February in the Northern Hemisphere

[Lesley Cox]

We've been seeing it here too David, on our TV news. The Levels area of Somerset looks deeply shocking and I was hoping, tongue in cheek, that you could swim  well, but I don't mean to take it lightly. It is terribly distressing for people whose homes are flooded. I can't imagine anything more depressing and heartbreaking than having to face that kind of clean-up, or even losing their homes altogether. I truly feel for you and all your fellows in the area.

[Anne Repnow]

Yes, it is distressing! So many people loose much that they have worked hard to build up. My heart goes out to all that are in weather distress.

[ebbie]

It starts now in my alpine house to bloom:

-Crocus nubigena

-Crocus korolkowii

-Colchicum hungaricum

[Anne Repnow]

I like the way you chose differently coloured and shaped shales and pebbles to bring out the characteristic colour of your crocuses!

Took a trip to Bonn for a family gathering. The photo was taken today in the park of Schloss Deichmannsaue, formerly part of the American embassy. 

[annew]

Fantastic sight 

[Cyril L]

Dionysias are flowering all too early this year.

Dionysia bazoftica in a 6" pot
D. 'Ewesley Theta' (afghanica GW/H 1308 × tapetodes) in a 4" pot
D. 'Zdenek Zvolanek' (afghanica GW/H 1308 × ? tapetodes) in a 3" pot

[angie]

Cyril if I had those Dionysias in my greenhouse I wouldn't care about all the miserable weather that we have been having, I wouldn't leave my greenhouse.

Angie 

[Yann]

whaou Cyril what deep color your Dionysias have.
I guess you should ventilate a lot during these wet winter months.

Using a dehumidifier i still have too much hygrometry in the greenhouse and have lost a small plant of ZZ's one and Corona.
What's the hygrometry in your greenhouses?

[johnralphcarpenter]

Camellia fraterna today, splattered with mud. We have had a lot of rain!

[Cyril L]

Cyril if I had those Dionysias in my greenhouse I wouldn't care about all the miserable weather that we have been having, I wouldn't leave my greenhouse.

Angie 

Yes Angie, the dionysias do lift the spirits in this dull weather we are having.

whaou Cyril what deep color your Dionysias have.
I guess you should ventilate a lot during these wet winter months.

Using a dehumidifier i still have too much hygrometry in the greenhouse and have lost a small plant of ZZ's one and Corona.
What's the hygrometry in your greenhouses?

Yann, I have overhead fans running 15 minutes on/15 minutes off, all year round.  I am convinced they help keep plants more compact and keep botrytis away especially in this damp weather we have been having lately.

[johngennard]

Not quite warm enough but the Tommys are on their way.About ten days early.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Dionysias are flowering all too early this year.
Dionysia bazoftica in a 6" pot
D. 'Ewesley Theta' (afghanica GW/H 1308 × tapetodes) in a 4" pot
D. 'Zdenek Zvolanek' (afghanica GW/H 1308 × ? tapetodes) in a 3" pot

Extremely beautiful Cyril en perfectly grown !
Here they start to flower to ....
Dionysia ' Mike Bramley '
Dionysisa ' Judith Bramley '
Dionysia ' Corona '
Dionysia  zschummelii

[Anne Repnow]

Not quite warm enough but the Tommys are on their way.About ten days early.

Wow, John, that looks terrific! How long did it take you to establish so many 'Tommys'?

[Paul T]

Eranthis and Crocus carpets seem so alien to me here at present, with our record heat waves we've been getting.  They seem SO far from summer. 

Thanks so much for showing us.  And that glorious Scoliopus at the beginning of this topic as well.  Brilliant pics everyone.

[Dionysia]

A few afghanica f1 and f2 hybrids currently in flower, others have already gone over.
MK01458/3
MK06458/2
MK01221/2 Perlmutt
PMR-MK06459/2
MK9801/14 Zdenek Zvolanek