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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on September 01, 2023, 01:18:07 PM
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September is officially the start of Spring in Australia!
Plenty of flowers in the garden as the weather starts to warm up.
1) Bellevalia macrobotrys from seed from Seeds of Peace
2) Narcissus pachybolbus
3) Gladiolus watermeyerii
4) Galanthus 'Spindlestone Surprise' and Gagea fibrosa
5) Polygala chamaebuxus albus
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fermi
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1) a dwarf bearded iris - could it be Iris schachtii?
2) Rhodanthe cultivar
3) Helleborus and Trillium
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fermi
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Last weekend was the Ferny Creek Horticultural Society's Spring Show.
Hancock's Daffodils https://www.daffodilbulbs.com.au/ (https://www.daffodilbulbs.com.au/) put on a commercial display each year which takes up the breadth of the meeting room,
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fermi
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The FCHS Spring Show is one of the shows recognised by the Victorian Daffodil Society for its daffodil section.
Here are some of the exhibits,
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fermi
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More daffodil exhibits,
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fermi
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Last few of the daffodils in the general section (more in the Rock Garden Section),
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fermi
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Some of the entries in the Rock Garden Section at the FCHS Spring Show,
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fermi
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More of the Rock Garden Section,
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fermi
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Some of the Australian Native Plants at FCHS Spring Show,
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fermi
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Wow! Great show, fermi - thanks for sharing!
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Hi Fermi, thank you for your good work. It is so fine to
see these beautiful plants.
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Thanks, Maggi and Rudi,
I have more pics of the Show but can't download them from my phone at the moment!
Here are a few more pics from the home garden -all these are from South Africa I think:
1) Moraea macronyx - an unspotted form
2) Pauridia (Spiloxene) gracilipes ssp speciosa
3) Babiana cedarbergensis
4) Bulbinella floribunda
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fermi
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Some daffodils:
1) Pink Tango which we bought from Hancock's on Saturday.
2) Cornish King which we got from a local nursery last year at their closing down sale :'(
3) Mixed daffs in a round bed in the front garden
4) Highfield Beauty a hybrid Tazetta from Tassie!
5) another daff we got years ago labelled as Highfield Beauty but it isn't! ::)
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fermi
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Lovely to see the Australian natives - I'm fascinated by Australian flora because the evolutionary divergence from European flora is so clear. I'd love to learn more about Australian pollinators and how much they might have to do with that (so if, perchance, you know of a book on the subject...)
I didn't know that there were pink-flowered Acacia - do you know if the colour of the cultivar in your pictures is derived from a wild species or the product of selective breeding?
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Will took a couple of pics of the Floor Garden at the FCHS Spring Show, and a mixed posy.
I got a pic of Jon B's (minibulblover on this Forum) Blue Ribbon entry in the Rock Garden section - a vase full of Narcissus 'Mitzi'
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fermi
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Fermi, very beautiful show! Thanks for showing. It is nice to see some spring flowers. It's almost autumn here. At the moment there is in Belgium a heat wave of around 30°C, something we have never had before in September.
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Rhododendrons at the FCHS Spring Show,
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fermi
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More rhododendrons
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fermi
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Last lot of Rhodies
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fermi
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Are the flowers in the top left of your first photo a kind of heather?
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Fermi
It may surprise some to see orchids in a rock garden section, but many AU native orchids do in fact grow on rocks.
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Are the flowers in the top left of your first photo a kind of heather?
Hi Diane,
I'm not sure which photo you're referring to. I don't think there was any heather at the FCHS Show.
Can you tell me which one you mean?
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fermi
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Fermi,
Beautiful show very extensive. I'm not aware of any flower shows in the Portland/Salem area.
When we lived in San Francisco, there were flower shows at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park several times a year.
I really miss that!
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Fermi,
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Hi Diane,
you have sharp eyes!
I think it's the South African Erica cerinthoides.
It looks like it was in a mixed bunch of flowers,
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fermi
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Some wildflowers along the roadside on my drive to work:
mostly wattles (Acacia) and a riceflower (Pimelea)
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fermi
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Some more daffs:
1) Cherie - showing the change in colour as it matures
2) Blushing Lady
3, 4) White Marvel
5) Pink Tango
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fermi
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Some more from the garden this month:
1) Nothoscordum ostenii
2) Tulipa saxatlis Bakeri Group
3) Tulipa clusiana 'Tinka'
4) Ficaria verna 'Brambling'
5) Babiana hybrid between B. pygmaea and B. odorata.
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fermi
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Some anemones in the garden - we originally planted 3 types A. coronaria, A. pavonina and A. heldreichii in tis bed. There are now hybrids between them - the fourth pic is of what appears to be a cross between A. heldreichii and a red form of Anemone pavonina,
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fermi
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Even more daffs!
1) Narcissus Glenbrook 5-99 (Foundling x Little Stranger)
2) a seedling from 'Axedale' (unregistered - raised by Doug Bryce) and Katie Heath (Div5)
3) Narcissus "Glenbrook Jonnies" raised by Rod Barwick, Glenbrook Bulb Farm.
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fermi
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A last few for the month:
1) Narcissus 'Xit'
2) Tulipa acuminata
3) Moraea marlothii
4 ) An Arilbred iris raised by Pat Toolan
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fermi
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A last few for the month:
1) Narcissus 'Xit'
2) Tulipa acuminata
3) Moraea marlothii
4 & 5) An Arilbred iris raised by Pat Toolan
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fermi
Fermi do you know the name of the Aril? go the same from the plants exchange of the society few years ago.
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Hi Yann,
I think I got it from Marcus Harvey as an unnamed seedling from Pat Toolan,
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fermi
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1) Geissorhiza which may be a hybrid
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2) Ornithogalum umbellatum
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3) Dichelotemma capitatum
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4&5) Moraea tripetala
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fermi
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Hi Fermi,
Jasmin and I have heard reports that the weather in Southeastern Australia has turned unseasonably warm and extremely dry. Wildfire alerts have been issued. We do not know if you are in this extreme wildfire zone or not. We are hoping you are safe from the wildfire danger and that things are going well for you this spring.
Earlier you asked about the name change of Dichelostemma capitatum to Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus. In California, Dipterostemon capitatus is now in current usage. The name change seems appropriate given the genetic differences between other species in the Themidaceae family. From what I have heard even Themidaceae is of questionable usage depending on where one lives. So far, Themidaceae is still in usage in California.
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Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus ‘Skunk Hollow White’ is an exceptional white clone I found near the South Fork of the American River.
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Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus grows abundantly on our Placerville property in the Sierra Nevada foothills. There is a great deal of noteworthy genetic variability in this species if one takes the time to examine the plants closely. The flowers can range form white through deep blue and even occasionally hints of lavender-pink. I have even observed bicolored flowers. Flower color is just one characteristic with a range of variability within this species. There are other variable characteristics of interest.
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Thanks, Robert,
for the reminder of the name change - I'm a slow adopter of name changes! ;)
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fermi