Plants in the Alpine House

[ruweiss]

Here are some Calceolarias from the Alpine House:
Calceolaria darwinii
Calceolaria lagunae-blancae and
Calceolaria pinifolia.
All my attempts to cultivate them in the open garden ended with the loss
of these beauties,I think,that our climate is not suitable for them.They grow much
better in the house,as you can see in the pictures,especially Calc.pinifolia.

[Lesley Cox]

These are very lovely Rudi. I'm especially happy to see CC. pinifolia and lagunae-blancae. I had both from seed but they died before they flowered.

[ruweiss]

Lesley,
thank you for your friendly comment,I must admit,that I also killed several plants by my fault.
Many species are simply short lived,the most reliable for me is C.pinifolia,kept in more dry conditions.
Good luck with the next Calceolarias!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Beautiful little series Rudi - very good looking plants indeed !
Thanks for sharing them with us !

[Tony Willis]

beautiful calceolaria's,not plants I ever succeeed with.

Here are a couple of oddities from Turkey. They are both woodland plants in nature, although some species do grow in full sun

aristolochia hirta
 aristolochia hirta 1
 aristolochia sp poss cilicia.

[ruweiss]

Tony,thank you for showing us these fine Aristolochias,it is a pity,that they are so rare
in cultivation.The following pictures were made in the Alpine House,a hailstorm some days ago
damaged many plants in the open garden,especially the Cypripediums and other plants with big
leaves(Hosta,Gunnera etc.)

041Lewisia rediviva
 021 (4)Myosotis capitata
 011Nototriche macleanii
 039Silene hookeri v.ingramii

[Lesley Cox]

Nice to see Myosotis capitata from the southern ocean Rudy and clever you, with a nototriche!

[ruweiss]

Lesley,Myosotis capitata and Nototriche macleani are the kind of plants I really love,but their cultivation
is a bit tricky in our climate. It is more suitable for growing wine.

[Lesley Cox]

Well Rudi, you can't really go wrong growing wine

[ruweiss]

Flowers now get rarer and rarer in the Alpine House.
Therefore it is such a pleasure for me to look at all the pictures from these lucky forumists who
take the chance to visit the plants in their native habitats.
Thanks to all these intrepid friends for sharing these precious photos wih us.
Now flowering for me under glass:
Silene plankii from Texas and Calceolaria umbellata F&W 11439.
The Calceolaria was sown in January 2008 and flowers now for the first time.

[David Nicholson]

Two little gems Rudi.

[Lesley Cox]

Yes indeed.

[Magnar]

I have enjoyed all the pics from your alpine house. Nice to see so many gems. I don't have an alpine house, but I grow some of these in the scree in the open garden

[ChrisB]

Ruweiss, it would help us if you could add at the bottom of your posts, your location.  Most of us do that so we understand more the growing conditions you are working in.  Thanks

[ruweiss]

Thank you all for your kind comments;for Chris and all the other forumists I
have added more informations about me and my location.