Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Cacti and Succulents => Topic started by: Martinr on February 28, 2011, 09:14:09 PM
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Don't get excited...they're not in flower yet :'(
Does anyone know anything about Lewisia 'Little Gem'. I can't find any references anywhere.
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Is it perhaps one of Michael Campbell's?
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Does anyone know anything about Lewisia 'Little Gem'.
It's a lettuce ;D There is a Lewisia "Rose Gem"
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Does anyone know anything about Lewisia 'Little Gem'.
It's a lettuce ;D There is a Lewisia "Rose Gem"
I should have known you'd be first in with that one ::)
Labels all say 'L. Gem' and I suspect it's a brachycalyx hybrid. Labels also have (almond) on them but Jim can't remember if it's one of his.
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Labels all say 'L. Gem'
So how did you get from L. Gem to Lewisia Litlle Gem?
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My first Lewisia of the year and I can't claim any cultivational skill at all for it. Many of the local garden centres round here this year have stocks of Lewisia cotyledon Sunset Strain (first raised, I think, by Jack Drake at Inshriach Nursery many years ago) in a range of colours and very good value at £3 for some very strong plants.
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Very nice David.... but, oh! If you'd seen the plants that Inshriach sold..... what beauties they were... and the frames with hundreds of them were a sight to behold.... those were the days.
Both Jack Drake and John Lawson dead and gone now. :'(
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Labels all say 'L. Gem'
So how did you get from L. Gem to Lewisia Litlle Gem?
Just a guess :P Any better ideas?
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If all the label said was L. Gem ....then my guess would be Lewisia Gem ...... :-\
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Is it perhaps one of Michael Campbell's?
I didn't name any of mine Maggi, they are all just listed as hybs. I think Susan Tindall might have named one of mine with my Name. I would need to see a picture to tell if it is one of mine.
You can see mine here (https://picasaweb.google.com/michaelJcampbell63/24022008LewisiaCollection1TheseHybsHaveAllBeenMadeByMeOverTheLast15Years#)
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If all the label said was L. Gem ....then my guess would be Lewisia Gem ...... :-\
Good suggestion but....when I acquired the collection none of the labels said Lewisia or L., they just had the species or hybrid description. I don't think it's one of Michael's as there are quite a number with the initials MJC on the back of the label which I think do originate from him. These don't. The mystery continues.
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I bought this one last year as it had a deeper apricot type shade than my seed grown versions although it doesn't show up too well on my camera.
Lewisia tweedyi.
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Lewisia Brachycalyx true from.
Lewisia braachycalyx with a little Nevadensis infulence
Lewisia Brachycalyx pink form x 2
Lewisia Cotyledon x Longipetala, notice the ripe pollen
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The first of my Lewisias this year.
A trio of L. tweedyi 'Rosea' and a single L tweedyi in a trough.
L tweedyi 'Rosea' close up.
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A collection about to be tarted up for tomorrow's East Cheshire AGS Show
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Here is my Lewisa, it was taken last week but is still looking as good today, sorry no name.
Angie :)
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Maggi thanks for doing the edit, do you think I will ever get it right.
Here is the second picture, I hope ::)
Angie :)
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Looking good Angie :D
Will we see it on the show bench at Glasgow next week?
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Very nice Angie, a few here starting to flower.
1-5= Lewisia rediviva hybs
6 Lewisia longipetala hyb.
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Graham it wont be good enough by then. And the way my plants are going I will have nothing for our own show. Everything is so early. Have you anything for Glasgow.
Angie :)
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Hi Angie,
I think some things will be ready and hoping some hang on for another week. I will be there anyway. Will you?
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Graham might try and go. Never been to the Glasgow show. Good luck with your plants. Take your camera just in case I don't get there.
Michael like those White Lewisa 8)
Angie :)
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Angie, that is a white Rediviva x Longipetala cross, the second one is the reverse cross. One has anthers and the other doesn't.
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I like the white one with the anthers. 8)
Angie :)
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A few more Lewisias here, Yes I know that they have gone out of fashion but one lives in hope. :)
Lewisia Rediviva hybs.
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And again
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Michael what a collection, being at your place must be like being in heaven. Out of fashion, never.
Angie :)
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Enjoying your Lewisias Michael.
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Michael are you sure they are going out of fashion there seems to be a lot in the garden centres over here. Yours are amazing. Some lovely colours there.
The L. tweedyi are over and the L. cotyledon ssp. cotyledon have taken over with L. nevadensis in the middle level of the trough and L. pygmaea in the lower level.
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Lewisia rediviva x little peach.
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Forumist David Sellars, from the Wet Coast of British Columbia, Canada has been out photographing Lewisias in the wild again. He hasn't been around th is Forum much of late but his super photos of Lewisia rediviva are in the NARGS Forum.... see them here
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=702.0 8)
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Drools uncontrollably :P :P
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I know, Martin, aren't they lovely? ... all the pix but DS' ones on them in their natural habitat are just glorious.
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:o :o :o :o
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Hopefully going to the states earlier than usual next year , specifically to photograph Lewisia in the field . If I'm lucky Sean Hogan is going to help out for a day or two
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Not up to Michael's standard or indeed to Martin's show plants but pretty nonetheless.
Lewisia cotyledon, an apricot/pink form grown from seed some years ago.
L. cotyledon 'Snowstorm'
L. cotyledon var. howellii
L. cotyledon Sunset Strain a nice magenta
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Lovely David, show potential in every one.
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Thanks Martin, I don't seem to be able to get them to good sized plants though.
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Very nice David :) I like them all.
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Thanks Graham
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Very nice David, I like that apricot/pink :)
I find they do better in plastic pots, but you have to be more careful with the watering can.
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Great and good looking youngsters David !!!
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Really nice like your Lewisa snowstorm 8)
Angie :)
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I find they do better in plastic pots, but you have to be more careful with the watering can.
Thanks for that Michael, I think you're right about the plastic pots and that is what I shall do when I re-pot them.
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Just a tiny plant but very pretty. Lewisia columbiana alba
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David.......I am envious. I can't grow lewisias for love nor money here. Just can't keep them cool enough at night. Beautiful plants. Well done.
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To try and capture the amazing flowers and habitat, I took some video footage of the Lewisia rediviva on our Mount Kobau trip and have posted it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MountainFlora?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/X8Zt8Y_6iLA
I included a music track from Pierre Fournier's stunning rendition of the Bach suites for solo cello. However, YouTube does a digital match, figures out what the track is and determines the copyright status. If the music is deemed copyright they include ads on the video and presumably compensate the artist in some way. It is easy enough to click off the ads. Unfortunately the copyright requirements are such that the video is blocked in Germany. If anyone in Germany wants to see it, please let me know and I will upload a version without Bach in the background.
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Stunning footage David !!! :o :o :o :o
Thanks so much for pointing this out !
(I also amired your other work ! 8))
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Extraordinarily touching to see the flowers with the music.
Perfect to take video when the spot is windy.... no worries about the images blurring.
Pity you didn't actually play the cello yourself, though, David! ;) ;) :D
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"Lewisia rediviva"
Leider ist dieses Video, das Musik von UMG beinhaltet, in Deutschland nicht verfügbar, da die GEMA die Verlagsrechte hieran nicht eingeräumt hat.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :( :( :( :(
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Lovely redivivas David. The habitat looks much like our coastal headlands but no doubt the rainfall is different.
Is that a Cassiope at :42?
Fournier had dropped off my radar, thanks for the reminder of his greatness.
johnw
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Great pictures David and I enjoyed the music too. I've yet to grow a good Lewisia rediviva in a pot much too wet to try them outside in my part of the world.
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Pity you didn't actually play the cello yourself, though, David! ;) ;) :D
Actually Maggie, I was playing the cello while filming - I have an attachment that fixes the camera to my hat. Pierre Fournier is my stage name.
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Lovely redivivas David. The habitat looks much like our coastal headlands but no doubt the rainfall is different.
Is that a Cassiope at :42?
John: The South Okanagan is probably the driest area in Canada and is a threatened ecosystem:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/s_ok_grassland/
I don't think it was a Cassiope. They usually do not grow in such arid conditions.
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I've yet to grow a good Lewisia rediviva in a pot much too wet to try them outside in my part of the world.
David:
It is also very wet here in coastal BC but I have had no difficulty growing L. rediviva outside in a well-drained dry location. They seem to be able to take any amount of winter wet when growing. I suspect our summers are drier than in Devon which may make the difference as L. rediviva is summer dormant.
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I've yet to grow a good Lewisia rediviva in a pot much too wet to try them outside in my part of the world.
David:
It is also very wet here in coastal BC but I have had no difficulty growing L. rediviva outside in a well-drained dry location. They seem to be able to take any amount of winter wet when growing. I suspect our summers are drier than in Devon which may make the difference as L. rediviva is summer dormant.
You're right David. Apart from a degree or two of temperature there's no discernable difference between winter and summer here. Both are wet!!
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Pity you didn't actually play the cello yourself, though, David! ;) ;) :D
Actually Maggie, I was playing the cello while filming - I have an attachment that fixes the camera to my hat. Pierre Fournier is my stage name.
David there is SUCH talent among the Forumists that that wouldn't surprise me!! ;D ;D
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Lovely redivivas David. The habitat looks much like our coastal headlands but no doubt the rainfall is different.
Is that a Cassiope at :42?
John: The South Okanagan is probably the driest area in Canada and is a threatened ecosystem:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/s_ok_grassland/
I don't think it was a Cassiope. They usually do not grow in such arid conditions.
I thought I spotted a cassiope too... but perhaps it was a very robust club moss!
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I thought I spotted a cassiope too... but perhaps it was a very robust club moss!
It's good to have company Maggi! When in St Anthony's, Newfoundland a prominent plantsman came screaming from the hinterland saying he thought he had found Cassiope hypnoides seedlings. We all went dashing off to see them.... they were junipers. No names - promise.
johnw
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"Lewisia rediviva"
Leider ist dieses Video, das Musik von UMG beinhaltet, in Deutschland nicht verfügbar, da die GEMA die Verlagsrechte hieran nicht eingeräumt hat.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :( :( :( :(
Peter: I have uploaded the same video without the background soundtrack so it will be available in Germany. Pity about Bach but I guess you get lots of his music anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MountainFlora?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/52y240TFVUc
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Peter: I have uploaded the same video without the background soundtrack so it will be available in Germany. Pity about Bach but I guess you get lots of his music anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MountainFlora?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/52y240TFVUc
Not that I'm suggesting anyone is doing this ;).... but.... the version without the music could also be useful for those wanting to see the video without alerting all their work colleagues to the fact that they are surfing! ;D