November 2017 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Otto Fauser]

The last of my oncocyclus Irises to flower in my garden are I. paradoxa  and acutiloba . and 2 months ago the exquisite I. kirkwoodiae ssp. calcarea was in bloom .Also a picture of some darker flowered Trillium rivale seedlings and Daphne  x rollsdorfii ;Wilhelm Schacht ' which is easy to strike from cuttings .

[Jupiter]

Beautiful plants Otto, all of them but especially the Irises. They look very happy at FCHS. It's a very tropical start to summer here. I hope we don't get any rotting rhizomes.
Cheers,
Jamus

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Fermi,

Nice to see a few Themidaceae. All of ours are up now....

One of those ooppss moments.    The photograph is a bit blurry, however Brodiaea terrestris is looking like Brodiaea terrestris. They look like they could be ssp. kernensis with the notched staminodes. Triteleia must have been a typing error.

Hi Robert,
Yes, of course it is Brodiaea terrestris! I'm nearly old enough to claim a "Senior's Moment"
Here are a few more themids:
1) Brodiaea coronaria var macropoda terrestris -see Robert's comment below!
2 & 3) Dichelostemma ida maia
4) a Triteleia ixioides which is slightly different to the one posted last week
cheers
fermi

[Robert]

Hi Fermi,

Thank you for sharing the photographs.

I actually have some of my Themidaceae in the ground here in Sacramento. Dichelostemma with annual Eschscholzia species is a great combination. So far so good, as the Dichelostemma capitatum are up as well well as some of the Eschscholzia. Oh some Gilia too. Very pretty in the spring. 3-4 months until they bloom and can take photographs.

Some 2nd generation Triteleia ixioides are also coming on well.

One more thing:

I will have to look and consider things some more, but the Broadiaea coronaria is looking much more like B. terrestris. It appears like the flower scape is sitting at ground level.      

[fermi de Sousa]

....the Brodiaea coronaria is looking much more like B. terrestris. It appears like the flower scape is sitting at ground level.      

Yes, Robert, it does look like another version of Brodiaea terrestris!
And the second generation of Gilia capitata is flowering in pots where they have sown themselves!
cheers
feri

[Robert]

Fermi,

Thank you for sharing the photographs of the Themadaceae.

As for Gila capitata, all the subspecies are not equal, at least from a (my subjective) horticultural perspective. We have 8 subspecies here in California and I have yet to see them all. The deep colored flowers on some of the subspecies is quite intriguing. I'll have to conduct some trials to see how they work out in our garden. Sadly my seed lines became mixed (between subspecies - a cardinal sin in plant breeding  ) and I will have to start over with them. In the mean time, I will enjoy my mixed populations. They are still pretty and maybe something good will come of them.     

[Lesley Cox]

My posted seed list has arrived in today's post, which means it must have reached NZ not later then Monday because it goes first to Auckland from the UK then to Christchurch then to Dunedin and then, in my case to the small town of Milton to be delivered here by the Rural Delivery service which now comes just 3 days a week, but we're never sure what days those will be. The postal service has become almost a Mickey Mouse affair. But now to decide, do I use the printed list or wait until Dec 1st to have it Online.  Probably the latter or I'll have to make a trip to Dunedin to buy a GB fiver, there being no banks now in Milton, also a farcical situation, so far as customer service  or convenience are concerned. There are 2 "holes in the wall" machines but while one can draw money, one certainly can't get a bank note in another country's currency!

[Maggi Young]

Sorry to hear you've been poorly, Lesley - if you are home  and feeling better- the SRGC online seed ordering service is NOW  open!  (It's the is  December now in New Zealand, eh? !!)

[fermi de Sousa]

just waiting on an email from the seed team to "remind" me of my password....sigh
At least I was able to enter the SRGC password when Cynthia reminded me that it was case sensitive!
I used a paasword I thought I'd remember but it seems that my memory fails me
Just heard from Cynthia - apparently I should've received an email with an activation link - that hasn't arrived yet.
And, yes, I've checked the "junk mail" folder
fermi

[David Nicholson]

Inner central, second line pages of printed seed list, first page, numbered (i). Look in first paragraph under heading "Main Seed Distribution 2017-2018"

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi David,
The paper list hasn't arrived yet but I got that password from the Secretary's Pages as Maggi has told us to do many times.
It was the activation email which didn't arrive, but the Seed Team has come to the rescue <insert hand-clapping emoji here>
Still perusing the list now
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

The browsing list online would have helped, fermi.  Also, as I have said before - some work emails will not deliver automated  activation emails. Glad the seed team has sorted you out!