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General Subjects => Wisley Alpine Log – Feedback Forum => Topic started by: KentGardener on November 26, 2007, 01:05:02 PM
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Not sure if this is where Maggie would like this post - but I am sure she will put it in the right place if I have got it wrong :) Perfectly happy with here, John... good to have you back! M
I spent a great day at Wisley yesterday visiting the new glass house with a load of 'jungle plant friends' - whilst there I sneaked off and had a quick whiz round the alpine houses and took some pictures that I thought I would share (unfortunately I had to be quick so that I wasn't missed so didn't take down the names - hoping that someone else can say what everything is - sorry, I shall take more care next time!)
best wishes
John
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Hi John,
Long time no see !
The fact that you seem to have been lost in the jungle says it all of course.... ;D
Anyway, nice pix and thanks for showing.
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My guesses :-
Picture 1 - Oxalis versicolor
Picture 2 - Sempervivum arachnoideum cristate
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Picture 4 -
Picture 5 - Massonia pustulata
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Picture 7 - Crocus laevigatus 'Fontenayi'
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Picture 9 - Arisarum vulgare
That's my limit, over to everybody else.
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Does this help?......
(sorry about the amount of label I managed to picture on #6!!! ::)
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John
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#4 the label says most of it, and guessing from the colour - Lachenalia viridiflora
#6 Buckiniczia cabulica
#8 Narcissus cantabricus
which leaves #3 - along with #2 looking strangely cristate or fasciated perhaps?
Diane
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Townsendia?
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Gosh you are all really good with the photo idents! The missing one is indeed a Townsendia, its Townsendia condensata from a population where a good proportion produce fasciated growth. Seeds collected from these plants continue to produce a good proportion of cristate seedlings, so its obviously a genetic problem.
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Well done guys - I knew you could name them all for me - just didn't expect it to be quite so quickly!
its obviously a genetic problem.
a genetic asset in my mind - I have always been attracted to plants that differ from the norm and love cristate plants.
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Nice to have you back, John.
cheers
fermi
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Hey John,
Good to have you back and a very good way to come back also. A great post. Many thanks.
Paddy