Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Joakim B]

Nice ones
Are all the nerines shown able to be grown outside in the Netherlands?
They are great looking ones. There was a talk earlier about white nerienes in an other thread.
Great to see them here.
Kind regards
Joakim

[ranunculus]

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

Fincinia [truncata] 1                   
Fincinia [truncata] 2                   
Fincinia [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.

A few images can be found on this link, Luit ... not much help but it may be of interest?

http://sophy.u-3mrs.fr/Afriqsud/LIENPLAN.HTM

[Maggi Young]

Having a search around for this plant , I discover that while I ccan find a few references to "Fincinia" the RHS database only recognises "Ficinia" and I think that the plant at Lisse is thus a  Ficinia

Have found a few online references to Ficinia truncata
......http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/ficinia.htm

http://www.aluka.org/action/showCompilationPage?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.FICINIA.TRUNCATA&cookieSet=1

[Lvandelft]

Thanks Cliff, every bit is helpfull

Having a search around for this plant , I discover that while I ccan find a few references to "Fincinia" the RHS database only recognises "Ficinia" and I think that the plant at Lisse is thus a  Ficinia

Maggi, here is seen again how wrong names often occur. 
It is my spelling fault. I saw the first website of S.A. too and wrote the wrong name despite reading.
We will next Monday talk about this matter and then I will probably change my picture names.

Not as an excuse, but the plant was sent under the name Fincima, which was to find nowhere...

Now we need only somebody who this plant possibly has in culture and knows more about hardiness etc.

[Maggi Young]

Maggi, here is seen again how wrong names often occur.

Yes, it is so very easy to make a mistake, with reading a label or with typing ....or with memory, as often happens with me!   At least with the latin names we stand a chance of finding the correct name eventually ! 

[Lvandelft]

In November there are mostly not so many entries in the Show Hall.
But the few shown are interesting though:
               
Gladiolus carmineus                       
Ipheion sessile                         
Nerina bowdenii (unknown Cultivar)             
Crocus cartwrightianus Pale Clone                           
Nerine undulata                         
Nerine undulata cl.                   
Nerine manselli                         
Nerine manselli cl.

[Ragged Robin]

Really interesting and well grown Luit - lovely Nerines and the C Crocus cartwrightianus Pale Clone is just gorgeous

[Lesley Cox]

More lovely things Luit, many thanks. The Nerine manselli is very nice with sublte colouring, not just red.

[Armin]

Luit,
the C. cartwrightianus "Pale Clone" looks much better than the picture in P.C. Nijssen 2009 catalogue A pity that I haven't ordered some.
My C. cartwrightianus /C. sativus in the garden start to flower but the weather is miserable - cold, windy and rain and rain 
If no sunshine the next couple of days - buds will wither and decompose with out having opened

[Lvandelft]

This week we saw flowers of Chasmanthe which were cut outside and looked remarkably nice.
The exhibitor also showed a vase with Chasmanthe seeds to show the use as cutflowers too.

Most interesting was a plate with berries from another exhibitor.
At the first look the orange berries were of Iris foetidissima,
but they were from Littonia modesta. Not really a 'must have' plant for the garden, but the collected fruits look great.
 
Chasmanthe floribunda Saturnus 1                 
Chasmanthe floribunda Saturnus 2         
Chasmanthe tuber                             
Nerine flexuosa Alba                       
Littonia modesta and Staphylea colchica

[Regelian]

Luit,

what a beautiful 'snack' arrangement!  I'd never seen seedpods from either.  

[mark smyth]

the C. cartwrightianus "Pale Clone" looks much better than the picture in P.C. Nijssen 2009 catalogue A pity that I haven't ordered some.

I'm not allowed to order from Nijssen anymore because I complained about wrong bulbs

[Armin]

Mark,
WYSIWYG - seem not to work for bulb supplieres.
A never ending story causing annual repeating annoyances

[maggiepie]

My favourite is the Crocus cartwrightianus Pale Clone , absolutely beautiful.

[mark smyth]

Armin I don't see it in their catalogue