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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Paul T on September 01, 2009, 07:07:29 AM
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Howdy All,
Almost feels summery outside at the moment.... definitely T-shirt weather compared to most of what we've been having recently. Very fitting for the first day of "spring" here. Absolutely glorious weather, and without the awful winds we've had for the last week or so. Yeah!!
For starters, some of Thomas H's lovely Anemone blanda seedlings. There's a lovely pale blue with the "normal" blue ones, and then a purpley one. Following that is Anemone blanda 'Pink Star'.
I wish we had the smell function that Maggi has been talking about.... the brown Boronia (Boronia megastigma) is just glorious right now. The scent it divine!! 8)
Epimedium pubescens has popped flowers up in the last couple of days, which means i have to get myself together and send some off to Otto while I still can!! :o A lovely delicate flowerhead, quite tall and Heuchera-like to my eye.
Please click on the pic for a larger version.
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Melasphaerula ramosa is regarded by many as a weed, but I love it, and it hasn't become a problem to me as yet. Delicate little flowers on long stems dance about in the breeze quite happily. ;D
Scilla messaniaca is coming into full flower at the moment, assuming it is correctly named. I may post this in the Scilla topic as well, just to represent some of the Southern Hemisphere flowerings. ;)
I'll also be posting some stuf in the Narcissus topic shortly.
Enjoy.
Please click on the pic for a larger version.
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I meant to mention the little hitchhiker on the purpley Anemone blanda seedling...... looks like some sort of little wasp or something (I don't think the antennae are right for a flying aphid are they?). I didn't see it when I took the picture, but quite obvious when it came up on the computer. 8)
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The purpley blanda is particularly nice, very full-petalled. Lots of pollen there too, so the little fly guy will be pollinating hopefully
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Lesley,
It is much purpler than that in real life, just the shine of the petals making it paler. Smaller flower than the others, at this stage, but as it is a first flowering I don't make judgements yet. ;D The hassle with these is I wouldn't be game to try to separate out the different colour forms from the blue, so they're going to have to stay in there together and I'll never work out what is what when dormant. :o
The big disappointment with 'Pink Star' is that it appears to be pod sterile. I have no idea whether the pollen is viable or not, but I have never been able to get seedset on it, despite hand pollinating each year from the others that I have ('Charmeur', 'Blue Shades', 'White Splendour' and 'Radar'). I haven't had 'Charmeur' long enough yet to work out whether it will be pod fertile or not, as it is a very similar pink.
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I've not had seed on my 'Pink Star' either though 'Violet Star' makes a little seed and the seedlings are in shades of rich purple and hot magenta so very good. I've always thought 'White Splendour' was sterile' but this last spring it had some seed.
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always fun to see whats growing on the other side--bound to be some cool things i dont know (of course, lots of possibility for that in the north too!)
love the colour on the pale anemone, and the scilla too..
cohan
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These 3 today and some nice person will tell me please, the names of the two Narcissus cultivars. They are rescued from my long grass. The first is about 20cms and the second about 30cms though both would perhaps be taller if in good conditions and not hideously neglected.
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These 3 flowers are more than I've had before on Trillium nivale. There would have been a fourth as well but it was misshapen and didn't develop properly. It has taken 12 years from the original bought plant to achieve this much.
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Trillium chloropetalum and Narcissus 'Rapture'.
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A lovely near black chloropetalum Doug. :)
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It's that time of the season again, to get me all excited, when one
of my favourite geophytes the Tecophilaea's are flowering right now.
Without doubt, the most sought after of all the smaller (alpine) flowering
bulbs/corms: the fabulous "Chilean blue crocus"
Its supreme beauty and rarity makes it a must for in every connoisseur's
collection.
This species is now believed to be critically endangered in the wild, mainly
because of over-collecting and intensive grazing by cattle and sheep to the
point of becoming extinct.
Fortunately they are not difficult to grow, and although rare in
cultivation, and given the right environment, will not be lost from the
planet.
They are usually grown in an alpine house or cold glasshouse.
Because they are so unique and beautiful, these plants justify special
attention and treatment.
Tecophilaea's of course are always much admired when flowering en masse, a sight never
to be forgotten.
Enjoy the pictures
Bill Dijk
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Bill - Good grief what a sight!
An impeccably clean and well organized scene as well.
Do tell us how you winter them when dormant - moisture etc and your mix..
johnw
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A glorious sight, Bill
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Crikey..... locally plentiful, eh???!!!! 8)
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Sorry folks, no profile mug shot of myself yet, 8) will work on that.
Maggi has send me some instruction, will try soon.
Bill
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Dear Bill,
Absolutely amazing..... 8)
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Bill has been an advocate for Tecophilaea in New Zealand. His passion for them is evident in the photos below
Plus his mini daffs are very cool
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Heck Bill you have the Tecophilaea bug really bad - what 'a glad to be alive' sight and to know that you are saving these endangered plants must be so heartwarming.
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OMG :o :o :o :o
You must be the happiest person on earth when you look at that sea of blue
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Tecophilaea's of course are always much admired when flowering en masse, a sight never
to be forgotten.
Bill, thank you for such an amazing sight, these wonderful coloured Tecophilaea certainly know how to show themselves off to best effect and are obviously given 5 star treatment by you :)
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WOW!!!!
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"Bill, thank you for such an amazing sight"
Truly amazing...
I cherish the 20 seedlings (now approx. 10cm high) that I have grown from seed and hope one day (soon!) to have a small patch of blue "heaven" just like that :D
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A few more jewels from Eclectica:
Geissorhiza radians - this has to be the most beautiful flower in the world ;D
Cyclamen coum - oh, no not again! ;)
Cyclamen persicum - my little volunteer...
Tropaeolum hookerianum austropurpureum - I had to put this one in - again ::)
Paeonia rockii (?) - never thought I could grow this one in my climate - from seed nogal;
And a miscellaneous Polyanthus cultivar.
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I can only join a lot of the previous posters !
a truly amazing sight Bill !!!!! :o :o :o :o
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Hi all,
Nice to see springtime flowers in fall :D :D :D, and someones unknown ::)
Cheers
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Sorry folks, no profile mug shot of myself yet, 8) will work on that.
Maggi has send me some instruction, will try soon.
Bill
Hey, you did it! Hello, Bill.... so much nicer to see you!!
M
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Hi John, when it comes to storing the Tecophilaea corms/bubs during the winter, the short answer is very carefully.
After flowering, I usually gradually reduce the watering, to allow the bulbs to go completely dormant.
You can either store them dry (95% dry) in their own containers in a cool, dry, frost-free location, or like I do dig them up and again store them in the same cool, dry, frost-free spot.
Watch out for rats and mice, I use rat bait.
Trust this was helpful.
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Troaeolum:this beautiful genus contains many species from South America.
Many species make atractive climbers and others can be used in the garden or in cotainers.
They require good drainage and tolerate full sun or partial shade.
Enjoy.
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Can someone please tell me what all those stars in the profile are all about?
Could I perhaps bribe admin or Maggi :-* with some Tecophilaea or Tropaeolum corm/bulbs ;D
Was worth trying :(
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Can someone please tell me what all those stars in the profile are all about?
Could I perhaps bribe admin or Maggi :-* with some Tecophilaea or Tropaeolum corm/bulbs ;D
Was worth trying :(
Keep posting lots more lovely pix, Bill, and the stars will increase. 8) 8)
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It's done purely on the number of postings you make, but in terms of quality, I think you have already achieved 5 gold stars (with knobs on) already !!
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Lesley, that is a lovely Fritillaria aurea, I grow something simular, and flowering at the moment, but lost the name.
Could it be the same species? or just another hybrid/clone
I love my frits, but they are difficult to maintain up north, but that does not stop me from trying.
Had another good frost last nite, forgot to cover my early potatoes, all black now :'(
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Can someone please tell me what all those stars in the profile are all about?
Could I perhaps bribe admin or Maggi :-* with some Tecophilaea or Tropaeolum corm/bulbs ;D
Was worth trying :(
Bill - Thanks for the advise on Tecophilaea.
The more gold stars = the more free time one has.
The blue stars = people who can be bribed with chocolate.
johnw
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BTW:how do I get the "quote from" in the next post and what does that "red Xremove" means in the posting? Thanks.
I have to wait till Maggi wakes up from her beauty sleep to bribe her with chocolate, hope she is in a good mood ;D
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Bill - Clicking "remove" will remove your posting from the Forum permanently. You will see that that option is not available for other's postings, only your own. Usually when one makes a serious error and then want to remove the posting it is already too late, Maggi has read it and pounced already. The nice thing about late evening in Nova Scotia and New Zealand is that we can be fairly certain she is asleep. Sometimes she must set her alarm for 3am GMT just to check on us, so be careful. ;D She doesn't miss a trick. ;)
If you click on someone else's post all you can do is quote from it in your reply. Once you hit quote then it is your letter and you can respond below the last quote mark. You and also eliminate parts of the quote that are not relevant to your reply. Just be careful not to delete the "word quote in square brackets" at the beginning and at the end of the quote.
johnw
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While we all enjoy the standard daffodils, we must not forget the miniatures, with their own charm, appeal and popularity.
They're easy to grow in pots or containers, and provide flowering and enjoyment over a long period, from May until Oct. (Southern Hemisphere)
No need to say that I enjoy growing them and doing a spot of hybridizing with the miniatures at the same time of the season.
I grow most of my miniature species and hybrids in containers, outside in the nursery, or inside a glass-house as you can see in one of the pictures for convenience of hydridising and freedom of rain, wind and frost, not to forget better seed production.
Anyway here are a few of the (mainly) N cyclamineus seedlings/hybrids, one of my favourite genera.
Enjoy.
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This time more yellow N.cyclamineus miniature seedlings/hybrids, with varieties like Little Gem, Atom, Weebee, Kibitser, Mitzy and other suitable vrieties all used in the breeding and back crosses made for better form, vigour, colour, and suitability for the (rock)garden
More to come later, enjoy.
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Here's another fantastic plant from these parts: an extremely rare, yellow-flowered form of the Hilton Daisy, Gerbera aurantiaca - for your viewing pleasure :D
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Good afternoon, Chums! I've been having a quiet, computer free morning... but I see you are sorting out Bill's queris about Froum "stuff".....Thanks! :-*
Bill, I have resized your frit photo for you..... it is a form of F. aurea... looks very much like the narrow petalled form that was marketed "down here" as 'Golden Flag' :)
Your "starry" N. cyclamineus forms are delightful!! 8)
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Lovely run of photographs here, so unseasonal for us northerners and such a welcome splash of colour.
Enjoyed them, Paddy
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The gerbera is a beauty Rogan. Forgive me, but at first glance I thought - Doronicum!
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Maggi, locally plentiful (Tecophilaeas) but NOT locally cheap!!!
Bill, Great that you have joined the world of posters. Our first North Islander, so far as I can remember, so an extra warm welcome.
Judging from your Frit aurea and the various notes about this species, mine may be F. collina, not aurea as it has rounded shoulders, not the square ones which are so evident in your pic. Maybe Maggi or Ian would like to have another look at mine and give an opinion.
I mentioned earlier that I had another aurea about to flower from Frit Group seed. It's still a couple of days away but so far appears to be almost cream rather than yellow and without any chequering at all. Wierd!
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Whatever you want on the Forum Bill, Maggi can be bribed with chocolate. ;D
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It's that time of the season again, to get me all excited, when one
of my favourite geophytes the Tecophilaea's are flowering right now.
Without doubt, the most sought after of all the smaller (alpine) flowering
bulbs/corms: the fabulous "Chilean blue crocus"
Its supreme beauty and rarity makes it a must for in every connoisseur's
collection.
This species is now believed to be critically endangered in the wild, mainly
because of over-collecting and intensive grazing by cattle and sheep to the
point of becoming extinct.
Fortunately they are not difficult to grow, and although rare in
cultivation, and given the right environment, will not be lost from the
planet.
They are usually grown in an alpine house or cold glasshouse.
Because they are so unique and beautiful, these plants justify special
attention and treatment.
Tecophilaea's of course are always much admired when flowering en masse, a sight never
to be forgotten.
Enjoy the pictures
Bill Dijk
very cool to see them en masse! are these all natural variations, or are there cultivars? are you producing these commercially, or just for fun?
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Can someone please tell me what all those stars in the profile are all about?
I don't know about stars, Bill ... you deserve PLANETS! Across your own blue firmament!!! Magnificent sight. :D
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Here are a some of the white N.cyclamineus crosses I've made, mainly with Snipe and other white seedlings under number, often crossing back 2 or 3 times with other fertile species or white hybrids to improve the shape and the colour, and hopefully remain fertile for futher future hybridising.
N.cyclamineus sdgs. #1 and #2 are the same, after 3 days the flower turned almost to pure white.
Enjoy.
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A couple of my favourite white miniatures, which don't need introdudtion.
Snipe of course is a very good fertile parent variety, which I use extensively when I cross it with the cyclamineus species and other white fertile hybrid/seedlings.
Xit, no doubt is always a very good variety in any ones miniature cup class on the show bench, and not to forget the rock garden.
Cheers and enjoy.
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.....mentioned earlier that I had another aurea about to flower from Frit Group seed. It's still a couple of days away but so far appears to be almost cream rather than yellow and without any chequering at all. Wierd!
You might be getting into the realms of tubiformis then, Lesley!!
Judging from your Frit aurea and the various notes about this species, mine may be F. collina, not aurea as it has rounded shoulders, not the square ones which are so evident in your pic. Maybe Maggi or Ian would like to have another look at mine and give an opinion.
Lesley, take a read of Ian's frit article again, it should help!
F. collina has toothed edges/ serrations to the edge of the tepals. aurea does not.
I attach two pix.... one showing whole flower of F. collina.... this does have square shoulders, as you can see.... and a close-up of the toothed edges.....
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Sometimes, different, nicely shaped N.bulbicodium seedlings pop up in the boxes, from natural open pollination.
These three bulbicodiums are just a few of many that I collected and grow on, to see if they come true next season.
Thanks for the warm welcome by all your friendly SRGC members, I am little overwhelmed.
Hope you get as much pleasure from the pictures as I do showing them, your responses make it all worthwhile.
BTW: One of my other hobbies is of course photography, I often take many exposures at different settings, and select the best image. One GB card can hold over 1000 pictures, cheap for digital photography nowadays.
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A couple of my favourite white miniatures, which don't need introdudtion.
Snipe of course is a very good fertile parent variety, which I use extensively when I cross it with the cyclamineus species and other white fertile hybrid/seedlings.
Xit, no doubt is always a very good variety in any ones miniature cup class on the show bench, and not to forget the rock garden.
Cheers and enjoy.
Bill, you have hit my favourite cyclamineus spot!! I think 'Snipe' is just stunning and yours are all standing so neatly in their box.... just perfection! Thanks!
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Bill, you have hit my favourite cyclamineus spot!! I think 'Snipe' is just stunning and yours are all standing so neatly in their box.... just perfection! Thanks!
Maggi, it has been mentioned by several members that you're very fond of chocolate and could be persuaded to do deals. OK, lets get down to some serious bargaining.
I'll send you a truckload of Cadbury creamy chocolate in return for a small favour, to be discussed privetly, none of the other members should know anyhing about it.
I'll even throw in a few cyclamineus Snipe for good measure. ;D 8)
Mum's the word. :-X :-X :-X :-X
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Strictly, Bill, as Global Moderator I should be as Ceasar's wife... above suspicion and all that....... but what the heck...you're talking my language here.... bribe away.... I'll await your choccy message! ;D ;)
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Maggi - how COULD you sell the Bulb Despot into slavery for a couple of cream eggs and some little yellowy-white blooms? Ask for a bottle of something for the conference!!! :o
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Maggi - how COULD you sell the Bulb Despot into slavery for a couple of cream eggs and some little yellow blooms? Ask for a bottle of something for the conference!!! :o
Oh, Cliff, sometimes a girl's just gotta do...... etc! [attach=1]
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Thanks Maggi, for the pictures. It's definite then, mine is aurea, not collina. Smooth as a baby's posterior. The second is showing the merest suggestion of chequering but still quite cream in colour. Few more days. For some reason there is also an erythronium in bud, in the same pot. ???
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Bill, those 'Snipe' x cyclamineus hybrids are exquisite. I especially love the really spikey ones. Will you have some for sale in the reasonably near future? I'm now a paid up member of the oldies/wrinklies society and realize that time is flying rather quickly.
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For some reason there is also an erythronium in bud, in the same pot.
Gregarious little bulbs, bless 'em! ;D
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Bill, you have hit my favourite cyclamineus spot!! I think 'Snipe' is just stunning and yours are all standing so neatly in their box.... just perfection! Thanks!
Maggi, it has been mentioned by several members that you're very fond of chocolate and could be persuaded to do deals. OK, lets get down to some serious bargaining.
I'll send you a truckload of Cadbury creamy chocolate in return for a small favour, to be discussed privetly, none of the other members should know anyhing about it.
I'll even throw in a few cyclamineus Snipe for good measure. ;D 8)
Mum's the word. :-X :-X :-X :-X
Bill
Do you not know who is IN the Cadbury egg? By the time she emerges it will look like a Narcissus Bulb Fly has been at work.
johnw
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Do you suggest Maggi is IN the egg? I would have expected the egg to be in Maggi. Which reminds me of a silly thing from my youth, which went...
"Algie met a bear, the bear met Algie.
The bear was bulgie, the bulge was Algie." :)
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Bill, you have hit my favourite cyclamineus spot!! I think 'Snipe' is just stunning and yours are all standing so neatly in their box.... just perfection! Thanks!
Maggi, it has been mentioned by several members that you're very fond of chocolate and could be persuaded to do deals. OK, lets get down to some serious bargaining.
I'll send you a truckload of Cadbury creamy chocolate in return for a small favour, to be discussed privetly, none of the other members should know anyhing about it.
I'll even throw in a few cyclamineus Snipe for good measure. ;D 8)
Mum's the word. :-X :-X :-X :-X
Bill
Do you not know who is IN the Cadbury egg? By the time she emerges it will look like a Narcissus Bulb Fly has been at work.
johnw
Shock horror! Business news here mentions that Kraft is trying to take over Cadbury! That Creme Egg could turn out to be filled with peanut butter! :o
cheers
fermi
PS a belated welcome to the Forum, Bill. I've enjoyed your pics on the PBS site for years.
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Babiana pygmaea and Narcissus "Itzim"
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Tulipa aitchisonii v clusioides is now open,
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Lesley, a nice jonquil from the back
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but a fiercesome split cup from the front!
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Last Saturday I was at Otto's and took a couple of pics,
the "side garden"
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And a nice ?Richea - edit: no.... Dracophyllum
secundum , related and also in the Epacridaceae .
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cheers
fermi
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The Richea is a beauty. Wish these were in NZ and available. Are they easy from seed? I suspect not. :'(
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I'm ashamed to show my Narcissus pics, having seen Bill's. This is another from the long grass, 'Sweet Pepper,' I think. In the flesh, the colours are a little richer, stronger, especially the red.
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Tulipa aitchisonii v clusioides is now open,
cheers
fermi
Looks gorgeous Fermi :o - one that's going on my (too long) wanted list.... ::)
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This is another from the long grass, 'Sweet Pepper,' I think. In the flesh, the colours are a little richer, stronger, especially the red.
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That long grass of yours hides many treasures Lesley ! ;)
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Crikey, this is a lively forum, with everybody chiming in ,or adding their own banter to the fooling around.
No secrets here.
It's like a big family with Mother Hubbard in charge and pulling the strings, undeterred, and in the face of all the flack she received, we all love Maggi to bits, if that is physical possible ;D ;D
Anyway, one day, with enough chocolate supplied, she might be persuaded to slip the odd star in, unnoticed when nobody is looking. :) :)
I feel like a private soldier in the army, naked, amongst all those star-studded generals in the forum. ;D ;D
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Your time will come Bill, yourr time will surely come! ;D
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People, I implore you.... do NOT tell Bill that the stars only come in time.. and are not in my gift.... while he is in this blissful state of believing in my omnipotence, I can be on the receiving end of mega amounts of choc..... ;D
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Today two more pictures of N.Niade and N.Tinkerbell flowering at the moment.
Niade is a little beauty, a real miniature, would be very desirable in everybody's collection.
Not sure of its origen, can't even find any information in the Daffodil Register and Classifies List.
Could any (New Zealand) member ( Lesley?)perhaps supply some info or share some light on this miniature variety?
The lovely Tinkerbell of course was raised by our own very popular Mavis Verry, who also raised Trena and Tracey.
Not quite a mini, but still a welcome addition to a collection.
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Bill, these displays against the black background are very striking... and crystal clear... super daffs !!
It would just be downright churlish not to believe in the pretty Tinkerbell, wouldn't it? ;)
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Bill, I'm sorry I can't help with the origins of 'Niade.' It is certainly a delightful variety. Betty Clarke sometimes has a word to say on the Form and she is perhaps more likely than others to know something useful, or maybe Ross Spencer (Galahad here).
Would you please send me a copy of your new catalogue? I feel a large spend coming on. ;D
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Fermi posted this plant in my garden a few days ago as ? Richea , but it is Dracophyllum
secundum , related and also in the Epacridaceae .
The other australian dwarf shrub in flower in my garden at the moment is Tetratheca
subaphylla .
Otto.
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Lesley , the creamy-white N. cyclaminius hybrid came from Don Schofield's garden , as it has not got a name yet would you like to suggest one to Don ?
N. 'Swagger' was bred by Rod Barwick in Tasmania,
cheers Otto.
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David, you have just given me a brilliant idea.
I just keep on posting smiley's to boost my tally of postings and more stars.
I am on to it now.
Hey presto, another posting down the drain
Cheers
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very cool to see them en masse! are these all natural variations, or are there cultivars? are you producing these commercially, or just for fun?
Cohan, The Tecophilaea cyanocrocus's are the true species, whereas T.leichtlinii and violacea are varieties, and with hand-polination they usualy come true to colour from seed.
Yes I do sell them commercially in quantity, mainy to bigger bulb merchants in Holandor the USA.
How many thousands do want? ;D ;D
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Bill, those 'Snipe' x cyclamineus hybrids are exquisite. I especially love the really spikey ones. Will you have some for sale in the reasonably near future? I'm now a paid up member of the oldies/wrinklies society and realize that time is flying rather quickly.
Lesley, I wil send you a price-list when I get some more printed for the coming season, but the really spikey cyclamineus seedlings are very scarce, often only a very few, try me again perhaps next eason or in a couple of years.
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The first picture is a small seedling of N.Rufus X N.cyclamineus.
Not quite a miniature, but have crossed it again with a nicely shaped N.cyclamineus.
I believe the seedlings to be fertile, which look promising so far, and have produced seed last season.
Anyway, hopefully it's a good start towards a nicely coloured yellow/orange miniature?
The second picture is just another nicely formed cross between N.jonquilla and N.triandrus albus.
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Daffy Duck: ( N.henriquesii X N.cyclamineus) this is one of our most recent and delightful introductons.
This beautiful multi-headed cylamineus type minature is vigorous and very floriferous.
Two often three lemon-yellow dainty shaped flowers and nicely scalloped corona, makes this a treaure for the rock garden, pots or showbench.
You may have already seen this picture on the daffnet or PBS, but will show it again for the members that have not seen it before..
Enjoy
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Bill - many of us barely have time to log in to one forum. I am sure that many of the viewers of your pics here will not have seen them before. Thanks for sharing them!
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Lovely photos Bill, especially like N.jonquilla and N.triandrus albus one - if you keep posting at this rate you will soon collect more gold stars - from the viewing ratings you emotions are proving amazingly popular - have you tried crossing them ;D
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I love 'em all Bill but your jonquilla triandrus albus cross is a real stormer.
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It's Rufus x cyclamineus for me please. Love that strong colour. Are you going to name it Bill?
Otto, I have the perfect name for Don's white cyclamineus, depending on whether those swept back ears are usually a bit lopsided as in your picture. I'd want them to be perfect, then I'll suggest to him, 'Bonnie Lesley.' ;D ;D ;D He and I both are of Scottish ancestry after all. :)
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David, you have just given me a brilliant idea.
I just keep on posting smiley's to boost my tally of postings and more stars.
I am on to it now.
Hey presto, another posting down the drain
Cheers
That's cheating, Bill.....much more of this and there'll be a chocolate fine...... ::)
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very cool to see them en masse! are these all natural variations, or are there cultivars? are you producing these commercially, or just for fun?
Cohan, The Tecophilaea cyanocrocus's are the true species, whereas T.leichtlinii and violacea are varieties, and with hand-polination they usualy come true to colour from seed.
Yes I do sell them commercially in quantity, mainy to bigger bulb merchants in Holandor the USA.
How many thousands do want? ;D ;D
thousands?...lol..thanks for the info--very handy that the varieties come true from seed...
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This odd little daff has opened in a large pot of Oxalis triangularis. Must have been there for 2 or 3 years but I've not noticed it before. One perant is very obviously N. bulb. citrinus, judging from the foliage and the shape of the corona but the other parent must be a little trumpet of some kind. I like it and will rescue it later and try to bulk it up a little for a patch in the garden.
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These two frits are out today, first, the second of my 2 F. aurea but I think it could be a hybrid. The colour is pale yellow, the petal tips curve outwards and there is almost no chequering at all. Very pretty though.
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Frit tubiformis moggridgei seedling, which is less yellow than I expected but not so red as straight tubiformis. Two flowering stems from a single bulb is surely rare?
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These 3 flowers are more than I've had before on Trillium nivale. There would have been a fourth as well but it was misshapen and didn't develop properly. It has taken 12 years from the original bought plant to achieve this much.
Lesley, that is a nice picture of Trillium nivale, I am jalous and peeved off that I can't grow it, tried it for years with no luck, not an easy species to grow I believe. Try to collect some seed will ye, wouldn't mind having another go if you have a few seeds to spare, we could perhaps organise a little swap.
I have plenty of Trillium rivale, easily grown from seed (even old and dried up seed) but still a lovely little trllium.
Also flowering at the moment is another little treasure: T.pusillum var.ozarkanum.
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For a bit of a change, here are a couple of nicely coloured pink split-corona standard daffodils, photographed at the local Spring show. These butterfly daffies are very popular with the ladies for their floral art classes.
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Quote: "These butterfly daffies are very popular with the ladies for their floral art classes."
Bill, so perfectly damned!
You worried above about posting photographs which you had already posted elsewhere. I think we would hate to lose these photographs and are delighted to see such beauties. I'm with David above: the jonquilla x triandrus hybrid above is outstanding, a really beautiful bloom.
Paddy
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A while ago Lesley mentioned Iris reticulata variety Katharine Hodgkin.
Just wondering through the garden, I found these little beauties in flower ;) ;)
Again when planted in big patches like that they make a magnifecient display.
Alas, I'll have to be honest and confess that I don't possess any of these charming little treasures .
These pictures were taken at a popular bulb garden show called "De Lentetuin" (Spring Garden), in Holland, when we went back home to the old country for a holiday last year.
This indoor garden show is organised by well known professional (mainly) bulb growers, to show of their produce and latest introductions, all beautifully displayed, an early forerunner of the famous Keukenhof gardens.
Has anyone been to te Keukenhof yet?
Perhaps, some of our dutch members, could tell us more about this colourful well organised show??
If anyone is interested in more pictures from this show, just let me know.
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Bill, you may be interested in these threads......
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3260.msg82950;topicseen#msg82950
= Keukenhof Gardens in Spring 2009
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3643.msg95780;topicseen#msg95780
= Peony Show at the Keukenhof Castle 2009
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1846.0 = Peony Show at the Keukenhof Castle 2008
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Quote: "These butterfly daffies are very popular with the ladies for their floral art classes."
Bill, so perfectly damned!
I think Lesley will certainly damn them ::)
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I am no lover of split -corona daffs, yet, when I see these perfect specimens so artfully photographed, I can see their appeal to some folks.
When I say "perfect" specimens, of course, I mean perfect -of their kind- which I believe to be inherently imperfect! To my mind, a daff is a daff because it has a trumpet.... now, that may be a short trumpet or a long one, a narrow one or a wide one, but there must be a a trumpet..... for me, the flattened face, however neat or prettily coloured is not a trumpet... therefore... not a daff! ::)
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Quote: "These butterfly daffies are very popular with the ladies for their floral art classes."
Bill, so perfectly damned!
Paddy
Says it all really, doesn't it. Bout the daffs and the ladies. ???
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Bill, I've had to work hard for my 3 T. nivale flowers. I bought the plant, a single nose with a flower, in the springtime, from Francie Herlund, way back when the NZAGS show was still held in the Hort Soc rooms, probably about 12 years ago now. It had been recently split off from a bigger plant and for the next two years didn't even show above the ground. Then it came up but didn't flower for another couple of years and since, I've had just single blooms, 2 last year and these 3 now. It has never set seed and I don't expect it to because I have no other clone for cross pollination but I'll let you know in due course.
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The massed little irises are stunning Bill but I have to admit to preferring a nifty little patch of 6 or 7 in a home garden situation. En masse like those, they seem to be grown just for a big splash of colour and the subtle markings are not noticed so easily nor their individual charms appreciated.
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A little hint for those who sell trilliums not grown from seed. NEVER offer plants which have been recently removed from a bigger plant. They rarely survive and even if they do, take several years before they begin to thrive. If you have to take them this way they should be grown on for at least a full year before being offered for sale. It is nothing short of cheating your customers to do otherwise.
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The first flower on Anemone pavonina surrounded by Ipheion uniflorum "Froyle Mill"
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Scilla bithynica
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Scilla melaina
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Ranunculus ficaria "Brambling"
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Tulipa bakeri "Lilac Wonder"
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cheers
fermi
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To my mind, a daff is a daff because it has a trumpet.... now, that may be a short trumpet or a long one, a narrow one or a wide one, but there must be a a trumpet..... for me, the flattened face, however neat or prettily coloured is not a trumpet... therefore... not a daff! ::)
Maggi, does that mean that the modern doulble daffodil without a trumpet don't qualify either?
In my humble opinion there should be room and acceptance for both divisions.
In today's world double features are almost invariably produced or hybridised in every genera.
When the first pink daffodil came on the scene, decades ago, some conservative folk from the old school condenmed them out of hand, claiming it didn't look like the traditional yellow daffodil.
Should a rose always be red? other colours like blue, yellow, white or bicolors are now popular as well.
Beauty after all is in the eye of the beholder etc.
Just my personal opinion.
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Absolutely, Bill, we are all entitled to our opinions and preferences.... but in the world of alpine plants there is a distinct leaning towards the "natural" species look. It's what we do! ::)
There is a reasonable argument for hybridising from the simple point of view of producing plants that are easier to grow...... and goodness knows, our gardens would be the poorer without those attempts.
When one's main focus is the diminutive wild gems of the plant world the more exagerated forms can be a bit too much for us, that's all! :D
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Absolutely, Bill, we are all entitled to our opinions and preferences.... but in the world of alpine plants there is a distinct leaning towards the "natural" species look. It's what we do! ::)
Maggi, I fully agree with you when it regards the natural species look, especially the petite alpines, including the charming, native miniature narcissi species in the wild. I wouldn't want to change that in any shape or form.
However, from a RHS Daffodil Show point of view and the intense competition associated with it (and I belong to that category as well) the older varieties like say King Alfred daffodil could not compete, and have been superseded by the improved and modern hybrid yellow trumpet in shape, size and quality, although this old variety is still one of my favourites.
I admit, that I am not true-blue alpine connoisseur in that sense(yet), and perhaps need education, but will benefit and learn a lot from you all on the finer points of this very interesting sometimes addictive alpine hobby.
Anyway, nothing like a good honest, constructive discussion on some of the subjects, and/or consider a few alternative options. Life would be boring without some excitement. Enough stirring for today. ;D ;D
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OK lets get back to showing a few more daffies that are in flower at th moment.
The first picture is a double poeticus called Judy Cotter, a real charmer with a perfume to boot.
I think Lesley should know this lady which this variety was named after somewhere from the South Island?
The second picture is a collection of early N.poeticus seedlings, sparkling white perianth with the typical contrasting pheasant eye. Would make a excellent addition for the (rock?) garden and show bench.
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Those Judy Cotter daffs bear more than a passing resemblence to double trillium flowers..... apart from the scent, of course ---- so good that many narcissus do seem to retain good fragrance in the newer, fancier varieties.
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Bill, I don't believe your opinion is humble, at all. ;D
I don't know a Judy Cotter. Used to know Eileen though. Knew Judy..? (can't remember her name but her mother is Mavis Hook. Don't think it was Cotter. ???)
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Maggi, thank you for your LOVELY card. As always it is a delight and I really appreciate it. I did nothing at all except what was a pleasure to do for you both. Any time.
With love.
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Fermi, I am deeply shocked and horrified at your picture of the Mertensia. Tim had told me his were flowering and I couldn't say I didn't believe him, but...... BECAUSE!!! mine from the same batch of seed have just started to germinate a couple of weeks ago!!! There were 3 or 4 when Tim emailed but there are 30ish now and already some are big enough to put into small pots. But I wonder why such a delay in mine? I sent a lot of that seed to various people and I've not heard from anyone except Tim, that there was germination. I hope there has been.
Anyway, I wish you well with it. It loves a cool, moist place and hates wind. Perhaps not the best description of Redesdale.
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Two views of the first flowers on Iris bicapitata ex BIS 2007/11 collected by Tony Willis in Gargano, Italy. 2006 seed donated by Harald Mathes and planted on 23.3.08. It seems it used to be lumped in with Iris lutescens according to a google search in Pacific bulbs website.
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That is really nice Pat and flowering so soon from seed sowing. I know AC in Argentina has this one too.
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Please remind me who AC is.
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Sorry Pat, I mean Alberto Castillo.
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The peony that dares not speak its name is in full bloom! ;D
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We call this Paeonia mascula ssp russii but others will disagree ;D
cheers
fermi
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A paeonia by any other name...
Paddy
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Out today is a bulb of Fritillaria rhodokanakis, all yellow or perhaps more accurately, yellow/green, with no red on it at all. It hasn't flowered before but is one of a little group that has flowered in part for 3 or 4 years now. I'm hand pollinating, naturally. Two other bulbs will flower in a day or two.
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Here are the others in the patch, from last year. Not a lot of colour but some.
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Lovely frits, Lesley.
A few pics taken in haste this morning,
A deep yellow DB Iris just opening,
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A double Narcissus poeticus which is possibly a hybrid with a jonquil as this year a couple are "double headers"!
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And a single flowered Poet,
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The first flower on the tiny bearded iris, I. suavolens
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cheers
fermi
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I just love your first flowering little bearded iris, Fermi, I. suavolens....really furry looking and a lovely colour and altogether very cute ;)
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Is the double poeticus scented Fermi? It looks like the one my mother used to hace but it flowered much later - November here and she always said it came from the Orkney Islands as a cultivated plant but had never been found in the wild (not that the Orkneys aren't wild ;D). I've got 3 from Marcus this last summer in hope that they're the same thing.
Not a single bearded iris out yet but lots of buds.
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Lesley,
these are scented and remind me of gardenias in appearance so I think that clouds my memory of what they smell like! I'll try to get a sniff of them tonight.
Robin,
THis iris is absolutely tiny at about 5cm high! It came to me as I. attica but I think it's more likely to be I. suavolens.
These are the first flowers on Gagea fibrosa
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grown from seed sown 2 years ago - so they are still in their seedpot as is this cute little Anemone coronaria (Iraq) from seed from Goteborg.
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The wonderfully vibrant Bellevalia dubia
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Another DBI - "Knick Knack"
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cheers
fermi
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I have a pot of seedlings somewhere of Bellevalia dubia. Must go looking. It's that long grass again! ::) B. forniculata is almost out and should be worth a small picture in a couple of days.
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About 7 years ago I was given a nice plant of what was supposed to be Iris unguicularis 'Starker's Pink.' It has never flowered until today I found this first and rather mutilated flower (we've had terrible winds, both hot and cold, over this last week) and obviously it is not 'Starker's Pink' but I'm rather hoping it is cretensis which I've had from seed several times recently but always turning out NOT to be cretensis. Any opinions are welcome.
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A few interesting plants seen at the weekend at the spring show of the Ferny Creek Hort.
Society . A lot of the usual Daffodils , Camellias, Magnolias , shrubs and trees , tree Peonies ,small bulbs , Alpines and Australian Native plants : I thought the prostrate
native Kennedia microphylla was delightful - the terra cotta brown pea flowers matching
the terra cotta pot .Also thought the new brown foliage of Epimedium wushanense exciting ,
my contribution was the construction and planting ( had to raid my garden ) of the
1.5 x1.5 crevice garden in the black raised box
001(20) small australian plants by Kuranga Native Plant Nursery
005(4) various Australian Epacris species in a small vase
013 (4) Kennedia microphylla , unusual colour for a flower ,
011 (7) Epimedium wushanense - spiny ,brown new foliage ,
002(3) my crevice garden
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Thanks for sharing, Otto; wish I could see these things in person!
Yes, the Kennedia microphylla IS delightful 8)
The flower stem of Epimedium wushanense is sturdy and super foliage.... I like it.Heck, I like it ALL!
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I also like it all. There are so many exciting flowers shown here.
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I too like the Kennedia very much.
I found some good pictures of other species of this in Kew's Legumes of the World....... and a whole range of species is available from Chiltern Seeds
(as Kennedya)......I must resist, I must resist,I must resist.
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A few interesting plants seen at the weekend at the spring show of the Ferny Creek Hort.
Society . A lot of the usual Daffodils , Camellias, Magnolias , shrubs and trees , tree Peonies ,small bulbs , Alpines and Australian Native plants : I thought the prostrate
native Kennedia microphylla was delightful - the terra cotta brown pea flowers matching
the terra cotta pot .Also thought the new brown foliage of Epimedium wushanense exciting ,
my contribution was the construction and planting ( had to raid my garden ) of the
1.5 x1.5 crevice garden in the black raised box
001(20) small australian plants by Kuranga Native Plant Nursery
005(4) various Australian Epacris species in a small vase
013 (4) Kennedia microphylla , unusual colour for a flower ,
011 (7) Epimedium wushanense - spiny ,brown new foliage ,
002(3) my crevice garden
looks like a nice show! i agree with the others, the Kennedia and Epimedium are both very nice in colour and form..
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Might be a silly question Otto but how did you set up your crevice garden there as I would hate to transport it up your driveway without slipping.
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Lachenalia:this is a large genus of South African bulbous plants with attractive pendulous, rather waxy tubular or bell-shaped flowers on rather stiff spikes.They flower in spring or early smmer,but unfortunately none are hardy, but can be grown in a cool greenhouse without the frost.
Lach.aloides, more often known as L.tricolor, very variable and the most popular and colourful of the genus.
Lach,aloides var.vanzyliae: a most unusual coloured variety, lustrous white flowers flushed at the base with pale blue andgreen at the tips.
Lach.elegans:this variable coloured species can be pale blue, pink, white or yellow or combination of colours.
Lach.viridiflora: this strikingly beatiful species, with flowers in various shades of greenish blue.
In gardens they are particularly efective when planted in clumps, most prefer full sun but a few do well in partial shade.
Generally they require well-drained soil, ideal for pot or container display.
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Magnificent lachenalias Bill, and so well grown 8)
Could you tell us in general terms how you manage them?
Unfortunately I struggle with this genus so am now trying to raise a few species from seed in hope of selectng plants more tolerant of my growing conditions.
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Bill,
very nice lachenalia. I had heard of the genus but I had never paid much attention to them untill now, those colours are very striking.
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Lachenalia:this is a large genus of South African bulbous plants with attractive pendulous, rather waxy tubular or bell-shaped flowers on rather stiff spikes.They flower in spring or early smmer,but unfortunately none are hardy, but can be grown in a cool greenhouse without the frost.
Lach.aloides, more often known as L.tricolor, very variable and the most popular and colourful of the genus.
Lach,aloides var.vanzyliae: a most unusual coloured variety, lustrous white flowers flushed at the base with pale blue andgreen at the tips.
Lach.elegans:this variable coloured species can be pale blue, pink, white or yellow or combination of colours.
Lach.viridiflora: this strikingly beatiful species, with flowers in various shades of greenish blue.
In gardens they are particularly efective when planted in clumps, most prefer full sun but a few do well in partial shade.
Generally they require well-drained soil, ideal for pot or container display.
very nice, bill! i've been admiring this genus for a while, some nice flowers, and also some nice markings on the leaves, and others with hairy leaves etc
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Magnificent lachenalias Bill, and so well grown 8)
Could you tell us in general terms how you manage them?
Ashley,as mentioned before, most of the Lachenalia's come from the Cape province, growing during winter and dormant for a long dry period in summer.
They are particularly suitable for milder climates, although many species are specialist plants with difficult requirements.
They love full sun and generally require a well-drained, (ideally) a sandy based soil, with containers or pots more pumice or sand added
would be recommended.
Growing in containers it is important that when they finish flowering, bulbs must be dried off and stored almost bonedry in a cool and dry location.
Lachenalia's hate wet feet when dormant and often rot when these cultural requirements of drying off are not met.
Fresh seed germinates eaily if sown into a sandy mix as soon as it is ripe.
Some species can also be propagated by leaf cuttings or by splitting the bulbs at their base.
Hope this has been helpful.
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Another couple of South African bulbs flowering at the moment.
Lapeirousia oreogena produces an abundance of tiny dark and whie flowers in early spring, and are quite stunning on a sunny day.
Laperousia silenoides is a small difficult species which needs sand or sandy soil, it has brilliant rosy red flowers and the bulbs need a good summer baking to perform properly.
Excellent for pots or containers on benches, which then can be admired from close-up.
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Could anyone please identify these two Trillium species please, flowering in the nursery now, but lost the names. Thanks.
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... Hope this has been helpful.
Yes indeed. Thanks very much Bill.
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Bill,
They look like Trillium sessile and Trillium vaseyi respectively but there are specialists enough on this forum who can give a better ID
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What's happened to PaulT? Did I miss a comment about him somewhere?
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Paul is well, just taking a rest from the computer.
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Bill,
They look like Trillium sessile and Trillium vaseyi respectively but there are specialists enough on this forum who can give a better ID
Thanks very much Wim, I am pretty sure your ID is correct. Always satisfying to have the right name for the righ plant.
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What's happened to PaulT? Did I miss a comment about him somewhere?
Yes I am also looking forward to renewing our acquaintance with the old enemies again from accross the ditch ;D ;D ;D
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Are you in touch with him David? I hope it's just pressure of work and that he's not sick again.
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Hi folks,
It's been a while since I spent any time here for various reasons but it's good to see Bill is waving the flag for those of us in the North Island of NZ.
A few things are flowering here at the moment so I'll try and upload some photos as time permits.
And when I can remember how... ???
Andrew.
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Arum apulum
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Arum orientale sintenisii
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Arum purpureospathum
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Anomatheca (Freesia) laxa - Blue
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Folks,
So, not the best photos ever but I promise to try harder. :)
Andrew.
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Nice Arums Andrew, you got to love em.
A few shots from the NZAGS show....
Trillium chloropetalum.
Podophyllum "kalidescope".
The natives table.
The Frit table.
Hippeastrum papilio.
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How exciting to see the plaNTS WAKING UP SO WELL ALL THOSE MILES FROM HERE, WHERE AUTUMN IS FAST UPON US!
THE sHOW LOOKS TERRIFIC- thanks for sharing!! (Sorry about caps lock error!!)
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Are you in touch with him David? I hope it's just pressure of work and that he's not sick again.
Lesley, he says he is well, just been spending too much time on the computer.
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Andrew, forgive me that I forgot about you when I welcomed Bill to the Forum as our first North Islander.
Edna Parkyn, whom I'm sure you'll know, had some good Arums for sale at the NZAGS show at the weekend. I bought a couple and will get more gradually.
Doug, it was nice to meet you, though so briefly. I don't think your pic on the side of your posts does you credit. :)
I have a few pics from the show as well when I get them sorted. The Dysosmas were incredible. Shows what plenty water and shade can do, compared with mine in a hot, dry garden. :'(
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Here are a few from the weekend's NZAGS spring show. I couldn't go up on the Saturday because of work but made the 5 hour trip early Sunday, spend 4 hours there and another 5 hours drive home. A tiring day but great to see so many old friends and of course buy plants at the various stalls. I hope to be there with a stall again, next year.
Beesia deltiphylla. I wanted to get a good picture of this as I have young seedlings but it was impossible with the position of the plant.
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Hokonui Alpines (Louise Salmond) had superb show plants as always and this was a Claytonia whose name I forgot to write down.
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Louise's Iris sari won the Gala Plants (my) trophy for best bulbous plant in show (including corms, rhizomes, tubers).
As I mentioned above, the Dysosmas (Podophyllums) were outstanding. 'Kaleidoscope' was so tall I couldn't get high enough to photograph it properly. Great for people to hide behind. :)
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Lewisia tweedyi alba was a wonderful potful. I like the white as well as (or even better than) the coloured forms.
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And I have to repeat Doug's pic of the magnificent Hippestrum papilio. Not, honestly, my kind of thing but you can't ignore it.
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A final 5 pictures.
Oxalis triangularis which is MUCH darker than in the pic. I just can't get the right depth of colour. I feel this plant should be marketed as 'D'arth Vader' or maybe 'Stealth Bomber.' :)
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Trillium chloropetalum in a pale yellow form.
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A beautiful white Calanthe species. I thought this was C. aristata but it had a different name.
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And 2 pics of a lovely Narcissus hybrid. The parents were not given but at a wild guess I'd say that triandrus and bulbocodium citrinus were involved.
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Lesley, you are tougher than we are.... we'd not dream of a day like that with so much driving. :o
I suppose we are getting wimpish! I admire your tenacity to achieve such a trip..........just glad you do not seem to be suffering as a result.
While there are many good plants to be seen....who could resist the Trillium and Dysosmas? My favourite so far has to be that cute narcissus... I rather like that longish "nose" set at an angle.... looks like a wee donkey face :D
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Wouldn't say I'm not suffering Maggi. I'm very tired this morning but it is also partly as a result of what's happening in a new thread I'm about to start.
edit by maggi: follow this link to find out what Lesley is up to! ;D
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4216.new#new
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Nice pale yellow Trillium Lesley. Looks like Vulcano, would you say?
Seems like there are a few yellow chlorpetalums getting around in NZ.
Cheers
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wow, lesley, that's a long day indeed!
really nice claytonia, among others...
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made the 5 hour trip early Sunday, spend 4 hours there and another 5 hours drive home.
.... mmm I know the feeling Lesley ! this is what Channel hoppers do all the time... ;D
Thanks for showing these !! I like the L. tweedyi alba just as much as you do. :D
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Nice Arums Andrew, you got to love em.
A few shots from the NZAGS show....
Trillium chloropetalum.
Podophyllum "kalidescope".
The natives table.
The Frit table.
Hippeastrum papilio.
Welcome onboard Andrew and Doug, it's good to hear from you again, every posting is welcome.
Looks like an all New Zealand affair this week, keep up the good work boys.
I think the Wallebies are still recovering from the rugby hiding they got from the All Blacks last Saterday ;D ;D ;D
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OK, lets get on with posting a few more Frits.
I am not an authority on the Fritillaria's, and I am not sure if all the Frits are correctly named.
I keep losing and adding to the Frit collection, with some names getting mixed up.
Please.. feel free (Lesley, Maggi? :-* :-* :-*) to correct, and add the proper ID, and please let me know :-\ :-\ :-\
Fritillaria species,
Fritillaria affinis,
Fritillaria Cheron,
Fritillaria pontica,
Fritillaria conica.
Look forward to your reply.
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Just a few more Frits that are or have been flowering the last few days.
Frit.ehrhartii,
Frit.pudica or conica,
Frit.davisii,
Frit.messanensis,
Frit.rhodokanakis.
Thanks for correcting the names.
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Wouldn't say I'm not suffering Maggi. I'm very tired this morning but it is also partly as a result of what's happening in a new thread I'm about to start.
edit by maggi: follow this link to find out what Lesley is up to! ;D
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4216.new#new
Lesley, good luck with your reorganising/reinventing your nursery.
When you finish, you can give me a hand cleaning up our nursery. ;D ;D ;D
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Oxalis triangularis which is MUCH darker than in the pic. I just can't get the right depth of colour. I feel this plant should be marketed as 'D'arth Vader' or maybe 'Stealth Bomber.' :)
And 2 pics of a lovely Narcissus hybrid. The parents were not given but at a wild guess I'd say that triandrus and bulbocodium citrinus were involved.
Very nice Narcissus hybrid Lesley, I love those little treasures.
Have just taken an picture of Ox.triangularis this afternoon, foliages looks as though someone has been busy with the scissors.
Talking about D'arth Vader, what about the DBI called "Dark Vader" or "Coal Bucket" flowering at the moment in the rain.
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Oxalis triangularis which is MUCH darker than in the pic. I just can't get the right depth of colour. I feel this plant should be marketed as 'D'arth Vader' or maybe 'Stealth Bomber.' :)
And 2 pics of a lovely Narcissus hybrid. The parents were not given but at a wild guess I'd say that triandrus and bulbocodium citrinus were involved.
Very nice Narcissus hybrid Lesley, I love those little treasures.
Have just taken an picture of Ox.triangularis this afternoon, foliages looks as though someone has been busy with the scissors.
Talking about D'arth Vader, what about the DBI called "Dark Vader" or "Coal Bucket" flowering at the moment in the rain.
It would help to include the pictures :o :'( ;D
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By jove, it's as well that these DBI are not sold as cut flowers.... imagine the scenario..... "I'm home , dear and I've brought you a lovely bunch of Coal Bucket for your birthday"....... :P :-X
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Wouah Bill :o What wonderful colors for Iris ::) ::) ::)
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I love this plant it does have such character and springs up each year with an amazing display of leaves - I was once told you should lay it on it's side in winter and keep it dry then water it gently in the Spring is this what you would recommend Bill? I have given 'a baby' of Oxalis triangularis to my daughter as she loves it too - it always is commented on by friends.
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One little detail Bill. We NEVER mention the rugby on the Forum. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Stephen, I doubt if the pale yellow trillium is a named one. There are a lot of more or less yellows around, all seedlings and I'm not aware of any named except Val Mulvihill's incredible plant. Certainly none are distributed with names, so far as I know.
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Robin, the oxalis is quite tough and hardy here but in your very different climate may need protection from winter wetness. Snow cover should be OK I would think. Funnily enough, the only one of the weldenias which have been distributed from my nursery, about 200 now I think, to be lost in the winter, was at the nursery of one of the best growers in NZ. He had it in a big clay pot and put it on its side for the winter to keep excess water off. A nursery staff member concerned that a pot had fallen over, put it upright, but under a drip from leaky spouting. Goodbye Weldenia.
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Most of the frits look OK Bill. I'm not sure of the first as it looks like camtschcensis but it's way too early for that. I think the pudica may be conica and I'm not sure about the davisii but.....I'm no expert either. :)
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Frit. 'Charon' is, of course, a named form of F. meleagris but unless it has come into NZ as tissue cultured stock from Holland, it is most likely to be a seedling, in which case, can't be called by the cultivar name. I see little point in giving such names to plants which are raised from seed for the most part.
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These 3 little irises are among the many I bought this last summer. In succession they are 'Orange Surprise,' 'April Flirt' and 'Orchid Flair' but I think OF is wrongly named. It looks exactly like what I have as 'Blue Beret' and I think that is wrongly named too. When I had OF years ago, it was a bright, rosy lilac shade.
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Bill, is your first one there F. biflora by any chance?
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Bill, is your first one there F. biflora by any chance?
Yes you could be right Lesley: Frit.biflora (the chocolate lily) also known as Fritillaria roderickii is a disputed name for a plant that is also sometimes referred to as Fritillaria grayana and was sunk in the Jepson Manual into Fritillaria biflora var. biflora. This variable plant is still known as Fritillaria roderickii by the state of California where it is listed as endangered and was last found in Mendocino County. The coastal population which some people thought different from the inland population may be gone. These plants were grown from seed from some of those last coastal populations. Wayne Roderick sent bulbs to the Dutch who have tissue cultured this plant and sell it as Fritillaria 'Martha Roderick'.
It differs from Fritillaria biflora in that it forms rice grains around the bulbs and F. biflora does not usually increase vegetatively.
If you want to have a look at some of those variable F.biflora var.biflora photos, go to this CallPhotos link:
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?rel-taxon=contains&where-taxon=Fritillaria+biflora&where-anno=1
In the meantime I will stick with Frit.biflora var. biflora.
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Stephen, I doubt if the pale yellow trillium is a named one. There are a lot of more or less yellows around, all seedlings and I'm not aware of any named except Val Mulvihill's incredible plant. Certainly none are distributed with names, so far as I know.
Yes I agree, Val Mulvihill's beautiful Trillium chloropetalum is an fabulous plant.
We had the pleasure to meet Val again, and show her around our nursery, when she came to Taurangs to visit a good friend in the Mount. Look forward meeting her again when next time we come down to the South Island for a holiday.
Don't forget the magnificient Trillium luteum just starting to flower for us here up north.
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Rob , in case you can't obtain any bulbs in England , I could send you a few each of cyanocrocus , var. violacea and var. leichtlinii . They will go dormant soon , so I could send them to you then- however you will have the problem to adjust them to the Northen Hemisphere growths cycle. Otto.
Rob , Iwill send you the promised bulbs after Christmas , when they they have gone dormant .,please let me have your address in due time .
I do not need anything in exchange , but , should you ever have a few seeds to spare of :
any Ophrys species, also of Galanthus koenenianus , platyphyllus and krasnovii, these would be most welcome, Otto.
Hi Otto,(or Rob) In the forum "Bulb wanted" last year, I came accross this posting about your generous offer of Tecophilaeas to Rob.
Could you please tell us how Rob got on with acclimatising the Tecophilaea's, how did he manage and was he succesful?
Would be interesting to hear from other members, how they manage to adjust/turn around bulbs to the hemispheres in question?
Look forward to hearing from other members experiences.
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There are various schools of thought on this tricky subject Bill. I subscribe to the "plant them and hope for the best" school while others refrigerate, dry early or do other things to encourage the bulbs to turn their seasons. In my experience, refrigerating for a period may well bring the bulbs up at the right time for the new hemisphere but the period without growth has so weakened them that they seldom thrive thereafter, often dying in fact, when they first die down. It happens time and time again with importations of Dutch Iris reticulata vars, especially I. danfordiae.
To my mind it is better to pot the bulbs when received and let them grow out of season until they die down in their own time and they will usually come through again at the "right" time.
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Fantastic photos Bill and everyone else who has posted as well. Decided I couldn't hold out any longer and came back to the forum today. This is the first main topic I've looked at. Bill, your pics are stunning as always. I wish I could get my Tecophilaeas to do well. ::) And that beautiful yellow Trillium of Val's is glorious. I've seen it here before, and it is so striking. I've got all sorts of things flowering here, but after seeing the pics throughout this topic already, I'd be embarrassed to post any of mine. Some crackers of plants here everyone. Very, very cool. 8)
Thanks everyone.
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Welcome back Paul !! :D
We all missed you badly ! ;)
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Yeah right. You guys would have all enjoyed the peace and quiet for a change. ;)
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Yeah right. You guys would have all enjoyed the peace and quiet for a change. ;)
No, no, Paul - far too quiet fro me ;D Your presence was greatly missed, your photos and comments, so welcome back! I have to have a daily dose on the Forum to keep my mind nimble in the mountains or I'd be well and truly lost :o
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A few more new flowers,
Fritillaria meleagris, Frit pontica, Arisaema sikokianum.
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Nice Arisaema Doug and the Lachenalia isn't half bad either.
The following are close ups of a number of Trillium chloro/hybrids flowering here currently as well as other sps named .
Guess you'll all be sick of the genera by the time i have finished posting ;D
Cheers dave.
T. chloropetalum/ hybs
T kurabayashii bronze
T. ludovicianum
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Some more ;)
Cheers Dave
Very large T. Rivale with normal rivale beside it for comparison
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That's it . :)
Cheers dave
T.kurabayashii maroon
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Guess you'll all be sick of the genera by the time i have finished posting
I seriously doubt that, t00lie! Good to see your Trillium season is going so well 8)
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Dave,
Striking colours to the chloropetalums. Wish I had all of them growing here. ;D I just traded a couple of albidum hybrids (one white with a purple base, the other a pinky mauve) with a friend for a nice pot of T. luteum in flower. Nowhere near as strong a yellow as those chloropetalums of yours though. Would love to find a good yellow, and some nice deep pure pinks, and some lovely blacks.... and the list goes on. Still, I have seed down from various things, including some lovely postings from people here on the forums, so fingers crossed quite heavily!! ;D ;D
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Thanks Maggie
A number of the eastern USA sps are just coming into bud so there will be more to follow. ;)
Paul
Most of the chloro/hybrids i raised from seed so i'm sure you'll end up with some nice variations --
I understand the nice plain yellow that i saw today germinated from that persons home mixed seed of purple and of white.
Cheers dave.
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Dave,
Not sure how many of mine are actually chloropetalum hybrids, but then who knows!!? Here, I have the aforementioned luteum flowering, as well as rivale, cuneatum (burgundy fl.), albidum, my albidum hybrid seedlings (flowers so far either pure white, white with dark throat, or a couple of shades of pinky mauve) and another one with finer leaves and dark flowers, whose name escapes me right now.
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For a bit of a change, the beautiful Convallaria majalis: the lily of the valley, a well-known favourite perennnial for the ladies.
It does better in a colder spot, flowering more freely after an hard cold winter.
The flowers are much prized for their charming and delicate fragrance, my wife's favourite choice.
I always pick her a nice boquet, just to please her, or sometimes if I am in the dog box, for no apparent reason.
Anyway, on this occasion, I have been a good boy, and think I've got it made tonight: ;) ;) ;)
roast lamb,baked potatoes in rich gravy,minted peas and jams, and apple crumble and ice cream for desert.
Just one minute, >:( >:( >:(what else did you boys think of ?? :o :o :o
And no wise cracks either you guys, you have poor Maggi and Lesley blushing, embarrassed and being ashamed of you boys.
Have a great weekend.
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Bill,
You're ahead of us, that is for sure. Our LOTV are about 2 inches tall here at the moment, although the pink version is much more advanced. That reminds me.... I must check on the variegated and see how it is going.
And a belated WELCOME to our fine forum. Wonderful to have you with us, and all your wonderful photos of course. Nice to meet up with you in yet another place. ;D ;D
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The following are close ups of a number of Trillium chloro/hybrids flowering here currently as well as other sps named .
Guess you'll all be sick of the genera by the time i have finished posting ;D
Cheers dave.
Dave, good to hear from you again, all the way from the deep south.
We use to live in In'gill for 20 years on Watt Road, we still have many friends and fond memories of the place.
Do they still have a Spring flower show in In'gill and Otatara ?
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And a belated WELCOME to our fine forum. Wonderful to have you with us, and all your wonderful photos of course. Nice to meet up with you in yet another place. ;D ;D
Thanks Paul, it's good to be onboard.
How's the old ABA getting on nowadays?
Must have a look at it sometimes.
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Here are a few colourful species of the genus Moraea. The flowers are often large and brilliantly coloured and individual flowers can last from only a few hours, to several days, but each stem carries a large number at any one time for many weeks
They prefer a warm, sunny position and good drainage.
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The colour combinations of these Moraea are so unusual - I find them intriguing like exotic birds 8)
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Stunning Moraeas Bill. Such vibrant colours and lovely markings. Don't forget I want a bulb list. :)
Dave, do you really LIKE that Image 1238? Can't say I do. It reminds me strongly of myself recently when I had an allergic reaction to a new drug. Full body spotting and splotching (except, for some reason, but mercifully, on my face). Thank God it is apparently NOT stable, season to season. 8)
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Dave, good to hear from you again, all the way from the deep south.
We use to live in In'gill for 20 years on Watt Road, we still have many friends and fond memories of the place.
Do they still have a Spring flower show in In'gill and Otatara ?
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Hello Bill
How's tricks.
Not sure about a spring show in Invercargill or out here in Otatara --the Winton Garden Club are still going strong ---Their spring show is next weekend followed by our local alpine garden club show the weekend after .
Lesley
I wish you hadn't mentioned that --i'll never be able to view Trillium 1238 again without thinking of your medical misadventure :P
there is an old saying 'one mans rubbish is another mans treasure'. ;)
It will be interesting however to see what coloured seedlings it produces.
A couple more pics
Firstly the darkest Trillium chloro i have ---showing a bit of Octave spray residue.
Followed by T.ovatum hibbersonii --In the garden it never lasts for me longer than a season--i was given this seedling at last years Trillium weekend --kept in a pot under cover during the winter with just a little watering it is flowering although i see a deterioration in one of the leaves......
Cheers dave.
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Bill,
The Moraeas are stunning!! I love that stripey form of villosa you pictured, very different to the ones I have (although obviously the same thing). And both the orange ones are gorgeous..... something I must track down one of these years as the tulbaghensis in particular is such a great colour!!
Lovely almost black Trillium Dave! Good luck with the hibbersonii. Is it one of the species that needs the soil amendments to keep it going?
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Ipheion: this is a South American genus of small bulbs that are extremely free-flowering and almost evergreeen.
Most are suitable for containers or rock gardens, and the upward facing starry flowers are usually carried one per stem.
The two yellow species here are Ipheion sellowianum and Ipheion dialystemon.
I.sellowianum from Uruguay is a brightly coloured species which produces masses of yellow flowers over a long period in winter and spring. It has bright green leaves and is very good for pots or containers.
I.dialystemon from Argentina is an another uncommon yellow-flowered species which can carry up to two flowers per stem.
Ipheion "Froyle Mill" "Wisley Blue" and "Album" are three other named varieties, for the next future posting.
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This Trillium chloropetalum with the yellow tips has been flowering like this for a number of years.
Just another selection from a batch of seedlings.
What do you think of this ugly duckling Lesley? is this a common occurence?
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Well I like it, Bill. Nice combination.
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I've never seen one like it before Bill. Not sure if I like it or not. Might be interesting once it clumps up.
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Not excactly the bulbous type, but very colourful (pot)plants this time of the season.
The Clivia's plants are easily grown, preferring semi-shade and thriving to perfection under the shade of trees where they form strong clumps.
The modern Clivia nowadays can produce hybrids in many colours, shapes and sizes for show or garden as can be seen with these pictures.
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Good luck with the hibbersonii. Is it one of the species that needs the soil amendments to keep it going?
Hello Paul
Not sure --- Currently i have it growing in a potting mix made up of equal volume of peat, bark and grit --- I think my previous problems may have been with too much summer moisture and in too sheltered a position , (minimal air movement).
Cheers dave.
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Here's a sweet little Aussie daisy which has the appalling appellation Hyalosperma praecox
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Another Aussie, Orthrosanthus laxus:
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A well named DBI "Facepaint"
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fermi
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Just a few more miniature daffies that flowered during the last fortnight.
The daffodil season is slowly coming to an end, here up the North Island.
It has been raining up here for a few days now and more to come, that spoiled a lot of flowers.
Narcissus Fairy Chimes
N.Angels Whispers
N.Pencrebar
N.Dainty Monique
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Beautifully presented and gorgeous miniatures Bill, thanks for sharing them.
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These Arum creticum from Crete with their soft yellow and sweetly scented flowers always make a nice splash of colour in the garden
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Beautifully presented and gorgeous miniatures
Here, here, each vase shows the flowers off to perfection with the black background - really lovely miniatures - Angel Whispers is heavenly ;)
Is it available to buy commercially Bill?
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Beautifully presented and gorgeous miniatures Bill, thanks for sharing them.
Thanks Brian, I get as much pleasure from showing them, nice to be appreciated, and hope everyone will enjoy them as well.
BTW: can someone tell me how to get gif. annimations in the postings please?
Thanks.
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Beautifully presented and gorgeous miniatures Bill, thanks for sharing them.
Thanks Brian, I get as much pleasure from showing them, nice to be appreciated, and hope everyone will enjoy them as well.
BTW: can someone tell me how to get gif. annimations in the postings please?
Thanks.
Bill, your photos are a delight, thanks. 8)
Now, to get gif animations in a post, just use the method for putting images in the text of a post with the minor change that you use, in square brackets, of course.... the (attach=1) or 2 or 3etc... and then add the gif from the Browse attachment button below.
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Is it available to buy commercially Bill?
Hi Robin, unfortunately, I have not been able to export any bulbs for the last few years.
Our beloved MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forrest) (and sometimes for good reasons) makes it almost impossible and very expensive to export.
Apart from the excessive charges for the Phyto Sanitary Certificate and compolsory soil test in our nursery and other related charges, not to forget the stacks of official forms we have to fill in, rules and regulations to adhere to, no end of hassles.
New Zealand (and perhaps Australia) is one of the most difficult (and some people might even suggest bureaucratic regulated)
country when it comes to import and exporting plants and bulbs.
Just ask Lesley and other growers what our MAF is like?
And don't forget the expensive shipping by air and the little matter of getting the bulbs acclimatised.
Miniature bulbs are small and difficult to turn around.
Al in all to much problems/hassles and bureaucracy, expensive and unfortunately not worth the worry and effort.
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Now, to get gif animations in a post, just use the method for putting images in the text of a post with the minor change that you use, in square brackets, of course.... the (attach=1) or 2 or 3etc... and then add the gif from the Browse attachment button below.
Thanks Maggi, will try, as always, very helpful, what would we do without you :) :) :)
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Bill, thanks for your detailed explanation - I have become aware of the difficulties you have importing and exporting from the SH - will just have to continue to admire your minis on the Forum - it makes them more special anyway ;)
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Thanks Maggi, will try, as always, very helpful, what would we do without you :) :) :)
I dunno, Bill! I just hope we never have to find out! ;)
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Wow, Bill!
The Arum creticum are fantastic, stunning beautiful and photographed so well against the dark background to show off the yellow spathes. Brilliant!
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These Arum creticum from Crete with their soft yellow and sweetly scented flowers always make a nice splash of colour in the garden
i'm with paddy--this one is a killer! and beautifully photographed..
how large is it? can't tell from the shot..
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Hi Robin, unfortunately, I have not been able to export any bulbs for the last few years.
Our beloved MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forrest) (and sometimes for good reasons) makes it almost impossible and very expensive to export.
i understand countries making it difficult to import debates over how it's all handled aside, there are reasons.. but making it difficult to export? i thought most countries would like to encourage national businesses to export to enhance the balance of trade??
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An outstanding clump of Arum creticum Bill. What a triumph! 8)
Robin, I imported my (3) Narcissus `Angel's Whisper' from Marcus Harvey in Tasmania. I know he sends to several different countries in the northern hemisphere. However, as Bill says, the costs are exhorbitant and there is the added problem of acclimatization. He does, however, get the necessary tests and inspections done each year, so he can continue to export to New Zealand and the USA. If you are willing to go through the acclimatizing, then I can send you a bulb in our summer. It wouldn't cost anything as the parcel would be tiny and I'd hate it if people started paying postage for seeds or small plants that I send. No-one has ever asked me to pay for that either.
I can understand Bill's frustration and that it isn't worth the pain and anguish to continue as a commercial exporter (importing is worse, because what we have to do as an exporter, we have to require the nursery/person on the other end to do, if we import), but a small, clean bulb between friends is no problem at all and I've sent a number of bulbs and plants around the world successfully.
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This morning Andrew Broome sent me a pic of Babiana ringens. Does anyone grow this species? The flower shape was odd and irregular but it had a luscious strawberry pink colour.
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Back to trilliums again, all of mine except a singl leaved seedling, vanished last year. i.e. they didn't come up last year, just when I thought I had them sussed as they were well established clumps and flowered with 6 or 8 each. This year, the seedling hasn't come through either so I may have to accept that it is, as some say, short-lived. At one stage I was raisng many seedlings each year and even had it for sale in my nursery. One tends to get complacent....
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Lesley, thanks so much for your generous offer of an Angel's Whisper bulb - I will be guided by you as to what to do to acclimatise it and grow it on successfully - a thrilling prospect ;D I'll PM my details
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Let's stick with the Trilliums a little longer
I have one container with a red Trillium species that I don't know the species name for.
Would appreciate if someone could ID it for me please, a closeup of the same species for more detail.
The second species I believe is Trillium flexipes, again confirmation or otherwise would be nice.
Don't look at the holes in the leaves, the blasted slugs beat me to it.
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i'm with paddy--this one is a killer! and beautifully photographed..
how large is it? can't tell from the shot..
Hi Cohan, with us they normally grow to about 30-40 cm. (12- 16 in.), nice size for pots or container.
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thanks, bill..
the 'hardy' aroids are a group i have never grown any of..there are a few that should make it here that i will watch for, others i could probably do in pots wintered somewhere safe..
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Bill, Dave Toole will certianly know better than I, but I would suggest T. angustipetalum for your red. (You could tack on the varietal name 'Excisa.') ;D
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Bill, Dave Toole will certianly know better than I, but I would suggest T. angustipetalum for your red. (You could tack on the varietal name 'Excisa.') ;D
Funny you did suggest T.angustipetalum Lesley, I was thinking/hoping along the same lines. Thanks.
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Just a few more dwarf bearded irises (DBI's) flowering at the moment. Enjoy.
Iris 'Wake Up'
I. 'Low Lite'
I. 'Bravita'
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A couple more pics of the daffies, taken recently, notice they all face the same way towards the sun, north in our SH.
BTW: we're all getting sick and tired of all the rain over the last week.
Paul, could you please ask your weather god's to stop sending those low depressions accross the ditch? ;D ;D
Narcissus 'Bushtit'
N.triandrus hybrid sdgs
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I do like your 'Low Lite' Bill. One I must watch out for.
Here are 3 more, all rather the worse for several days of rain and very cold winds. I don't know the name of the yellow, It was supposed to be something quite different, but it is nice.
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MB Iris Sky Drops
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DB Iris Scribe.
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There are masses more little bearded irises to come and a few bigger ones as well, the result of the buying spree I had at the end of last year.
This is a very good form of Fritillaria affinis, from Ratko seed.
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Scoliopus bigelovii showing its spotted leaves for the first time in 10 years!
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And a long time favourite, Caltha palustris alba. I had this many years from Jack Drake seed originally then lost it when we moved here and it didn't like lifting and potting at the wrong time. I was able to buy 2 plants a little over a year ago, my first attempt at buying plants over the Internet from a reasonably nearby nursery. I'm pleased to see it is setting seed. :)
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Bill,
Don't bellyache about too much rain. If you stopped stealing OUR rain you wouldn't have the problem. While we've had a little, we are still very dry and way below average, so please send all that rain back to us and keep your greedy mitts off it. ;D
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This time a few pics of Herbertia a genus from South America.
Herbertia pulchella has flowers in shades varying between blue and purple with a central white stripe and variable spotting.
Herbertia quareimana is another beautiful species with colourful markings.
The last photo is of a delightful selected form out of a batch of Herbertia pulchella seedlings.
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That's a very fine form the last one Bill. I'm all the more hopeful therefore, of a "best, selected form" of the same species which was sent to me as seed from Buenos Aires. It has germinated so well and the young ones are growing on quickly.
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Wow Bill, that last one is a cracker. Great colour. The middle one is very similar to H. lahue isn't it?
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Wow Bill, that last one is a cracker. Great colour. The middle one is very similar to H. lahue isn't it?
Yes Herbertia lahue is the most commonly grown species, often under a variety of incorrect names, including Alophia drummondii and often confused with the true Herbertia pulchella. Its attractive flowers are lavender-blue with deeper violet blotches at their base. Hope this makes sence, and explains the mixup at times.
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Wow Bill, that last one is a cracker. Great colour. The middle one is very similar to H. lahue isn't it?
Yes Herbertia lahue is the most commonly grown species, often under a variety of incorrect names, including Alophia drummondii and often confused with the true Herbertia pulchella. Its attractive flowers are lavender-blue with deeper violet blotches at their base. Hope this makes sence, and explains the mixup at times.
So what are the differences between lahue and your quariemana? I'll definitely keep an eye out for pulchella. Marcus, you listening? ;D
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Stunning stuff from south of the equator guys! Great plants and photos!
Lesley, must ask, 10 years with S.bigelovii leaves without spots? Any theories? :o
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Yes Chris, a theory tested and proved - and one I'm ashamed of, in that my eyes/memory haven't been working properly. I went back to the pics I'd taken over the last 2 or 3 years and there they are, spotted as well as they are now.
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The thing about Scolipus bigelowii leaves is that they are only spotted when the leaves are very young. As they mature, the spots fade out, leaving the leaves plain green, so that could be a reason for thinking yours were spotless!!
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Bill,
I didn't realise Ipheion dialystemon was in NZ. How does the cultivation compare to the more common Iph. sewellianum (which flowers are reproduces for me fairly readily)?
Andrew.
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I didn't realise Ipheion dialystemon was in NZ. How does the cultivation compare to the more common Iph. sewellianum (which flowers are reproduces for me fairly readily)?
Hi Andrew, with us I.dialystemon is like the rest of the Ipheions, free flowering and good increase.
If you interested in I.dialystemon please send me a PM, we could organise perhaps an exchange.
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MAggi I think the truth is that yet again, my aging brain let me down and I didn't remember what had previously been obvious. :'(