree dark pigmentation in their foliage.



When pursuing hybrids with deeply pigmented flowers, some species do not exhibit deeply pigmented foliage. For example, both parents of the Brodiaea elegans ssp. elegans hybrids pictured have deeply pigmented flowers and typical green foliage. These F1 hybrids also have the typical green foliage of this species with only a small portion of deeply pigmented foliage at the distal end.
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Seeds Wanted / Re: Do you know how hellebores are pollinated?
« Last post by Silvy on January 26, 2025, 09:21:12 AM »
OK thank you
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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: January 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Last post by fermi de Sousa on January 26, 2025, 03:12:25 AM »
A few "rain-lilies":
1) Zephyranthes 'Grandjax'
2 - 3) Zephyranthes macrosiphon
4) Habranthus tubispathus
cheers
fermi
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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: January 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Last post by fermi de Sousa on January 26, 2025, 03:06:20 AM »
Petunias in the rock garden?
Sacrilege!
1 -3) Petunia exserta
4) P. exserta and Petunia axillaris
Actually, these are all growing in pots rather than the garden.
P.axillaris has the added attraction of scent in the evening,
cheers
fermi
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Seeds Wanted / Re: Do you know how hellebores are pollinated?
« Last post by Jeffnz on January 25, 2025, 08:29:52 PM »
You can remove the anthers from the flower that will be the female flower, this will avoid self pollination and also discourage bees from visiting the flower as there will be no pollen to attract them.
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