Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lvandelft]

I start with a picture I normally would not show here because it is rather blurred I'm afraid.
But I thought the plant being to special for not showing here.

Colchicum sanguicolle   

Some autumnflowering bulbs:

Bessera elegans                                           
Nerine bowdenii x Amaryllis belladonna 1                 
Nerine bowdenii x Amaryllis belladonna2                 
Eucomis Joy's Purple     
Crocosmia Mistral 

[Lvandelft]

Since some years more Zantedeschia for pot culture are coming on the market.
Here a few I picked out at the show:

Zantedeschia Picasso                                   
Zantedeschia Serrada                                   
Zantedeschia Odessa                                     

Begonia are not often seen but here are some:
Begonia grandis var. evansiana forma alba     
Begonia Zwitserland                         

and the best vase at the show was   
Sandersonia aurantiaca     

[Gail]

Many thanks for the latest pictures Luit and I am glad you included the Colchicum sanguicolle - it looks an interesting species. 

[Rogan]

What a lovely vase full of Sandersonias Luit! Mine are just starting into growth as we speak and I can't wait for the first flowers. It is quite wonderful encountering this plant in the wild where it is widespread but rare.

[Ragged Robin]

Rogan, have you got any photos of Sandersonia in the wild?  It really is a glorious in your vase full Luit. lovely too to see my favourite Nerines - when all is ending they appear as such wonderful delicate statements of exotica   

[Lvandelft]

Rogan, have you got any photos of Sandersonia in the wild? 

I would like to see them as well Rogan.

[Lvandelft]

After being away for some weeks, I was told that still many Nerines were shown.
Happyliy these new hybrids last rather long in a vase, so I could still make photos from last week's entries.
The grower of these hybrids has now divided his hybrids in groups.
So there is a N. Bowdenii Group, a N. Elegance Group  and a N. Bella Donna Group.
The aim of the breeder is to make Nerines which can be grown outside all summer and will produce
good cutflowers in autumn without expensive glasshouse culture.
Here some pictures:
                     
Nerine New hybrids
Nerine Elegance Group                       
Nerine bowdenii Group mixed                       
Nerine Elegance Gr. Salmon Seedl.               
Nerine bowdenii Gr. Berenice                             
Nerine Bella Donna Gr. Anneke                 

some other entries:

Allium thunbergii var. Ozawa                                     
Cyperus endemitus

[Lvandelft]

and some other longer known Nerines were shown as well:
Nerine sarniensis Corusca Major
Nerine bowdenii Alba                             
Nerine bowdenii Isabel                         
Nerine masoniorum                                         
Nerine sarniensis dr. rood                       
Nerine Joan                                       
Nerine Marnie Rogerson

an a nice Begonia plant:               
Begonia Picotee
Begonia Picotee cl

[Maggi Young]

 Nerines do last well when cut for a vase but I find their scent to be unpleasant..... did you notice a bad smell with those, Luit?
Are all nerines rather smelly or are some nicely fragrant? 

[annew]

Wonderful Nerines especially Berenice and Dr Rood.

[majallison]

Beautiful Nerine pictures, Luit.  Just recently I've been seeing stems of these new hybrids, particularly the Nerine Belladonna group appearing in local florists here in Gloucestershire.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Luit, often I`m only a lurker without words in this chat. But I like the late flowering Nerine so much. Thank you to the nederlandse plantartists for these wonderful flowers/plants. They have so much more colors than Galanthus.

[Lvandelft]

Nerines do last well when cut for a vase but I find their scent to be unpleasant..... did you notice a bad smell with those, Luit?
Are all nerines rather smelly or are some nicely fragrant? 

Maggi, the smell is at least not so strong as for instance with Lilium or Eucomis. In the show hall it is not more than 15 C, so we hardly smell them.
But I will try tomorrow on some N. sarniensis and others at my place.

[Lvandelft]

Beautiful Nerine pictures, Luit.  Just recently I've been seeing stems of these new hybrids, particularly the Nerine Belladonna group appearing in local florists here in Gloucestershire.

Good to hear they are already sold overseas Malcolm. I has always been a problem to make Nerine a good seller in the cutflower branch, despite they last 2 weeks in a vase.

[Lvandelft]

Luit, often I`m only a lurker without words in this chat. But I like the late flowering Nerine so much. Thank you to the nederlandse plantartists for these wonderful flowers/plants. They have so much more colors than Galanthus.

Glad you like them too Hagen, but I know that you are not only fond of snowdrops