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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: David Nicholson on March 29, 2007, 07:50:40 PM
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In Exeter. Any members of the Forum likely to be there?? I shall be going sometime on Saturday, possibly early afternoon, to, as usual; wish I was capable of growing to the quality of the plants on the benches; take a few pictures (if I remember to take the camera!), and to buy some more plants.
Good Lord, just noticed that I am a "Senior Member". Must be based on verbosity and not quality?
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David, "never mind the quality, feel the width"! Anybody remember the TV comedy programme from a very long time ago that spawned that quote? It was about a pair of tailors, one Irish, one Jewish, starred John Bluthal and Joe Lynch, see this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/n/nevermindthequal_1299002290.shtml
But, I digress, hope some forumists will be keeping you company down there in Exeter, David, but most of the more northern types will be making their way to Hexham for the AGS/SRGC show there this coming Saturday, I would think. Just wish we were going to Hexham! It's a great show and the local "Gang" just happen to be some of our dearest friends and a bunch of great growers, to boot!
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David, "never mind the quality, feel the width"! Anybody remember the TV comedy programme from a very long time ago that spawned that quote? It was about a pair of tailors, one Irish, one Jewish, as I recall.
Must have been before my time :D
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Must have been before my time
Cheeky devil!
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He certainly IS Maggi, because I remember it vividly. I often think that phrase "never mind....width" applies so well to me.
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But what quality IN the width, Lesley!
Mind you, I'm not sure what it says about us that we can remember a TV programme from forty years ago? Should we be getting out more or are we just mines of (xxxxxxx) information?
I can sing the jingle of a truly awful advertisement for Raelbrook shirts from about 1962. Only has one line of words, repeated to a cheery tune but I still find it coming into my head as I work!
And while I am digressing on the subject of advertising... why doesn't Budwieser bring back those fabulous lizard/chamealeon adverts they used to run? They were a classic series... never seen better. Never actually made me buy the beer.... oops, there may be a clue there then... everyone loved the adverts but nobody bought the beer?
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A collection of pictures from todays South Western AG Show held in Exeter. Sorry about the quality of some of them. I had meant to collect plant names as I went along and post them with the pictures, but with the best will in the world it was impossible without completely holding up the flow of visitors around the tables. Sorry"
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... and more from the SW AGS
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and finally yet more South West AG Show
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Great plants David thank You ;D
Hope enjoyed it even though shoting pics. Great job it makes life better for us that missed the show
Joakim
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David, many thanks for your speedy return from the show and generous efforts to get us these pictures so quickly. I am looking forward to studying them happily, to get a flavour of the season in the far south!!
Hope you had some free time from your journalistic efforts to buy yourself a plant or two as a keepsake of the day?!!
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Well done David, a great collection and showing so much variation. Me being me, I liked best the two irises. The first looked like I. sari or perhaps I. meda? Oncocyclus anyway, and the sp. nova, a juno, is delightful. So fine and elegant. Many thanks for them all though.
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David, many thanks for your speedy return from the show and generous efforts to get us these pictures so quickly. I am looking forward to studying them happily, to get a flavour of the season in the far south!!
Hope you had some free time from your journalistic efforts to buy yourself a plant or two as a keepsake of the day?!!
Spent far too much and could have spent so much more!!
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Great job David ! Thanks a lot for showing us around. :D
Great to see a potful of Pleione on a show bench at least - they don't seem to be all that popular anymore :'(
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Luc there could have been more Pleoine but I filled my camera card :(
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I found all the plants on show attractive and could have filled my car boot if no-one had been watching ;D My particular favourites were:-
on Post 1- picture 2 Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha
" 5 Degenia velebitica quite rare it seems-I had never heard of it (which means nothing of course)
" 9 The little Iris sari-just beautiful
on Post 2- picture 5 the pot of Iris attica-my right arm would be gladly given!
on Post 3- picture 3 the little Celmisia just looked as though it had been carefully made from string and card and spray painted in silver blue!
picture 5-the Serapias neglecta-another I had never heard of before and was surprised when I found out that it was an Orchid (probably too expensive for me to kill then!)
Oh damn it. They were all nice.
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David,
Many thanks, excellent photographs, enjoyed being able to visit the South Western show from my armchair.
Paddy
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Hi David,
I'm groing a nice specimen of Degenia velebetia (will post picture later on) - if you want some seed, just pm me I'll be glad to help out.
And by the way.... Take an extra memory card with you for the Pleiones (and other beauties of course) next time... ;D
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David
I noticed the Serapias neglecta was only sown in 2005. It isn't even 2 years old! I wonder how the exhibitor sowed/grew on/ flowered it. If it is that easy how come we don't all have it ;) Lovely thing.
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David
I noticed the Serapias neglecta was only sown in 2005. It isn't even 2 years old! I wonder how the exhibitor sowed/grew on/ flowered it. If it is that easy how come we don't all have it ;) Lovely thing.
Makes yer want to spit don't it!! ;D
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David
I noticed the Serapias neglecta was only sown in 2005. It isn't even 2 years old! I wonder how the exhibitor sowed/grew on/ flowered it. If it is that easy how come we don't all have it Lovely thing.
Makes yer want to spit don't it!!
Crikey, I hadn't noticed that! Yes, it is irksome! I don't know enough about Serapias to know if this is correct.... seems helluva fast to me... can some of your orchid chappies out there tell us if this is liable to be true or a slip if the pen ??
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David
thanks for the swags of pics from SW AGS show!
fermi
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David,
Teh Serapius are good little growers and multipliers. I have S. lingua which has a finer lip to it, not as broad as the one in your pic. They grow for me here with little or no care, potting in normal potting mix and left to their own devices without any particular care and attention. I'm unsure what your quarantine requirements are but I can likely spare a tuber or two at the end of the season (they are just shooting right now, so it will be somewhere near Christmas they they go into dormancy I think). I can dig up a pic of the flowers on mine if you'd like?
Great pics by the way. Lovely to see those at this time of year (which is autumn for us). Here, the first fo the autumn crocus species are starting and I have found the first bud getting close to thinking about opening on the Galanthus reginae-olgae. It should be about a week ahead of normal this year by the look of it.
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Hi David
lovely pics - thanks for showing us what was going on at the other end of the country
Sue