Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Joakim B]

Great selection Luit. Thanks!

[ChrisB]

What a cheerful sight on such a dank, drear day.  Thanks Luit!

[Lvandelft]

Every year the Royal Bulb Growers Society (KAVB) organizes a special
Christmas Show, which is also the last Weekly Show of the year.
This Monday there were many entries of flowering bulbs.
So I saw an entry of Dutch Iris in a very good quality for the time
of year.
Special on this entry was that the bulbs were grown and harvested in
France in 2008 and hold back till this autumn and now producing
the flowers in Portugal for cutflower purposes.
   
Iris hollandica coll.
Iris Blue Magic
Iris Casablanca                      
Iris Professor Blaauw                  
Iris Telstar                        

Nearby were some vases with beautiful Alstroemeria.

Alstroemeria Corfu                                      
Alstroemeria Ilsa 1                            
Alstroemeria Nadya 1      
Alstroemeria Roselyn    

[Lvandelft]

Outside the Hall in the Trade Centre was an enormous entry of
Hippeastrum, with many new cultivars of different Groups.                                   

Hippeastrum [judging]                             
Hippeastrum Traviata                 
Hippeastrum Colibri Group 1         
Hippeastrum Colibri Group 1a     
Hippeastrum Spider Group Melfi               

And some very good entries of Hyacinths:

Hyacinthus coll.                     
Hyacinthus
Hyacinthus multiflorus     

[Lvandelft]

Ofcourse there were tulips:

Tulipa  
Tulipa Christmas Gift                  
Tulipa Dutch Design                  
Tulipa Marrero          
          
      
And finally some more Hippeastrum.
      
Hippeastrum Babyface                  
Hippeastrum Colibri Group      
Hippeastrum Pompidou                  
Hippeastrum group  
                    
This was the last Weekly Show of 2009!
May these flowers cheer you up in these dark days before Christmas..            
                      

[David Nicholson]

.... and they did Luit, thank you.

[Maggi Young]

What colour for this time of year. I find the story of the Dutch Iris via France to Portugal for the cut flower market most interesting....and how lovely they are.

Everything looks so perfect... so well displayed.... even after a long year the exhibitors are still working at the top of their skills.

The Hippeastrum with the golden yellow/apricot tones are stunning..... different than anything I have seen... so pretty.

A real treat for us, as always, Luit.... Thank You very much! 

[Lesley Cox]

When we should have masses of floral displays at this time of year - the roses are good - it's such a miserable summer so far Luit, that your lovely shots are a great lifter-of-the-spirits here too. I thank you for them with all my heart.

[Brian Ellis]

That really is a treat Luit, thank you so much for all your time and hard work putting the photos up for us during the year.  It is one of the threads that I look forward to seeing when I log on.  Happy Christmas to you and your family.

[ChrisB]

What a cheerful sight, Luit.  Thank you for sharing.

[Paul T]

Wow, Luit.  Spectacular displays.  I hope that Alstroemeria 'Corfu' makes it out here one day and available to home gardeners.... such a wonderfully dark colour to it.  And the Hippeastrums!! 

Thanks for showing us.

[mark smyth]

to me Hyacinthus multiflorus is much nicer that the other Hyacinths

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks so much for these pics, Luit.
The flowers are spectacular - a wonderful Christmas Show!
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Wouldn't it be great to be able to have all the christmas decorations in your house be made from glorious fresh flowers like these?

[johnw]

Thanks Luit for a year of Lisse, one of the best threads we have.

johnw