August 2025 in the Southern Hemisphere

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It's still winter, so here are a few more snowdrops!
1) Galanthus rizehensis (or maybe woronowii?)
2) a seedling with pale green marks on the exterior of the outer petals
3-5) Galanthus 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'
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Some more "hoops"
1) One of the "Winter Colours" range
2) a seedling white hoop
3) Narcissus 'Looking Noble' from Keira Bulbs
4) Narcissus possibly 'Ben Bler' from Glenbrook Bulb Farm
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The rather misnamed "Summer Snowflake", Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'
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Last week at Ferny Creek Hort Society we held a "Buy Swap Sell". One of the vendors, Craig Gardiner, specialises in South African Bulbs, especially Oxalis. Here's a pic of one of his trays
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[Diane Whitehead]

How many oxalis did you get?

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How many oxalis did you get?

Hi Diane,
  None this time - I've bought a few from him previously!
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Last Saturday our local AGC Vic Group held its inaugural Plant & Flower Show combined with a conference "Flora of the Veld - featuring South African Bulbs".
We awarded the first medal in honour of our dear friend, Otto.
So the Rock Gardening world has now 3 F's - The Forrest, The Farrer and The Fauser!
It was won by the largest Cyclamen rohlfsianum I have ever seen, exhibited by our membership Secretary and Journal Editor, Helen Batty,
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[Maggi Young]

Wow, fermi, that is one LARGE cyclamen!  Congrats to Helen Batty on winning this first Fauser medal!!

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Thanks, Maggi.
And thank you for your help - I heard that Luca contacted you for advice about running our first Show! I liked to think that this one would be close to an Early Bulb Day as run by SRGC.
Here are some more pics from the day.
Narcissus
Snowdrops
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More exhibits:
1) Romulea and crocus
2) Massonia sempervirens
3) Some of the other cyclamen
4) The Panel led by Jane Tonkin: Garry Reid, Gilles Lardy, Keith Tollis and Colin Hunt. They all shared wonderful stories of plant hunting and seeing Flowering bulbs in South Africa.
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