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Title: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 07, 2025, 03:09:32 PM
It's still winter, so here are a few more snowdrops!
1) Galanthus rizehensis (or maybe woronowii?)
2) a seedling with pale green marks on the exterior of the outer petals
3-5) Galanthus 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 07, 2025, 11:34:11 PM
Some more "hoops"
1) One of the "Winter Colours" range
2) a seedling white hoop
3) Narcissus 'Looking Noble' from Keira Bulbs
4) Narcissus possibly 'Ben Bler' from Glenbrook Bulb Farm
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 09, 2025, 11:51:06 PM
The rather misnamed "Summer Snowflake", Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 09, 2025, 11:57:53 PM
Last week at Ferny Creek Hort Society we held a "Buy Swap Sell". One of the vendors, Craig Gardiner, specialises in South African Bulbs, especially Oxalis. Here's a pic of one of his trays
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: Diane Whitehead on August 20, 2025, 05:14:57 PM
How many oxalis did you get?
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 20, 2025, 10:11:26 PM
How many oxalis did you get?
Hi Diane,
 ;D None this time - I've bought a few from him previously!
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 29, 2025, 05:28:11 PM
Last Saturday our local AGC Vic Group held its inaugural Plant & Flower Show combined with a conference "Flora of the Veld - featuring South African Bulbs".
We awarded the first medal in honour of our dear friend, Otto.
So the Rock Gardening world has now 3 F's - The Forrest, The Farrer and The Fauser!
It was won by the largest Cyclamen rohlfsianum I have ever seen, exhibited by our membership Secretary and Journal Editor, Helen Batty,
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: Maggi Young on August 29, 2025, 05:50:03 PM
Wow, fermi, that is one LARGE cyclamen!  Congrats to Helen Batty on winning this first Fauser medal!!
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 31, 2025, 11:19:12 AM
Thanks, Maggi.
And thank you for your help - I heard that Luca contacted you for advice about running our first Show! I liked to think that this one would be close to an Early Bulb Day as run by SRGC.
Here are some more pics from the day.
Narcissus
Snowdrops
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fermi
 
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 31, 2025, 11:30:11 AM
More exhibits:
1) Romulea and crocus
2) Massonia sempervirens
3) Some of the other cyclamen
4) The Panel led by Jane Tonkin: Garry Reid, Gilles Lardy, Keith Tollis and Colin Hunt. They all shared wonderful stories of plant hunting and seeing Flowering bulbs in South Africa.
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 31, 2025, 10:15:58 PM
Bulbinella latifolia ssp doleritica over a week
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 01, 2025, 02:05:17 PM
Another one, Bulbinella eburniflora
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 01, 2025, 02:07:09 PM
One of Keira Bulbs' hoop hybrids a couple of days apart
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 01, 2025, 02:11:45 PM
Some tazettas
Narcissus Double Roman
Narcissus Straws
Narcissus 8W-O
Narcissus panizzianus
Narcissus Autumn Jade
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 01, 2025, 02:15:57 PM
A few more tazettas
Narc Golden Rain
Narc 8 W-Y
Narc bertolinii
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 01, 2025, 02:22:40 PM
A miscellany of narcissus
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 01, 2025, 02:25:50 PM
A trio of muscari
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fermi
Title: Re: August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: Maggi Young on September 01, 2025, 06:16:59 PM
Great selection of good plants, fermi!  I particularly like Narcissus 'Viristar'.
 
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