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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on February 28, 2017, 01:59:48 PM
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I was going to say that this is Potentilla fruticosa "La La Land" :o
but it is in fact 'Moonlight'!
Call it a Warren Beatty moment!
;D
cheers
fermi
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;D ;D
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Lovely plant Fermi-, dreadful photographs! ;D
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snapped these while walking up at Mount Lofty the other day. Antarctica?! Wow.. :o
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Fermi how tall is your Potentilla 'moonlight' ? The foliage looks beautiful, like most Potentilla.
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It’s Amaryllis season in Adelaide and my budding collection is in bloom. Jamus (the forum’s Jupiter) kindly visited to lend his superb photography skills.
I’ve posted in detail in the Amaryllids section, http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15120.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15120.0)
And will avoid duplication… but here’s a taste of Jamus’ photography… I suspect from the coloring that this is the clone that was written about as Appleblossom in the 1900s.
Anita
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snapped these while walking up at Mount Lofty the other day. Antarctica?! Wow.. :o
It looks like Azorella trifurcata to me (and Azorella no longer belongs to the Hydrocotyloidae family) so Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens need to print some new labels
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...Again very well observed, David. ;D
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David I'm not surprised! There are lots of errors in the labeling there. I've discovered discrepancies myself. Thanks for the updated info.
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Colchicum variegatum flowering for the first time for me from Marcus Harvey's 2012 seed catalogue. Seed collected in Ambelos, Samos, Greece 1000m. I actually had this labelled as Colchicum hungaricum so there must have been a mix up. A pleasant surprise none the less.
P.S. Happy birthday Otto! ;D
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Wishing Otto all the very best of birthday wishes - many happy returns of the day!
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Happy Birthday Otto.
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Happy Birthday, Otto,
sorry that we won't be at Ferny Creek this weekend,
cheers
fermi and Will
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Sincere thanks to all for your warm Birthday Wishes . Maggi you are a gifted cake decorator if that cake is your work ?
A most welcome present for my birthday was Janis Ruksan's beautiful and scholarly new Crocus Monograph . It only took 6 days from Latvia to Melbourne . So many newly described and handsome species . The first one I had to look up was Crocus fauseri . I am still amazed and sad that so far Crocus ruksani has not been described . Janis certainly deserves to have a species named for him ,after devoting a life time to this genus .
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Jon , I am not sure that your Colchicum is C. variegatum . The true one has narrower , pointed sepals and when fully open more like a flattish star - but please prove me wrong .
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I agree with Otto regarding C. variegatum. I have it close to flowering here and it flowered 2 years ago, with narrower petals and a shorter petiole.
Here is my photo from 2014.
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Otto I'm sorry I didn't phone you on the 9th as I usually do. I didn't forget but I was away from my home phone all day and I'm not sure that my mobile works with overseas calls. It didn't when I was in Europe in September. Anyway, I was thinking of you and hope you had a great day. It would almost have been worth having a birthday myself, to get a cake like that, what a beautiful confection!
Very best wishes my friend, now and always. Love from
Lesley
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Crossyne flava is now in bloom again - only 2 this year, but more than one means there will be plenty of seed. Does anyone who got seed from me at the last Czech Conference still have their plants? Let me know if you'd like me to bring some more seeds!
cheers
fermi
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Wow they are stunning Fermi. I successfully germinated some of the seed you gave me but not sure how long until they flower.
I'm absolutely shattered. I've spent the day digging out and sieving a whole garden bed full of sword fern (Nephrolepis) and Alstroemeria to remove all the bulbs. I'm about half way through.
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Wow they are stunning Fermi. I successfully germinated some of the seed you gave me but not sure how long until they flower.
Hi Jamus,
my first one took 10 years to flower from seed :o - but you'll get them to bloom sooner in your climate (mine were in a small pot while we lived in Melbourne and only flowered after being in the ground here for a few years). The Flower-head in pic P1050791 is from a seedling which came up in the dry-creek bed next to where its parent grows! But I can't remember when it germinated. Last year its leaves had gotten to be as broad as its parent's (about 10cm) so I was hopeful it or one of its siblings would bloom this year.
cheers
fermi
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;D but seriously... the whole soil of the bed is passing through a quarter inch sieve. Anything I miss I will weed out individually. Failure is not an option! I need the space for more precious plants!
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Otto & Jamus,
I did think that Colchicum variegatum had narrower petals - I'm at a loss as to what else it could be. I've had another one flower from the seed Marcus sent me - the flower looks the same as the first one. I can't find much information about Colchicums online (in English anyway). Any guesses? Colchicum 'Autumn Queen' maybe?
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Otto & Jamus,
I did think that Colchicum variegatum had narrower petals - I'm at a loss as to what else it could be. I've had another one flower from the seed Marcus sent me - the flower looks the same as the first one. I can't find much information about Colchicums online (in English anyway). Any guesses? Colchicum 'Autumn Queen' maybe?
Not if it was grown from seed! Maybe it is a new species?!!! Colchicum marcusharveyii?
cheers
fermi
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Hi Jamus,
the seedling Boophone Crossyne was possibly from seed in 2009 or later. The first one to flower was in 2008 but no seedlings that year.
Here is our native "Garland Lily", Calostemma purpureum in flower
cheers
fermi
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Fermi your garland lily is looking magnificent! I found populations on the hill behind my work with a lot of colour variation. I took some mobile phone snaps but forgot I'd done it.
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and the spill-over Calostemma
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Here is our native "Garland Lily", Calostemma purpureum in flower
cheers
fermi
Fermi,
Garland Lily looks very nice. 8) Do you ever see Fringe Lily, Thysanotus, in your area? My understand is that there are 45 species in Southwestern Australia.
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This is the 2nd Colchicum to flower from the seed from Marcus. The sepals are more pointed but still not as narrow as I've seen in photos online of C. variegatum. Could it be a localised variation? Colchicum marcusharveyii it is then Fermi! ;)
Or maybe it's Colchicum bivonae? The AGS website says that the "...tepals can be rounded or pointed" and are a heavily tessellated, large bowl shaped flowers.
My Calostemma purpureum is nowhere near flowering - I have a feeling it flowered much later than yours last year too Fermi.
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Look like the bees have done some mixing of pollen Jon. What do you think, possible hybrid?
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Now my Colchicum variegatum, also bought from Marcus but as a bulb is flowering in my new bulb bed.
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Looking good Jamus!
It's a pity I don't know anyone else that grew some of Marcus' Colchicum seed to see what their flowers look like. It's possible there was a mix up with just mine. I'm still happy with it, whatever it is. :D
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Fermi,
Garland Lily looks very nice. 8) Do you ever see Fringe Lily, Thysanotus, in your area? My understand is that there are 45 species in Southwestern Australia.
Hi Robert,
I've not seen fringe-lily locally but it may exist in some places nearby.
They're not the easiest native lily to cultivate - we're trying it in a sand-bed this time :-\
Another clump of Garland Lily is coming into flower
cheers
fermi
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At yesterday's AGS Vic Group meeting a few members brought Cyclamen;
1) Viv's cyclamen
2) Cynthia had C. rohlfsianum;
3) Otto had a mixed pot featuring C. mirabile 'Tilebarn Nicholas';
at home this morning I found in flower one of our C. mirabile grown from AGS Seedex seed ex 'Tilebarn Nicholas'
cheers
fermi
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Hi Robert,
I've not seen fringe-lily locally but it may exist in some places nearby.
They're not the easiest native lily to cultivate - we're trying it in a sand-bed this time :-\
Another clump of Garland Lily is coming into flower
cheers
fermi
Fermi,
Thanks for the information. Let us (all) know if you have success with the Fringe-lilies in the sand-bed.
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Here is a dodgy picture of a crocus I snapped with my phone last night at a friends house. She said she bought the seed from Marcus a few years ago. I know it's a long shot, but can anyone hazard a guess as to what it might be? Otto? Anita?
Characteristics: Bluish purple tepals, yellowish in the throat. Slight darker striping, pointed tepal tips, short orange anthers.
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Are the anthers white? If so, probably pulchellus. I have a lot just starting also from Marcus' seed and a good deepish purple shade. Pulchellus is often paler.
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Sorry, didn't read it properly. NOT pulchellus with orange anthers. Early speciosus? Ian Y will know, for sure.
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Looking good Jamus!
It's a pity I don't know anyone else that grew some of Marcus' Colchicum seed to see what their flowers look like. It's possible there was a mix up with just mine. I'm still happy with it, whatever it is. :D
I had a lot of colchicum seed including variegatum (and Cyclamen) from Marcus' final list but not a single thing has germinated from the whole lot after a bit more than a year. I won't throw them out any time soon but I have to say I'm pretty disappointed.Actually, I do have one seedling just a few days ago, from one of the Dracunculus but nothing else.
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I was sort of thinking C. longiflorus, but the anthers weren't quite frilly enough (technical term). I didn't look that carefully though.
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I think a C. speciosus
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Jamus , you usually take superb photos but this one is terrible . As Maggi I think it is Crocus speciosus . However I have to see the orange finely divided style over topping the anthers .
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haha! you are right Otto. It's awful. I do apologise. :) I will tell Dannie that we think it might be speciosus.