Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lesley Cox]

I like Sarah Mae too Robin. I'll bet she dances a mean shimmy! (There's a resurrection of an old song called "She's a Mod" doing the rounds here at present. SM would be in her element there, with wild hair shaking all around. )

And I'm so pleased to see Crocosmia 'Star of the East' as I'm able at last (after at least 10 years) to identify mine, one of a small collection given to me years ago, with names but not attached to individual plants. S of the E was one name and I now know on which plant to put it.

[Lvandelft]

And I'm so pleased to see Crocosmia 'Star of the East' as I'm able at last (after at least 10 years) to identify mine, one of a small collection given to me years ago, with names but not attached to individual plants. S of the E was one name and I now know on which plant to put it.

Glad to be of help Lesley!

[Lvandelft]

Batch two:

Eucomis Au Mer                       
Eucomis bicolor mut.                   
Watsonia Flamboyant               
Watsonia Peach Glow 1           
Watsonia Peach Glow 2                   
Watsonia Snow Queen
Leucanthemum Old Court Variety               
Watsonia Ablaze               
Watsonia aletroides                   
Watsonia Cherry Splash

[Paul T]

Luit,

Fantastic pics as always.  I love those Echinaceas... amazing colours and forms.  And the seedheads on the Eucomis..... ooh i want to see what the seedlings would turn out like. 

Thanks for the pics.

[Lvandelft]

This week again some very interesting entries
Grasses were especially invited for the show and some of them are shown here. 

Carex morrowii Ice Ballett             
Carex Silver Sceptre     
Miscanthus 1                     
Miscanthus 2                         
Miscanthus Ferner Osten
Pennisetum Red Head 

[Lvandelft]

A big entry of Astilbe in very good quality:

Astilbe group 1                     
Astilbe group 2           
Astilbe group 3             
Astilbe                   

[Lvandelft]

There were several autumn flowering bulbs to see too:

Colchicum baytopiorum                 
Colchicum procurrens               
Crocus goulimyi                       
Crocus speciosus Cassiope               
Oxalis anomala               
 
more to come later....

[ranunculus]

Superb (as usual) Luit ... many thanks for posting.

[Joakim B]

Great bunch of photos Luit!
I liked the Colchicum baytopiorum since it flowers with it foliage, but maybe I should not like it and get used to naked flowering instead?
Great to see so strong Astilbe in great colours.
The Eucomis seems like aliens and are great to see.
Thanks a lot 
Kind regards
Joakim

[Ragged Robin]

A wonderful show, Luit, the setting is perfect for showing of these lovely flowers and plants in the lower Autumn light....the display has meandering feel about it which must lead you on to the next display.

The grasses on show are wonderful and of particular interest to me as there are so many varieties here in the Alps which I have not seen before as well - they look very at home on the mountains in harsh dry and shady wet.

Lovely Oxalis, Crocus, Colchicum and the Astilbe are magnificent, thanks 

[Lvandelft]

Thanks for the replies, friends!

A wonderful show, Luit, the setting is perfect for showing of these lovely flowers and plants in the lower Autumn light....the display has meandering feel about it which must lead you on to the next display.

Robin, I was not aware of the possibility to look in such a romantic way to the plants when visiting the show 

[Lvandelft]

Some very nice Nerine:

Nerine bowdenii Alba             
Nerine bowdenii Stephanie       
Nerine Joan                     
Nerine Red Pimpernel             
Nerine wellsii                     

[Lvandelft]

And a new Geranium shown by the breeder of  Geranium Jolly Bee:
Hopefully there is more difference as there is between G. Rozanne
and Jolly Bee?
 
Geranium Havana Blues

[Lvandelft]

One exhibitor showed a totally new plant which caused the committee some
trouble, because the name was not written right and we could not find
anything about it in literature.
One member of the jury remembered making a picture of the plant in S. Africa and
could give later the right name.
This plant is seemingly in culture in Japan and was shown here with the
cultivar name: Ice Cristal

It is Fincinia and probably F.truncata (Cyperaceae) from S. Africa

Ficinia [truncata] 1                    
Ficinia [truncata] 2                  
Ficinia [truncata] flower head

Would love to know if there are Forum members on the S.H. , especially S. Africa, who can tell
some more about this very attractive plant.
Edit 28.10. with  pictures right named

[Armin]

Luit,
brilliant and unusual images (as usual ) - Are there more croci pictures to come?