May 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Jozef Lemmens]

Hi Jef,
Would you please tell me what is  Gesneriaceae 'CY G - 60' ? If here was there another reference anywhere in this forum I didn't catch this.
Gerd

Gerd, this is Ray's answer: " I got this plant as  G-60  Chirita brassicoides (marbled leaves) from Kaichen Nursery, which it isn't - I'm fairly sure its Chirita fimbrisepala. "

[Gerdk]

Jef,
Thank you very much for your efforts!

Gerd

[Kirsten]

Kirsten, I think you made an understatement.  What an incredible display of oxalis flowers!  Do you have a nursery?  There are so many plants.  Thanks for the links to the website with such marvelous photographs, especially  Ranunculus parnassifolius.

Thanks for the nice words about our website. We don't have a nursery, but we love plants and have a lot of them.

[Kirsten]

Kirsten and Lars, is this the way you are trying to convince me?   

Jef, we did not think it was necessary to convince you.   

[Maggi Young]

A spathe within a spathe:

First time I've  ever seen that.

Me too -  makes me think of Robin Hood- an arrow splitting an arrow.......

[johnw]

Two trees with great new growth,

Aesculus parvifolia and the Toon tree, Cedrela sinensis.

[K-D Keller]

In flower at the moment

Roscoea cautleyoides, Androsace globifera, Nomocharis aperta, Patrinia sibirica, Campanula oreadum

[Gail]

In flower at the moment
Roscoea cautleyoides

Is your roscoea always this early? Mine are not even showing their noses yet.

[Yann]

My Roscea are also just showing their heads.
What soil do you offer to your C. oreadum? I potted mine in a tuf/sand mix but the plant looks sad.

[Gene Mirro]

A group of Corydalis scouleri, which loves water, growing in my blueberry patch:



Edraianthus serpyllifolius major, sown January 8, 2013, grown under lights, transplanted into 5-inch deep bands:

[Jozef Lemmens]

Gene, maybe it is caused by the lights and I am not an expert, but your plant doesn't look  like an Edraianthus (serpyllifolius) to me.

Klaus-Dieter, how do you grow your Nomocharis?

[Gene Mirro]

Josef, I think you are right.  It is not Edraianthus serpyllifolius.  Does anybody know what it is?  I will post better photos later.

[Maggi Young]

The flower seems like a Wahlenbergia - but I'm not sure what the species would be with that foliage 

[Mark Griffiths]

My Ramonda nathaliae - suposed to be one blue and one white but maybe it's more spectacular this way.

[Graham Catlow]

One of my favourites.

Anemone narcissiflora.