Strange flower with no leaves.

[Anthony Darby]

This has appeared in a gravel border. No leaves at present, but the only leaves I remember at one point were Oxalis sp.

[Biobella]

Looks like Oxalis magnifica... normally it is dormant. Probably it's just peeping to see whether the winter is over...

[Lesley Cox]

Well it's definitely not winter here Biobella, even if summer doesn't really seem to have arrived either, at least not in the lower South Island. Anthony's place is a bit warmer than mine of course.

[Anthony Darby]

Well it's definitely not winter here Biobella, even if summer doesn't really seem to have arrived either, at least not in the lower South Island. Anthony's place is a bit warmer than mine of course.

True Lesley. Made the mistake of using a watering can on the front border by the drive and ended up hopping as the concrete was burning the soles of my bare feet.

[fixpix]

That's a cool flower. And sooo lonely
But... what season is it there? As we're getting close to spring you should be entering autumn???
Or is my logic on vacation?

[Anthony Darby]

Autumn is a long way off. I suppose you would say 10th Feb = 10th August. Feb and March can be hot with cicadas and crickets calling day and night. July = January in the northern hemisphere. We can sometimes have lunch alfresco in July and it's a rare day when there is ground frost on the park in the morning. I grow frangipanis and proteas in my front border and cymbidiums are garden plants.

[Lesley Cox]

Yes, it is still summer here in NZ and Australia and while we're not having - and don't have - the dreadfully high temps of Australia, we're still quite warm for a couple of months yet. Autumn usually starts around April but the weather stays nice (we hope) until the end of May and winter doesn't REALLY start until late June/July with spring again, in August.  Eat your hearts out.