Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[ranunculus]

The bad thing is that these big groups are not inside the show hall but rather close to the Committee's coffee table

The Show secretary must have a warped sense of humour Luit

Most do, Brian ... it's a prerequisite!   

[ArnoldT]

 Allium amethystinum
I saw this allium on Saturday in a fancy flower shop in Greenwich Village

[Lvandelft]

 Allium amethystinum
I saw this allium on Saturday in a fancy flower shop in Greenwich Village

Very likely, because they are grown here in the cutflower branch too Arnold.
You should have bought some, they are very long lasting

[Lvandelft]

September is the time of year to show autumn-flowering bulbs.
I start this series with a pot of tulips (no joke) 
It is a sport of T. Candela and the bulbs were kept from last year's crop.

Tulipa Soroptimist
 
there were two exhibitors with Amaryllis belladonna

Amaryllis belladonna 1                                                   
Amaryllis belladonna 2   
Amaryllis belladonna pink seedl.     
Amaryllis belladonna Candidissima   
Amaryllis belladonna Beacon [syn. Port Elizabeth]               
Amaryllis belladonna White Queen     

[Lvandelft]

A vase with the not often shown cross of Nerine bowdenii x Amaryllis belladonna

Amaryllis Nerine bowdenii x Amaryllis belladonna     
Amaryllis Nerine bowdenii x Amaryllis belladonna  cl.     
                                                       
and there was the lovely Crinum moorei   
 
Crinum moorei cl                                                             

I finish with Lycoris shown in a pot and in a vase

Lycoris rood pot
Lycoris rood                                                             
Lycoris rood cl                                                 
Lycoris rood cl. 2   

Of the Lycoris I made more pictures than necessary, but these flowers a so exquisite.....                                               
                                   

[Maggi Young]

Each week there are more beauties to marvel at, Luit   

All of these are plants I would LOVE to grow..... but where is the space?   

 The tulips are a BIG Surprise!!

 

[ranunculus]

Sensational colours (as always), Luit.  Many thanks once again for taking the time and trouble to post these beautiful examples.

[Ragged Robin]

Luit your Lycoris rood photos show how just how much you like this flower and it is exquisite in detail    It is definitely my favourite from the show this week

Where does the name of the surprising tulip flowering now come from? Tulipa Soroptimist - certainly an optimist!

[Lvandelft]

Thanks all for the compliments

Where does the name of the surprising tulip flowering now come from? Tulipa Soroptimist - certainly an optimist!

Hmmm, I expected you (as a woman) could tell me this Robin??       

[Ragged Robin]

How ignorant I am    but learning through Lisse  

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861710495/Soroptimist.html

[Lvandelft]

How ignorant I am    but learning through Lisse 

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861710495/Soroptimist.html

     Here are two links for you Robin:
http://www.soroptimistinternational.org/

and one in Dutch (look at the picture in the middle!) Under 'Nieuwsflits, wait some seconds because the flash is changing and you will see this tulip too.
http://www.soroptimist.nl/html/index.php

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks Luit 

[johnw]

Fantastic Luit.

Love the Lycoris but the Amaryllis are also quirw something. How on earth do they flower Lycoris radiata over there? Do they cook them in a greenhouse.  As mentioned before I got bulbs in 1975 from Park Seeds and have never had a flower. Maybe this year.

Be great if you could quiz the grower.

Nerines are getting anxious to leaf here but the recent heat has slowed them down.  Foggy and coolish today - circa 18c.

johnw

[Lvandelft]

Fantastic Luit.

Be great if you could quiz the grower.
johnw

I will give it a try John, but I don't promise an answer John.

[Lesley Cox]

 Allium amethystinum
I saw this allium on Saturday in a fancy flower shop in Greenwich Village

Very likely, because they are grown here in the cutflower branch too Arnold.
You should have bought some, they are very long lasting

And some cut alliums, A christophii as an example, will develop fertile seed in a vase, and the seed then germinate from the maturing but still green capsules. I know, because I've done it - had the flowers/seeds/germination I mean, from stems cut as the flowers were just starting.