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fermi de Sousa

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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #45 on: March 12, 2015, 01:23:32 AM »
Lycoris (maybe) radiata is in full flower!
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #46 on: March 12, 2015, 02:26:51 AM »
Wow Fermi, I like that, a lot! What a statement that makes... like exploding fireworks. Keep seed please...  :)
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #47 on: March 12, 2015, 08:10:07 AM »
Thanks folks, for the birthday wishes. I'm rather hoping that I can go to Australia in March of 2018 so Otto and I can have a joint (ha ha) party for our 80th and 75th birthdays, respectively. Will we have a joint? Will our joints stand it? Whatever, we'll enjoy it together. All Forumists welcome ;D

I had a quiet day, just some weeding and planting of a curved bed which defines the top of the nursery. It's made of limestone building blacks which were in place a few weeks ago and are already getting mossy. In the evening I took myself up to town for an NZSO concert of Beethoven works. The Egmont Overture followed by Piano Concertos 3 and 5, played and directed from the piano by Freddie Kempf. It was a wonderful evening and I enjoyed every minute.
« Last Edit: March 12, 2015, 08:20:00 AM by Lesley Cox »
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #48 on: March 12, 2015, 08:16:02 AM »
Well done Julia, it sure looks like the true P. juliae this time. :) You'll enjoy it very much when it flowers. My original plant some years ago grew in a shady crevice among rocks and even spread to colonize UNDER the rocks where they were not properly placed and over hung a path a little. It grew just about as tight and compact as liverwort but was so much prettier.
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #49 on: March 12, 2015, 11:02:07 AM »
Quote from: meanie on March 11, 2015, 09:49:34 PM
Ever heard of the Columbian Cocaine Routes  :o
Snakes, spiders and wild cats are one thing but Kalashnikov bearing cocaine lords are an altogether different proposition!!

Can't be worse to walk in the Andes in Colombia than to cross the Sentral Railway Station in Oslo!
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #50 on: March 12, 2015, 03:41:27 PM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on March 12, 2015, 08:16:02 AM
Well done Julia, it sure looks like the true P. juliae this time.

Belated Birthday wishes to you Lesley! I'm just thrilled to finally have the real thing. :D

Quote from: Lesley Cox on March 12, 2015, 08:16:02 AM
It grew just about as tight and compact as liverwort but was so much prettier.

Glad it is really nothing like liverwort except for tight and compact! I'm seeing if fir needles (read that in one of Ian's bulb logs) will keep the liverwort at bay (it's all over the ground cloth in part of the shade house).

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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #51 on: March 12, 2015, 07:34:04 PM »
Quote from: Hoy on March 12, 2015, 11:02:07 AM
Can't be worse to walk in the Andes in Colombia than to cross the Sentral Railway Station in Oslo!
Crikey - I though that was just in Jo Nesbo's books!
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #52 on: March 13, 2015, 11:16:57 AM »
A Belated Happy Birthday for Lesley and Otto from me as well.  Sorry to have missed it on the day, folks.

All the best.
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #53 on: March 13, 2015, 05:57:21 PM »
Quote from: meanie on March 12, 2015, 07:34:04 PM
Crikey - I though that was just in Jo Nesbo's books!

Don't trust all you read ;)
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #54 on: March 13, 2015, 05:59:34 PM »
Quote from: fermides on March 12, 2015, 01:23:32 AM
Lycoris (maybe) radiata is in full flower!
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Fermi, that one was spectacular!
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #55 on: March 14, 2015, 03:38:42 AM »

Not flowers or foliage YET, but the potential is definitely there. My first autumn sowing... included in this lot gifts from kind forum members and the goodies from my first SRGC seed ex.

The next job is to sort out the underachievers from last years seedling pots and decided whether to hang on to them for another season, just in case.


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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #56 on: March 14, 2015, 06:10:10 AM »
I packeted up those Penstemon, Jamus! All the SRGC Penstemon see in fact, which I had never expected to to be so strongly scented - a rich, spicy, earthy smell.

Quote from: Jupiter on March 14, 2015, 03:38:42 AM
The next job is to sort out the underachievers from last years seedling pots and decided whether to hang on to them for another season, just in case.

Keep as many pots as you have space for and for as long as you can. Of course, space is always the issue.  :(
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #57 on: March 14, 2015, 10:02:12 AM »

Nice to know Matt, now if they don't grow I have someone to blame!  ;)

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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #58 on: March 14, 2015, 02:45:32 PM »
Jamus,

These are the last of the Dodecatheon hendersonii - in containers. They are still looking okay.

I do not remember how long they have been in contains, maybe 4-5 years. The clumps keep getting large each season. Some are grown in the native clay around the farm with a little added sand. Some are in a quick draining "alpine" mix. Both soil mixes are a bit richer than the native soil so they bloom with more flowers than they normally would. They all seem happy regardless of the soil used. I never water the container during the summer.

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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #59 on: March 14, 2015, 04:32:39 PM »
They are incredible Robert, I must try that species. I'll hassle you for seed when they are ripe.
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