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David Nicholson

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2009, 08:08:46 PM »
In addition to Lachenalia aloides quadricolor I have L. uniflorus and L. reflexa but too small to flower this year.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2009, 08:12:33 PM »
I haven't taken pictures of most of mine as yet. Don't know why. I'll try some in winter and spring. The viridiflora flowers early winter (June here).
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2009, 11:49:10 AM »
Lesley, I will look forward to seeing your pics in June.
David, sadly I lost my reflexa to a rot many years ago, it is a super little lachenalia, very orchid like in form, I hopw it performs for you next year!
Have attached pic of Ferraria crispa, flowering today on my windowsill. I am hoping F.undulata may flower this year, 5 years since I sowed the seed so maybe....... :)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2009, 11:02:04 AM »
Who is the C Greenwell we keep seeing on many of the photographs?
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Arthur Nicholls

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2009, 11:27:28 AM »
Arthur, that is Chris (Hristo)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2009, 11:32:55 AM »
Maggi

Thanks   He takes some really excellent photographs.  Does this mean he is another ex-pat?
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Arthur Nicholls

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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #21 on: February 24, 2009, 11:46:24 AM »
Yes, Arthur... Chris used to live in this area, with our Group, then he and Simon moved down to Grimsby and a couple of years ago they went out to live in Bulgaria, where they have started a nursery.... see Simon ( Sinchets) post in Let me introduce myself...
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #22 on: February 24, 2009, 12:18:57 PM »
Thanks - I had not made the connection  :)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #23 on: February 24, 2009, 05:40:17 PM »
 ;D Can I join in please? Thanks for the photographic complement Arthur, I think alot of the praise should go to Mister Fujinon and his rather good lenses! In BG I use Hristo as my given name, the BG equivalent of Christopher, as the number of hilarious ways in which my name can be miss-pronounced has become overwhelming, my favourite however is Kritchko!
Maggie I like the idea of the Aberdeen Branch of the SRGC as a group I once lived with, very 1960's / flower power and all that !  ;D :D
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2009, 10:21:07 PM »
Quote from: Hristo on February 24, 2009, 05:40:17 PM
;D Can I join in please? Thanks for the photographic complement Arthur, I think alot of the praise should go to Mister Fujinon and his rather good lenses! In BG I use Hristo as my given name, the BG equivalent of Christopher, as the number of hilarious ways in which my name can be miss-pronounced has become overwhelming, my favourite however is Kritchko!
Maggie I like the idea of the Aberdeen Branch of the SRGC as a group I once lived with, very 1960's / flower power and all that !  ;D :D

 Sorry, Chris, just filling Arthur in...... and I hadn't spotted the hippy commune slant....  ::)
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #25 on: February 25, 2009, 05:49:14 AM »
Hi Maggi, a final thought on the commune idea, how about an Alpine/Bulb Gardner retirement home?
Buy up a large stately home, convert to flats and everyone pulls together to develop the largest alpine garden they can? Or would this be like herding cats?  :D ( P.s. sorry for the miss spell of your name! )
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #26 on: February 25, 2009, 07:13:27 AM »
Quote from: Hristo on February 24, 2009, 05:40:17 PM
In BG I use Hristo as my given name, the BG equivalent of Christopher, as the number of hilarious ways in which my name can be miss-pronounced has become overwhelming, my favourite however is Kritchko!
It could've been Crisco! ;D
Welcome to the Forum, Hristo, and glad to know that South African bulbs are even grown in Bulgaria!
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« Last Edit: February 25, 2009, 07:17:59 AM by fermides »
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #27 on: February 25, 2009, 08:33:04 AM »
Quote from: Hristo on February 25, 2009, 05:49:14 AM
Alpine/Bulb Gardner retirement home?
 everyone pulls together to develop the largest alpine garden they can?

Have you seen the photos by the French gardener (or maybe he's an engineer)
who covers the walls of skyscrapers with plants?  Just think of the chasmophytes
that would thrive.  I'm not sure the aged gardeners would, though.  Might have
to hire some skyscraper window washers to do the weeding.
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #28 on: February 25, 2009, 09:29:48 AM »
Dianne, maybe aged gardeners who are also ex rock climbers should apply?
In a desperate attempt to steer this thread back to SA bulbs ( this diversion is my fault, sorry! )whilst continuning from Dianne's posting, how about this for the crevices in the skyscraper, Gladiolus flanaganii - The Suicide Gladiolus?
I've got the seedlings, whose got the 'skyscraper?  ;D ;D
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Re: South African bulbose plants 2009
« Reply #29 on: February 25, 2009, 01:03:30 PM »
That's be Patrick Blanc, Diane...his book is 'Vertical Gardens'. I'm not sure that he's done a retirement home yet....
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