Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lvandelft]

Lachenalia viridiflora                             
                   
Tulipa groep 1                                         
Tulipa H 3-1                             
Tulipa J 9-1                     
Tulipa Marrero                                     
Tulipa Red Label                             
Tulipa Snow Patrol                                 
 and I chose one lily (more for the warm color) 
Lilium Bacardi 

[Lvandelft]

I started with a snowy picture and finish with some "snow" as well!
Galanthus fosteri var antepensis              
Galanthus fosteri var antepensis cl.      

I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a very good 2011!                            
                                  

[David Nicholson]

Thank you Luit for all your posts from the weekly shows, I thoroughly enjoy them.

Hyacinths are bulbs I refuse to buy only because some years ago I bought a selection from a local garden centre. I ignored the notice advising to wear the provided gloves to handle the bulbs and had sore hands, and face, for the next few days.

[TheOnionMan]

Luit, how are the tulips grown, like those seen in Tulipa groep.JPG, where all the leaves are perfectly upright and each facing perfectly the right direction guarding the stems?

[Lvandelft]

Mark, these were grown by specialists of course. They have much skills, no wonder after many, many years of experience.
There are many important factors to look at when forcing bulbs, like storing the bulbs at the right temps and the moment they are brought into the glasshouse etc. etc.
These pans were all tulips for cutting, (no pot-tulips!)
There was a competition for the best pan. Most of the cultivars were not good enough.
The result here was that T. Red Label and T. Snow Patrol received the highest points. The jury looks how the stems are and of course the combination of leaves and flowers. When a bunch of flowers has to be sold the leaves should not be ahead of the flowers for instance.

I am not in such a jury but I am allowed to listen when they are talking about. Otherwise I would not have been able to answer your question properly.

[Maggi Young]

Well Luit, you bring us to the close of a grand year of Lisse visitis..... it has been a delight to see so many beautifully presented plants and so many new cultivars and colour combinations over the weeks.
Thank you so much for your efforts to show us these weekly gatherings and for your kind glass of Bacardi to toast the year gone by!

Cheers!




P.S. Ian says would you like to swap houses and you and Vroni move to live here? He thinks he could be happy in your glass houses!

[ranunculus]

Many, many thanks Luit and a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[ashley]

Indeed Luit, thank you very much for bringing us to Lisse throughout the year.  Of course, human nature being what it is, we look forward to many more visits & wonders

What a pity multiflorus hyacinths are rather hard to find nowadays, here at least. 
White hyacinths with green tips are particularly beautiful I think.  I wonder if the breeders will be able to develop forms that retain at least some green as the flowers mature.

And those tulips and galanthus  

[ChrisB]

Luit,  I'd like to add my sincere thanks for all you do for this forum.  The bulbs I bought at the weekend are all doing well, some starting to emerge despite the frozen earth.  I look forward to enjoying them once we get rid of this bitter cold weather.... Merry Christmas to you and yours,  Christine

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks for all your photos and comments from Lisse in 2010 Luit - it's almost 2011 so A Very Happy New Year full of great expectations! 

[Lvandelft]

Thank you all for your support and kind comments. It was a pleasure for me to show the pictures

Happy New Year

[Maggi Young]

Happy New Year, Luit!

I think of these posts as being my Lisse Learning Programme 

[Lvandelft]

I think of these posts as being my Lisse Learning Programme 

Welcome in the (Dutch)Master Class 

[Paul T]

Luit,

So, will we be seeing a Weekly Lisse Flowershow 2011 topic appearing soon?  I may not post here often to state my amazement and enjoyment, but I do view regularly.  I do tend to put it off until I have time to have a proper look, as I know there will always be a heap of beauties in your topic. 

Thanks for all your postings!

[ChrisB]

I agree Paul.  There are a lot of threads on this forum, and this is one I always look at no matter what.  There is such a lot to enjoy here.  Thanks so much Luit for your time and efforts, they are much appreciated.