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September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« on: September 01, 2021, 03:12:34 PM »
Officially the start of spring here and the weather didn't disappoint! Lovely sunshine after a cool (but not frosty) morning.
The first pic is Narcissus nivalis - which has been flowering since May! Grown from seed from Ashley from seed originally from Rafa!
Next is what I've grown as Nothoscordum ostenii which according to "Plants of the World On-line" is a synonym of N. felipponei.
However the third pic is a comparison of the two!
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2021, 03:35:15 PM »
1) we got this Lewisia cotyledon from a friend back in February and it has survived the winter!
2) Trillium chloropetalum
3) Anemone blanda - first flowering from seed from Marcus Harvey in 2013!
4) Tulipa 'Little Beauty'
5) Moraea (syn Galaxia) fugacissima - just fading, a few minutes later they had collapsed,
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2021, 03:49:19 PM »
I'm not sure if this is Isopogon cuneatus or a hybrid, but it has done well in a sand bed for a number of years.
The pattern of the buds are a feature even before they open
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2021, 07:07:09 PM »
Lovely thing.  What are the main pollinators, driving evolution of this flower form?
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2021, 03:50:15 AM »
Lovely thing.  What are the main pollinators, driving evolution of this flower form?
Good question, Ashley, that I can't answer!
Here's a link to a 2018 newsletter where they ask members to keep an eye out for pollinators http://anpsa.org.au/iso-petSG/iso-pet23.pdf
Funnily enough one member uses the term Iso-Pets to cover Isopogons and Petrophiles! Quite a different use of the term nowadays for those fur-babies which have come into people's lives during isolation ;D
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2021, 11:22:25 AM »
Fascinating newsletter Fermi; thank you.
In the long-ago days when we could visit family there I tried encouraging them to grow more natives, but with limited success :'( ;)
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2021, 01:03:42 AM »
1) Narcissus 'Fencourt Jewel' 8WP
2) Narcissus 'No Matta' ('Cloth of Gold' x Welch seedling) from Lawrence Trevanion
3) Scilla bithynica
4) Narcissus 7WP 'Quickstep' x N. fernandesii
5) Tropaeolum brachyceras
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2021, 10:52:14 AM »
Some seed raised plants in flower now:
1) Anemone pavonina red with white centre grown from SRGC Seedex seed
2) Tulipa agenensis ssp sharonensis - seed from Miriam in Israel
3) Allium israeliticum - from "Seeds of Peace"
4) Scilla libanotica - thanks to Ashley. First flower opened a few days ago but the others have withered :( It might have become a bit too warm for them? Not sure.
5) Moraea bipartita - seed from NZAGS
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2021, 03:46:08 AM »
And now for something completely different!
Some remnant native vegetation on the roadside on the way to Bendigo yesterday:
1-3) Daviesia sp which  might be D. leptophylla
4-5) Grevillea alpina
More to come!
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2021, 03:54:30 AM »
More from the roadside:
1) a Dianella species, probably D. revoluta already in flower
2) An Ozothamnus species just beginning to flower
3 & 4) Drosera auriculata, the "Tall Sundew"
5) Xerochrysum viscosum, the "Sticky Everlasting" about to come into flower
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« Last Edit: September 15, 2021, 03:58:05 AM by fermi de Sousa »
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2021, 03:56:33 AM »
A species of Hibbertia which might be H. exutiacies
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2021, 04:01:11 AM »
Leucopogon virgatus (I think) one of the "Bearded Heaths"
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2021, 04:04:53 AM »
And a few terrestrial orchids!
Glossodia major, the "Wax Lip Orchid"
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2021, 04:08:52 AM »
More Wax-lips - - Glossodia major
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Re: September 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2021, 04:14:37 AM »
Golden moths - Diuris chryseopsis
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