Scilla 2015

[Maggi Young]

Can you explain why sometimes I click on a thumbnail and it opens a new window rather than just enlarging? Sometimes in the same posting I get both ways of opening.

   I have absolutely no idea, Brian - it happens that way for me too.


edit :
  Fred Admin has come up with the answer - when photos are posted as full size images within a post the automatic resizing tool resizes them  completely - but when larger sized pictures are posted as end of post  thumbnails the system opens them in a new window, but resized there to avoid scrolling to view the pix. 

[fermi de Sousa]

After John and Rimmer's little scilla this may seem a bit ridiculous! Scilla natalenis, now Merwilla plumbea, in flower today in the Rock garden,
cheers
fermi

[Rimmer de Vries]

i have tired seed of Merwilla plumbea several times but it never germinates, in cold or warm, spring or fall.

what does it need to germinate?
Thanks

[johnstephen29]

It's a beautiful plant fermi.

[Robert]

i have tired seed of Merwilla plumbea several times but it never germinates, in cold or warm, spring or fall.

what does it need to germinate?
Thanks

I do not know what this species needs to germinate either, however my understanding is that it is from South Africa in a summer rainfall, winter dry region. Perhaps, this is something like Florida where the winter dry season is also the fire season. If you have plenty of seed to experiment with it might be worth a try tenting some seed pans with a fire / smoke treatment. I have found it easy to give seed pans a smoke treatment using a large box. A few hours in the smoke might give results. At least it might be worth a try.

It is important to water the seed pans once after smoke treatment, and then only as needed so that whatever components are in the smoke can be taken up by the seeds, rather than washed away.

Good luck. Maybe someone can step forward with a proven method.

[ThomasHe]

a very nice plant, fermi.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Rimmer,
I received this as a small seedling many years ago and have never raised any seedlings. I was told that the seed has a short viability which is possibly why it doesn't germinate sometimes.
Being from a summer rainfall area means having to water it when it comes into growth at the end of winter. This year was a dry spring so just as well we set the sprinkle on this area before we went away! I don't think we saw a flower last year,
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

I have two Merwilla plumbea. Pots stand side by side. One has been out for a week now. The other is a week or two off opening. Bought them off Terry Hatch.

[Janis Ruksans]

Pure white Prospero autumnalis from ruins of Perge in Turkey started blooming here. I collected it by fingers from split between stone benches surrounding ancient stadium. Was afraid that it will not grow here as altitude from where it comes is very low and there are no real winter at all at its natural habitat. When I visited Perge in autumn all splits in stadium were full with blue flowers of Prospero, bet occasionally few white ones were between those. I collected 3 and two of them alive and now bloomed for the first time.

[Maggi Young]

Can you explain why sometimes I click on a thumbnail and it opens a new window rather than just enlarging? Sometimes in the same posting I get both ways of opening.

  Fred Admin has come up with the answer - when photos are posted as full size images within a post the automatic resizing tool resizes them  completely - but when larger sized pictures are posted as end of post  thumbnails the system opens them in a new window, but resized there to avoid scrolling to view the pix.     

[Matt T]

Pure white Prospero autumnalis from ruins of Perge in Turkey started blooming here. I collected it by fingers from split between stone benches surrounding ancient stadium. Was afraid that it will not grow here as altitude from where it comes is very low and there are no real winter at all at its natural habitat. When I visited Perge in autumn all splits in stadium were full with blue flowers of Prospero, bet occasionally few white ones were between those. I collected 3 and two of them alive and now bloomed for the first time.

Absolutely beautiful!

[brianw]

  Fred Admin has come up with the answer - when photos are posted as full size images within a post the automatic resizing tool resizes them  completely - but when larger sized pictures are posted as end of post  thumbnails the system opens them in a new window, but resized there to avoid scrolling to view the pix.     

I was puzzled that the middle of 3 was a popup but the 1st and 3rd was not recently. Forget which, sorry.
Incidentally does posting large photos use up much more of your valuable storage space? I still prefer editing before posting so not guilty if it does ;-)

[Maggi Young]

We've got the  "under 200kb " rule to help the storage  - and many pix are way below that and still perfectly good.

Sometimes hard to get folks to realise that for online viewing you do not need a photo twice the size needed for print work in Vogue!   

[Rimmer de Vries]

Scilla lingulata ciliolata ex Monocot Nursery
Scilla lingulata ciliolata ex Monocot Nurseryis this an ex  Mike Solomon collection?
doe anyone know the collector identification, locality?
 this one blooms mid- to late season and has the dark blue ovary,