Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lvandelft]

Good Heavens, never expected so many reactions.
And who am I, to refuse showing more pictures in this wonderful Forum
with so many nice people.
Fact is that I lately didn’t have so much time to make many contributions to
the Forum.
I was (and will be) very busy by cutting and making wood chops for our stove.
The good thing is that it keeps me warm by day when working and in the evenings
it is so nice to sit warm and look in the fire with a good glass and most important
we save a lot of money with these horror prices for gas.
The bad thing is that I am rather tired after some hours of occupation which gives some problems when thinking and writing in a strange language.

But as being a Committee Member I will be on most Mondays in Lisse and will take my
camera with me and continue my series.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

[Lvandelft]

I forgot the picture.

[Joakim B]

Luit thanks for last years pics it is a great treat and we are very fortunate to have You to show us these.
So hopefully there will be many more Years of reports from the show
Already starting to have abstinence for more.
Was it cut hyacinths in the glass vases? Never seen it with foliage before. Not so common as a cut flower in Sweden but very common in "Christmas group plantings" if You get what I am trying to say. Really part of the Christmas tradition in Sweden. Not so much in Portugal yet but seems to be more and more of them. Generally they are far from the perfectly grown specimens You show but in real life I can smell them and that is even better
All the best
Joakim

[Lvandelft]

Was it cut hyacinths in the glass vases? Never seen it with foliage before.

Joakim, Hyacinths as cutflowers are becoming a rather big product in the flower trade.
Last year in the first January week more than 600.000 flowers went through the Flower Auction.
And in week 6, last year more than 1.5  million!

[Joakim B]

Luit Thanks for the information. I bet it was a nice scent at the time there . I think I have seen some of those at the florist but did not remember that they had foliage. A great cut flower that is easy to take care of and no guilt of throwing a bulb when it is past its flowering. And grown very well as well.
Kind regards
Joakim

[Lvandelft]

A few days after the Mid Winter Flower Show, there were not so many entries.
Here a few pictures though.

Narcissus Winter Sun
Crocus danfordiae Yellow Form                                     
Tulipa Flair Fringed                           
Tulipa TBL 98012
Galanthus elwesii Mrs. MacNamara       

[Lvandelft]

Yesterday I noticed the following entries on the Show.
There were many tulips, Hyacinths, etc. too, but there will be many
opportunities to show them here in the coming weeks.

The first picture shows 10 different Galanthus elwesii in a small vase.
For me they are all white.
Then there was a nice entry with several clones of small flowered hardy
Hippeastrum hybrids.
The grower has  left them already 5 years outside in the garden.
This spring will show how hardy they are after some weeks of frost.

Galanthus elwesii               
Hippeastrum Small Fl. Hardy Hybr.
Galanthus elwesii Monostictus var. hiemale             
Galanthus elwesii x caucasicus                       
Ipheion Alberto Castillo                         
Iris reticulata Rhapsody                 
Narcissus Elka                                       
Narcissus romieuxii Treble Chance
Ipheion uniflorum Charlotte Bishop           

[Maggi Young]

The first picture shows 10 different Galanthus elwesii in a small vase.
For me they are all white. 

Dear Luit, for sure you are not a galanthus connoisseur....... even I can see the differences..... some are fat and some are thin!

[Lvandelft]

[Joakim B]

Hardy Amaryllis sounds interesting
Hope they can be used for Christmas decoration as well as the old ones (being forced I think it s called). Then just plant them out. What a sight after some time.
Is the iphelon named after "Our" Alberto?
Nice warmth with the pictures to brighten the day.
Kind regards
Joakim

[Armin]

Luit,
thank you for the pictures -you bring us the spring in mid-winter

I agree - not much difference to see "in the 10 different Galanthus elwesii in a small vase"
(likely my PC needs a much better graphic card  )

[Lvandelft]

Yesterday I noticed some interesting developments in Hyacinthus.
There was an acceptable double pink, with well formed flowers.
And the orange colour is also coming nearer with  H. Florence.

Then I made two pictures of Ipheion with different names.
On first sight there is no difference but in an article in
The Plantsman of 1995 by Brian Mathew describes both forms.:
The New Plantsman, vol. 2, part 1, 10 -11.

I hope I can next week make pictures of the opened flowers.

Hyacinthus Double Delights               
Hyacinthus Florence                   
Hyacinthus Purple Sensation             
Ipheion dialystemon             
Ipheion sellowianum     

[annew]

The two ipheions are very similar aren't they? How do you tell them apart?

[David Nicholson]

They may well look the same BUT according to the Kew Check List they are different, to the extent that their names are different as well!

The first one is Nothosccordum dialystemon and the second one is Tristagma sellowianum. They look very pretty Luit whatever their names are

[Lvandelft]

The two ipheions are very similar aren't they? How do you tell them apart?

If there is a diiference I hope I can show it next week.
Dialystemon means 'with separate stamens'