November 2013 in the Southern Hemisphere

[fermi de Sousa]

There's a lot going on in the Rock garden - yesterday we saw our first snake of the season!!!
Fortunately also a lot of flowers.
Calochortus splendens about to open
Delosperma sutherlandii
what used to be called Albuca maxima
Triteleia - maybe - hyacinthina
cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

Off to NZIS Convention in Timaru in a few minutes, home late Monday night. It will be great to catch up with friends from way back and of course Tony Hall is guest speaker so good to catch up with him again too.

I have quite a lot of iris pics on my camera at present but the last two weeks have been hectic without a minute to spare and then I've had to water like crazy yesterday and this morning and cover to protect from sun and rabbits and throw some slug pellets about too. 2 only seedlings of Genista aetnensis are eaten off!. Insert the B word here. I hope I've persuaded Roger to water my cuttings but who knows. We had 28C here yesterday but cooler today thank heaven.

Anyway, I expect a super weekend and will report with some pics next week.

[Maggi Young]

I am sure the NZIS weekend will be a great event, Lesley. Have a wonderful time and please give our long-distance regards to Tony!

Hard to imagine how hot your weather is - just a far-away memory here in frosty Aberdeen.

[Hillview croconut]

Hi, I'll keep the ball rolling for the southerners.

Calochortus amoenus (JCA seed)
Calochortus amabilis (North West Natives seed)
Tulipa linifolia (the Dutch)
Allium nevskianum (Janis Ruksans seed)
Cistus salviifolius prostrate form (odd one out but what little beauty!)

Dank, miserable, mizzling weather here - a bit like Scotland

Cheers, Marcus

[Stephen Vella]

Hello and nice lot of Calochortus Fermi and Marcus.

heres one from me lilium rubellum..thanks Marcus.

Smells like sherbert. Very dry here, 30c and much wanted rain coming..cant wait

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Stephen,

Thanks YOU for growing it so well!

Cheers, Marcus

[fermi de Sousa]

I've posted more Calochortus pics in the Calochortus thread (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9802.0   ) - reply#13;
Some other flowers in the garden:
Thalictrum tuberosum
Ixia rouxii
Dichelostemma ida-maia
Golden Pennants, Glischrocaryon behrii, a native of southern parts of Australia - first time for it to survive into its second year!
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Golden Pennants, Glischrocaryon behrii, a native of southern parts of Australia - first time for it to survive into its second year!
cheers
fermi

Wondered what family that came from - found this - http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Glischrocaryon~behrii     - seems it's in  the Family Haloragaceae   
Sigh! I'm none the wiser!

[Hillview croconut]

Hi all,

No Golden Pennants here. Where does it grow Fermi?

I'll keep it running for the Down Underers. No bulbs, just a few little things that I love dearly.

Ewartia catipes - originally from Ken Gillanders' nursery though I have seen it many times now around Mt Anne.

Campanula tridentata or aucheri - I can't tell the difference.

Lomelosia hymettia - a scabiosa-type plant that I have only seen at Mt Kouchera on the road to Lambokambos in the central east of the Peloponnese. Brilliant thing.

Thymus longicaulis - excellent thyme - wouldn't be without it.

Euphorbia rigida - collected as seed near Sparta. All the euphorbias are great in Tasmanian conditions.

Cheers, Marcus

[Anthony Darby]

My Sisyrhinchium palmifolium is flowering. Seed sown Dec 2012 and the flowering stem is 20" tall. The flowers open at 4 p.m. and close before dusk.

[David Nicholson]

Nice one Anthony, good pic too.

[Hillview croconut]

Very pretty Anthony, never seen it before, Cheers, Marcus

[Anthony Darby]

I'll see if it sets seed, but there's a goodly number of corms in the pot Marcus so I should have some spare.

[Rogan]

'Tis the season to be yellow...

Sooo well known, yet totally irresistible - Sandersonia aurantiaca:

I'm not great with orchids, but this is one of my favourites - Dendrobium densiflorum:

[Hillview croconut]

Greatly enjoying these new flowers.  Thanks for your kind offer Anthony. However it will have to be seeds. Way too expensive to bring in corms.  Cheers,  Marcus