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Title: May 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on May 30, 2025, 12:12:50 PM

There's still a day left to May, so better late than never!
A couple of autumn oxalis:
1) Salmon pink form of Oxalis hirta
2 & 3) Oxalis massoniana
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: May 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on May 30, 2025, 12:26:04 PM

1) Nerine crispa - now considered a form of Nerine undulata
2 &3) Nerine flexuosa 'Alba' - now N. undulata (Flexuosa Group) 'Alba' - growing up through a thicket of Jasminum nudiflorum. It flowers reliably despite being overgrown by the runners of the jasmine.
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fermi

Title: Re: May 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on May 30, 2025, 12:30:07 PM

1) Lachenalia longituba
2) Our entire saffron crop - Crocus sativus
3) a pale pink Nerine hybrid - derived from Nerine sarniensis
4) a purple Delosperma cooperi seedling
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: May 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on May 30, 2025, 12:35:46 PM

Lastly, Daubenya stylosa - pics taken almost a week apart
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fermi