August 2016 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Maggi Young]

Wow! So lovely - thanks fermi! 

[Anthony Darby]

Here's some flowering now. Galanthus ex 'Magnet Imposter', seed from John W; Galanthus nivalis 'small early' from Edna, Narcissus blancoi, seed from Rafa, Narcissus 'Limequilla' X 'Emerald Sea' and Iris unguicularis cretense, this pot from Bill Dijk.

[johnw]

Anthony -  When Ian C. was here he said would we could safely call our Magnet Imposter 'Magnet'.   Your seedling of it appears to have a stronger mark; open-pollinated so we'll never know the father. Here's the mum.

johnw

[Anthony Darby]

That's altogether a much bigger plant. I suspect mine will increase in size. The seeds were sown October 2012 and these are the first flowers.

[fermi de Sousa]

Wow! So lovely - thanks fermi! 

Glad you liked the flowers, Maggi.
 
Today I took some pots of bulbs to work so that I could photograph and pollinate them:
Hesperantha pauciflora

Lapeirousia montana

Moraea macronyx


cheers
fermi

[Mini bulb lover]

Love the Lapeirousia (both of them) Fermi.

When I saw Otto recently he told me to "post some pictures on the SRGC forum"! Here are some photos taken recently in my garden.

Some Crocus chrysanthus cultivars

[Mini bulb lover]

Crocus sieberi 'Spring Beauty'
Crocus tommasinianus 'Pictus' from Marcus
Crocus reticulatus ssp. reticulatus - wild collected seed from Marcus sown in 2013. Seed collected from Mt Falakro, Greek Macedonia at 1300m
Iris reticulata 04IM - bee pollinated seed from Alan McMurtrie, sown May 2013

[Mini bulb lover]

Galanthus 'Barbara's Double'
Galanthus 'Spindlestone Surprise' (thanks Otto)
Muscari from Fermi
One of my favourite hellebores - red flower buds look like fruit from a distance

[Mini bulb lover]

This Massonia is on it's way out (it was white). Label bleached by the sun, can't remember which species this is. Originally collected by Cameron McMaster, has a fragrance like Hyacinths. I think I was told that only the ones from this particular area had a fragrance - the rest of the species doesn't.

Romulea hoenicia(?) from seed (came as 'purple Romulea)
Triandrus hybrid 12_6R from Lawrence Trevanion (Canberra breeder)
Wurmbea stricta

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Otto!  We can always count on you!  And kind thanks to Jon for  taking up the " challenge " - very exciting to see the spring flowering so beautifully   for you. 

[fermi de Sousa]

At our FCHS Rock Garden Group's Plant Swap in April I got a "string of pearls", Senecio rowleyanus, as an a "cutting" which I put into the Shade-House draped over a couple of other pots - it gradullay put down roots and it is now producing flowers!
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Fermi, we love the perfume of Senecio rowleyanus. Similar to clove pinks.

[fermi de Sousa]

Comparing 2 Bulbinellas:
Bulbinella robusta (syn. B. robusta)
Bulbinella eburniflora
cheers
fermi

[Hoy]

My vote goes to B. eburniflora although they are great both of them!

[Jupiter]

Some things flowering now.