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Anthony Darby

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March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« on: March 01, 2015, 06:32:25 AM »
My passion fruit is ready to eat. 8)
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2015, 09:44:53 AM »

That's beautiful Anthony! What's the variety? Did you grow that from seed? I am great at killing passionfruit, all except for the annoying rootstock, Passiflora caerulea. That grows just fine!
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2015, 12:55:28 AM »
Anthony,
that's not a variety I've seen before. What is the flower like? Have you posted a pic of it earlier?

This cluster of Sternbergia sicula is looking good but is yet to be joined by any others.
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2015, 04:17:48 AM »
Passionfruit 'Panama Gold', Anthony?
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2015, 05:29:30 AM »
Passiflora quandrangularis, the giant granadilla. Bought a wee plant from Bunning's and plonked it by the fence at the back of the rose bed in the hollyhock border. Several huge flowers, but only one fruit this year.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2015, 08:41:20 AM »
That's a lot of passion Anthony! ;D I hope the flavour lives up to expectations. Please report in due course.
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2015, 09:19:48 AM »
Perhaps used as a topping to that Australian...er.. New Zealand Australasian specialty,  Pavlova  ;D
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2015, 09:30:31 AM »
My wife rebecca does a mean pavlova.  ;D. She has it down to a fine art.

Autumn is officially here and I have to admit, there is a certain optimism in the air... This has been a very challenging summer and I'm glad to see the back of it.
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2015, 09:35:39 AM »
Picture when available Jamus please. At least two of the |Forumists will dribble. No names no pack drill! ;D
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2015, 09:20:29 AM »
David, there's a few of the forumists that dribble anyway, but nothing to do with food.  ;)
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2015, 09:33:33 AM »
Quote from: Paul T on March 04, 2015, 09:20:29 AM
David, there's a few of the forumists that dribble anyway, but nothing to do with food.  ;)
Drat! I hoped no-one had noticed.....
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2015, 01:31:53 AM »
Fermi , recently you posted a photo of a lonely Colchicum cilicicum . Here is a part of a clump of it in my garden , also of the showy Colch. bivonae . The white Cyclamen graecum is 4 years from seed .
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2015, 09:37:56 AM »
Four years from seed to SO many flowers on the Cyclamen graecum??  Wonderful - and that, Otto, just shows why we hold you in such esteem - to produce such a plant in four years is just super. 
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2015, 03:05:35 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on March 05, 2015, 09:37:56 AM
Four years from seed to SO many flowers on the Cyclamen graecum??  Wonderful - and that, Otto, just shows why we hold you in such esteem - to produce such a plant in four years is just super.

I agree he said after having yet failed to get a flower on 2008 seedlings
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David Nicholson
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Re: March 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2015, 02:47:58 AM »
Quote from: Paul T on March 04, 2015, 09:20:29 AM
David, there's a few of the forumists that dribble anyway, but nothing to do with food.  ;)

Speak for yourself Laddie! :)
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