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Luc Gilgemyn

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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #90 on: March 06, 2009, 09:04:00 AM »
You seem to have had a great time Diane !
Mallorca goes on my 'to visit' list...
Isn't it wonderful how this Forum litterally opens doors ?  :D
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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #91 on: March 06, 2009, 11:06:26 AM »
Aha, I see, Hans still loves riskin his life for a photo as he did for me on Puig Massanella  8)
Thanks for the photos Diane. Did you find Crocus cambessedesii?
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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #92 on: March 06, 2009, 11:15:14 AM »
Wow Diane,
thanks for this wonderful picture :o :D -
After you have started this fantastic advertising campaign, I am thinking to change my job: open a small countryhotel, build up a bulbnursery and organize guided mountaintours...  ;D ;)

Maggi - i am surprised about your knowledge about dogs! :o  - This small dogs were a compromise in my wifes desire to have a dog and mine to keep my plants ;D

Thomas - you might know - No risk, no fun! ;D ;)
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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #93 on: March 06, 2009, 11:30:01 AM »
Hans,
Even a larger dog is able to learn that it is forbidden to leave a way or a path in a garden (unless a cat will pass). So there is no need for a compromise between a mouse and a real dog!   ;D ;D ;D

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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #94 on: March 06, 2009, 11:40:01 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D - Gerd, you may be right - but a bigger dog would not have come with me to look for rosulate violas in the Andes... ;D 8) ;)
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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #95 on: March 06, 2009, 12:51:25 PM »
After you have started this fantastic advertising campaign, I am thinking to change my job)

Hans, in answer to your questions:
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open a small countryhotel
yes please, with freshly squeezed orange juice for breakfast
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build up a bulbnursery
yes please with large quantities of all those rare iris at good prices
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and organize guided mountaintours
and yes please  ;D   ;D

Thanks for the photos Diane. Did you find Crocus cambessedesii?   

No, I suppose it would only have leaves by February, not worth risking your life for those  ::)
Now Cyclamen leaves, that's a different matter, but then they grow in more accessible places  ;)
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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #96 on: March 06, 2009, 02:13:49 PM »
Lovely photographs Diane, it was interesting seeing all those leaf forms of Cyclamen balearicum, from plain right through to silver. They are just starting to flower here in the greenhouse at the moment.  Do you think they will flower in Mallorca before March ?

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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #97 on: March 06, 2009, 06:31:56 PM »
Lovely photographs Diane, it was interesting seeing all those leaf forms of Cyclamen balearicum, from plain right through to silver. They are just starting to flower here in the greenhouse at the moment.  Do you think they will flower in Mallorca before March ? 

We saw no flowers this time, and when we were there in 2004 (same time, 3rd week of Feb), we saw just 2 early flowers.  So I expect the main flowering is later into March.  I expect the exact time depends on how much rain and warmth they get in January and early February.  Maybe Hans can give better information?
Do you find C balearicum easy with you, Jo?  I find it a little tender, along with C creticum.  I expect you are significantly warmer than us in winter.
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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #98 on: March 06, 2009, 07:13:29 PM »
Just saw this thread.
Congratulations for all of these beautiful photos of the gorgeous Mallorca.
The sights reminds me of many places in Israel.
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Re: A Forumist in Mallorca...
« Reply #99 on: March 07, 2009, 08:48:35 PM »
@Diane - I will study the possibilities ;) ;D
@Jo - normally you can find Cyclamen balearicum from about secong half of february to may in flower - but this year we had a "cold" winter and until now I have not seen any flower of this species.
@Miriam - yes - its similar to coastal and northern parts of Israel - but I think a bit wetter and not so warm  (if I only could grow Delonix regia... ::) :P)
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