Flowers and foliage February 2008

[Maggi Young]

Gerd, I knew you would return... I was not sure whether you were so shocked by Hans' joke that you forgot to post the pix, or perhaps you were laughing so hard that you forgot to post the pix !!

It is the humour here which makes this Forum different and, to me, so special... just like a chat with friends... always a joke amongst the serious business of learning how to make our flowers happy....A day is always bettered by a smile- who said that Bavarians had no humour  
Thanks to you all for this.    

[Hans J]

  Maggi -who says that the bavarian have no humour
we have maybe a little other kind of humour .....

Sorry for the result of football from today :
Bayern - Aberdeen:
5:1 

[Maggi Young]

With all this joking, I quite forgot to ask you, Gerd: what can you tell me about Solaria atropurpurea?
A most attractive plant which I have not seen. (though perhaps they have many in England )


Hans....

Bayern - Aberdeen:   5:1     

.....that is NOT funny! Trust me!!
 

[Gerdk]

With all this joking, I quite forgot to ask you, Gerd: what can you tell me about Solaria atropurpurea?
A most attractive plant which I have not seen. (though perhaps they have many in England )

Maggi,
This Solaria is also called Gethyum atropurpurea and I don't know which name is correct. It is a member of the Alliaceae and comes from Chile.
It is an easy grower and has a good multiplication. It starts to grow in November and I give a dry summer rest. I don't know whether it is hardy outside.

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

Thank you, Gerd, I know very little about these South American onions but I do like them. This one has super shape to it.

[mark smyth]

Bob Brown sells it

[Lesley Cox]

I like the Solaria/Gethyum too. I doubt if it is here though.

I have to confess a total lack of interest in football - of the Soccer kind - but I wonder if Anthony enjoyed the cricket down here on Wednesday. I hardly left my sofa all day. Looking forward to Saturday's decider.

[Maggi Young]

A sofa is certainly the best place to watch cricket, from Lesley.... that way you are already lying down when you fall asleep!

[Lvandelft]

Maggi,
This Solaria is also called Gethyum atropurpurea and I don't know which name is correct. It is a member of the Alliaceae and comes from Chile.

That is a very interesting plant, Gerd.
I doubt if it is hardy with us. There seems to be only one Solaria in Chili : S. brevicoalita,
what is probably the same plant. This one grows in the area where much Chilean wine is produced.

[Lesley Cox]

Tut Tut Maggi. I NEVER fall asleep while watching cricket. And certianly not this last game on Wednesday. It was finger nail biting stuff right to the last ball, and no decision about which team would win until then either. I hope Saturday's will be so good.

[Hans A.]

Maggi,
This Solaria is also called Gethyum atropurpurea and I don't know which name is correct. It is a member of the Alliaceae and comes from Chile.

That is a very interesting plant, Gerd.
I doubt if it is hardy with us. There seems to be only one Solaria in Chili : S. brevicoalita,
what is probably the same plant. This one grows in the area where much Chilean wine is produced.

Hello Gerd and Luit -
Ravenna has mentioned some more species: S. brevicoalita, S.curacavina, S. atropurpurea, S. attenuata, S. miersiodes and S. cuspidata - next month I will be in Chile again - perhaps I will able to get some seed.
Here in Spain Solenomelus segethii will start to bloom possibly next week.

[David Nicholson]

Tut Tut Maggi. I NEVER fall asleep while watching cricket. And certianly not this last game on Wednesday. It was finger nail biting stuff right to the last ball, and no decision about which team would win until then either. I hope Saturday's will be so good.

Not proper cricket, wait until the proper cricket starts.

signed.
Old Buffer from Devon.

[Michael J Campbell]

Here is a plant that I posted last week but with a few more flowers out now.

Dionysia curviflora

[Maggi Young]

Looking good , Michael.
I think that D. curviflora was the only Dionysia on display at Dunblane last weekend, if I remember... only got two minutes in the display room to look 

[Lesley Cox]

A beautiful plant Michael.I wish my own attempts at Dionysia would produce anything have so good.

Well, Old Buffer from Devon, I assure you I'm very happy to spend a full 5 days on the sofa in the right circumstances. Only little matters like a job, watering, cooking dinner and doing the dishes get in the way but I'll be doing my best. The good thing about the English and NZ teams currently is that they seem to be quite evenly matched both in skill and talent - plenty of those - but also in the ability to produce some ghastly mistakes and gross stupidity as well. Should make for interesting test matches.