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bulb log 47 25 November
« on: November 25, 2009, 02:45:30 PM »
Maggi,did you notice the little Maltese pup hiding at the bottom of the last pic( Beauty in decay) of the latest bulb log. He is at the bottom right side of the pic just below the dying anthers and style, he is holding his head sideways. Looks really cute. :)
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 03:25:48 PM »
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 03:27:06 PM »
I think you must be a nicer person than I, Michael, I  see a wee white ferret!
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2009, 03:45:03 PM »
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2009, 03:57:50 PM »
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2009, 04:35:04 PM »
Are you referring to the out of focus ghostly image?
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2009, 04:43:43 PM »
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...see the eyes and button nose?
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2009, 05:00:23 PM »
Maggi

You are ignoring the floppy ears  8)
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2009, 05:01:28 PM »
 ;D now I see
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2009, 05:41:32 PM »
Maggi

You are ignoring the floppy ears  8)


 You think that , Art, but I love you whatever your ears are like, really I do.  :-*
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2009, 08:54:46 PM »
Thanks Ian for another fascinating bulblog, and especially for another year (almost) of this excellent series.  Long may it continue.

It's very impressive to see so many crocus still in flower there with you in Aberdeen.  Here laevigatus is my only (crocus) distraction from rain, rain, rain :P but it doesn't open much even at temperatures above 10oC so light must contribute too.  However first buds are now appearing on baytopiorum, pale clear blue like a blackbird's egg nestling among the leaves 8) 

Your seedlings ex 'Camoro' are lovely.  Are they more upward-facing than the parent?
A couple of logs back I thought you cited twisted tepals as one of the characteristics of N. cantabricus foliosus but most of the ones you show here seem fairly straight so is this feature variable?

That N. romieuxii ssp albidus var zaianicus is very beautiful too, with the flared edge to its corona.  With luck (and potassium sulphate ;D) my potful should reach flowering size next year; something I look forward to!
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2009, 09:52:59 AM »
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A couple of logs back I thought you cited twisted tepals as one of the characteristics of N. cantabricus foliosus but most of the ones you show here seem fairly straight so is this feature variable?

Ashley the twisted petals in N. cantabricus is variable it can vary with the age of the flower and sometimes it is very subtle.

I can see that a number of the petals in the picture in this weeks log show a subtle twist.
These minimal features are what makes these Narcissus such a problem to sort out.

I will try and show it further in the bulb log as the season progresses.
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2009, 07:44:19 PM »
Ferrets & cuddly things apart, the one thing that the Bulb Log makes me want to do is to get at my own plants for a closer look and to be up and doing.  Sadly we have had days of heavy rain and all I could do was take out a small mortgage on ericaceous compost needed for some lilies: I have no greenhouse only a rather large walk in lean-to which is open on three sides and not the most comfortable of places to be in rough weather.  But all things end (even this overlong comment) and the rain finally stopped.  Anne was right the bulb planter has been perfect for moving the out of place orchids.  Four lots of narcissi seed and one of a romulea, all planted in September, have germinated like mustard and cress.  Slugs are having quite a field day amongst the open narcissi in the garden.
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Re: bulb log 47 25 November
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2009, 04:53:32 PM »
I am glad to welcome you to these pages Jim.
We too have had a dull wet day today not the ideal winter weather for any plants or gardeners. 8)
However I got the bulb log finished and posted and now my thoughts turn to updating my trough talk as I am due to give it next week.
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