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Early spring in the Southern Hemisphere

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Lesley Cox:
It's still July in the Southern Hemisphere (as everywhere) but the back of winter appears to be broken here at least, with a couple of days with mild, north westerly winds. Several new seeds have germinated and there are many crocuses starting, along with more Narcissus, Galanthus, the first Cyclamen coum and Adonis amurensis, Iris reticulata forms, especially `Natascha' and some seedlings from Alan McMurtrie's seed and I. `Sheila Ann Germaney' opened just today. I didn't want to put these crocuses in a winter thread, nor in the Crocus April thread, so here's a new one.

First C. biflorus ssp melantherus



Then two shots of what I have as C. biflorus ssp. pulchricolor. Thomas thinks it's a form of biflorus ssp alexandri because it has no yellow throat. I haven't looked at the corm tunic yet but the leaves are well advanced at flowering which they shouldn't be, according to Mathew.





Crocus cvijicii has truly wonderful colouring. The shot is a shocker and I apologise but it shows the glowing orangey yellow well. I went to get another pic just 5 mins later but in that short time a little cold wind had come up and the flowers are closed. The flash went off, so dark had it become. Another not good pic.





And what this post is all about, 2 further seedlings from the cvijicii x veluchensis batch. Both are lovely, the second one almost bronzy/brown in bud. In both cases the colour is stronger than the pics show. I'm very pleased with these and think I'll try to repeat the cross.









I really do apologise for the out-of-focus shots but it's raining now and I'm not going out again.

fermi de Sousa:
Lesley, do make up your mind!
These "hoops" really follow on from the ones I posted recently, but I suppose they can be considered "spring flowers"!
Firstly a GBF-raised hybrid "Ianmon";
then some Narc. romieuxii seedlings ex Julia Jane but not as flat as her; very floriferous, though. 2 clumps;
then one I got as N.bulbocodium var. graellsii, but I think that's supposed to be a late flowerer; 2 views.
Lastly another clump of "GB Ta-Julia" in another part of the garden.
cheers
fermi

Luc Gilgemyn:
Great shots Lesley and Fermi - brings back the Spring feeling in a chilly and wet summer !
I particularly love that Crocus biflorus ssp pulchricolor - smashing colours.
But do you even realize what you are doing Lesley ???  ::)  You might be waking up the Croconuts from their summer snooze ????   God knows what will happen now ? ;D

Magnar:
Yes I agree,, nice to see the spring flowers again now that we are going towards end of summer  here.

Lesley Cox:
I'm a female Fermi, I'm allowed to change my mind. And don't you feel better already knowing it's (almost) spring? I like the `Julia Jane' seedlings. Are these yours? I have a lot (100s) coming toward flowering size, another year perhaps, so I hope they flower so well. They'll be great for bulb lawn planting. 

Luc, that's just I'm hoping to do, re-activate the croconuts. They've been too quiet of late.

Welcome to the Southern Hemisphere Magnar.

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