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April 19, 2015, 12:52:27 PM »
Stan - Great pix and congrats. Would you have a close-up of your R. uniflora? It's not a species we often if ever see around here.
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Stan's report gives a marvellous flavour of a show - it really shows so much and we owe him a great debt for sharing with us - remember, he does all this AS WELL AS staging his own plants - which often contribute the largest single entry to any show. Then he gets photos online in super quick time- frankly, I don't know how he does it. I have heard rumours that he is plugged into an oxygen mask by his lady wife as soon as he gets home, to revive him enough to eat some supper and then work on the photos - but this is, as yet unconfirmed.
Thank you, Stan - and many congratulations for a superb Forrest medal win and other successes yesterday.
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John W. asks about Stan's
Rhododendron uniflorum
- here are two photos -
Stan obtained the plant some time ago as
R. uniflorum,
but some of the judges, myself included, were unsure as to this naming. The flowers have no spots inside. The flowers are much flatter-faced than we expected uniflorum to be ( imperator KW6884 for example) .... and the foliage is tiny and shiny on Stan's lovely plant. I spent a while last night racking what is left of my grey cells to think what it might be.... but I'm no further forward. It will be interesting to hear what John and the other Rhodo Boys think.
Super little plant, anyway.
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April 19, 2015, 01:44:14 PM »
Maggi - The Uniflora and Saluenensia are two Subsections I give a wide birth. Minefields that stay quiet for long periods and then rear their heads when asked to judge. I can well imagine your bed was littered with books last night.
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If it puzzles you, John, what chance would I have!
Quickest pic of
Rhododendron imperator
KW6884that I could lay hands on is this one from the forum by Steve Garvie
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Some snaps of the plant stalls at the show
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and more plant stalls and people .... some with show benches included!
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Keeping the files up to date can be a long job - Barry was but a young shaver when he started.......
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more..... "thing" makes its first appearance.....
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You'll gather, I hope, that my photos were mostly taken before judging started. Here is Show Secretary Julia Corden -
just
returned from India -
now - keep your eyes peeled.... you should have spotted "thing" in the last batch of photos and it may reappear at any time.....
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this two-tone tulip was open first thing and stayed open all day - looked really lovely!
Last pic is a plant - Tim Lever's giant
Sebaea thomasii,
not the rising sun!
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Apart from some Pleiones, and Peter Maguire's green Australian orchid, Pterostylis shown earlier by Stan , there were few orchids in the show.
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April 19, 2015, 02:22:33 PM »
Primulas were probably the plants with most examples on the benches this year....
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Those primulas were everywhere - there were only a few lewisias
Peter Semples pan of Primula vulgaris - the biggest I've seen - it was just glorious!
Quite a few narcissus about...
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