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June 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
fermi de Sousa:
This is definitely winter now!
We've had frosts and finally some rain. Parts of southern Australia have been experiencing drought while the north has been having floods! This is certainly a land of contrasts.
Here is the main offering to start this thread - Narcissus 'First Stanza' raised by Lawrence Trevanion in Canberra from a crossing of Narcissus elegans var fallax with Narcssus 'Soleil d'Or'. Pics taken a few days apart - the second two after an attack by critters - possibly parrots.
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fermi
Jeffnz:
All parts of Narcissus are supposedly poisonous to birds, not sure about your native parrots.
pfirsich48:
Hmm! Hummingbirds feed on the nectar here in Maine, US with seemingly no I'll effect
Jeffnz:
I am no avian expert but did google the topic and that is what I posted.
fermi de Sousa:
The damage done was the nipping off some of the blooms, which is typical for parrots. So they don't actually eat the flowers.
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