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Title: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 04:20:07 AM
On 20-22th Feb 2015, a hepatica show is held at the Ueno Green Club in Tokyo, JP. I visited the show on 20th Feb.
Here are some pictures. Sorry for their bad quality. I had to use a smartphone camera because I forgot to put the battery in my digital camera :-[
I post pictures first and add some description later if necessary ;)
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 04:29:38 AM
Exibit hepaticas

Awarded plants are displayed with vases or dishes (depends on its prize) instead of medals.
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 04:34:00 AM
Exibit hepaticas

Name of the flowers in pictures with original file numbers are uncertain. I forgot to check their names. Perhaps some of them are unnamed seedlings.
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:01:12 AM
Exibit hepaticas
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:02:44 AM
Exibit hepaticas
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:05:06 AM
Exibit hepaticas
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:07:08 AM
Exibit hepaticas
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:09:00 AM
Exibit hepaticas
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:10:41 AM
Exibit hepaticas
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:12:24 AM
Exibit hepaticas
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:16:04 AM
Exibit hepaticas
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:16:47 AM
Exibit hepaticas
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:22:07 AM
Shop floor
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:28:07 AM
Hepaticas on sale
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:29:36 AM
Hepaticas on sale
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:30:52 AM
Hepaticas on sale
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2015, 05:33:04 AM
Hepaticas on sale

That's all :)
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Post by: Susan Band on February 22, 2015, 07:17:18 AM
Amazing. A bit more colourful than snowdrop sales  ;D
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Post by: Matt T on February 22, 2015, 07:19:37 AM
What a great day out, Tatsuo. I'm always amazed at the variety of flower form and colour in Hepatica. Some of them are beautiful, and others are truly bizarre. Some of the simpler ones are my favourites: 'Tou-kou' with it's delicate two-tone petals and 'unnamed 01' in palest yellow. However, I also like the more intricate centres of 'Yume-hanabi' and 'Ai-no-sanka'. There are so many plants for sale on the shop floor, as well as everything you could need to grow them. Did you come home with any new plants?
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Post by: WimB on February 22, 2015, 08:17:25 AM
Thank you so much for sharing your day out, Tatsuo. Wonderful plants...that sales floor would be very unhealthy for my wallet I think...  ;)
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Post by: Jupiter on February 22, 2015, 08:25:04 AM

I'm absolutely blown away YT. I had no idea that these colours existed in Hepatica. I love the green in Items for sale 18. I'll be reading up on this little genus later tonight. :)
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Post by: ashley on February 22, 2015, 09:03:10 AM
Wonderful to see this Tatsuo.  Thank you.
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Post by: Melvyn Jope on February 22, 2015, 09:22:34 AM
Thank you for showing these amazing plants Tatsuo, interesting to see the range of plants and prices on the sales tables too.
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Post by: Graeme on February 22, 2015, 09:44:12 AM
thank you so much for posting - truly wonderful
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Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 22, 2015, 09:59:07 AM
 :o :o :o
Absolutely astounding!
Thanks for showing us,
cheers
fermi
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Post by: Maggi Young on February 22, 2015, 12:22:32 PM
Wow! What a fantastic photo report - astonishing for me to see the variety in these little plants.  I begin to  find them all fascinating- even the "crazier" forms!
For the exhibition they are all so beautifully presented - a delight to see and makes the show very attractive- even before those fabulous ceramics are added.

Thank you so much for sharing, Tatsuo - you have given us a real treat.
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Post by: Herman Mylemans on February 22, 2015, 12:35:01 PM
Wonderful to see this Tatsuo.  Thank you. Here in Belgium we can only dream about this!
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Post by: fleurbleue on February 22, 2015, 01:39:49 PM
  :o so pleased to look at all your pics  :D Thank you so much Tatsuo
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Post by: Rimmer de Vries on February 22, 2015, 02:05:07 PM
wonderful posting! thank you YT

i wish some of those ceramic pots were available in the USA

Rimmer

Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: Yann on February 22, 2015, 03:34:21 PM
Some colors are incredible, i guess you need a sized wallet to buy some of these treasures.
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Post by: angie on February 22, 2015, 04:56:08 PM
Amazing, what more can you say.

Angie  :)
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Post by: annew on February 22, 2015, 07:24:55 PM
Fantastic, Tatsuo - oh, to be there with a full purse. I wonder how much the beautiful yellow was?
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: YT on February 24, 2015, 10:09:38 AM
Thank you for the all comments :)

I didn't came home with any hepaticas this year. I don't have any hepaticas now. My place is rather hot for growing hepaticas :(

Fantastic, Tatsuo - oh, to be there with a full purse. I wonder how much the beautiful yellow was?

This yellow was labeled as JPY10,000-. I thought the price is rather inexpensive. The other yellows were not for sale.
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: annew on February 24, 2015, 06:20:42 PM
Beautiful!
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: johngennard on February 26, 2015, 04:36:02 PM
Thank goodness that they are not within reach !!!

Here are a few I snatched the other day.Please forgive the distracting surrounds.
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: Gunilla on February 26, 2015, 07:50:22 PM
Please forgive the distracting surrounds.

Surrounds... ?  I can only see magnificent hepaticas  :o

Tatsou, thank you for the photos from the hepatica show.  The variation in hepatica flowers is amazing.
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: ichristie on February 28, 2015, 08:08:09 AM
WOW what fantastic pictures of such a show the Hepaticas yes I would love them all but seeing the long numbers on the plants which were probably prices anyway Cyril and I visited John Massey at Ashwoods nurseries where we spent several hours in awe at his Hepatica collection his new lady assistant Samantha looked after us as well, a few pictures, we also had a quick walk round John's garden,  cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Post by: ichristie on February 28, 2015, 08:10:24 AM
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Post by: Cyril L on February 28, 2015, 09:53:19 PM

This yellow was labeled as JPY10,000-. I thought the price is rather inexpensive. The other yellows were not for sale.

Thank you for showing Tatsuo.

I might have succumbed for that yellow.  Just as well these plants are not available here.
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: Yann on March 01, 2015, 01:45:31 PM
Ian thanks for sharing these photos of Ashwoods, i'm always surprised John put the pots directly on the cedar without protection such a tray. I own a greenhouse from the same manufacturer and i'll not be so reckless with the wood. How does he water the pots?
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: johnstephen29 on March 01, 2015, 02:37:30 PM
Hi Ian thanks for showing the photo's from your visit to aswood's, I was there myself earlier in the year, it's hepatica & Galanthus heaven. I came away with two new hepaticas and a couple of auriculas which ashwoods also grow very well.
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: ichristie on March 02, 2015, 04:14:59 PM
Hello, John spends hours with a slow running hose and lets water run around the rim avoiding plants if possible, this man is so dedicated to his plants and yes I would have an edge to the bench some hepaticas sit on saucers full of chippings other just on the wood,  cheers Ian the Christie kind
Title: Re: Visiting a hepatica show
Post by: Anne Repnow on March 26, 2015, 10:19:27 AM
A glorious symphony of colour and shape - thank you, Tatsuo
And thanks, Ian, for sharing John Massey's treasures.
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