Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lvandelft]

I had to make choices Chris  
Have a look at the picture which I made from the terrace where we lived in Austria. What would YOU do ?
Almost 3 weeks every day a blue sky is something else than 3 days in rainy and windy Scotland  

[ChrisB]

  I sight for sore eyes, that's for sure.  We just wouldn't be able to compete with that!

[Lvandelft]

Just im time back from a short trip to Austria (again)  to take a few pictures of the weekly Show this Monday.
In this time of year there are not so many flowers to see, but every week we see some interesting things.
For instance a Sauromatum, grown without soil or water on the windowsill and setting seed
                       
Sauromatum venosum                                 
and some vey nice flowering Schyzostylis in pots:

Schizostylis coccineus Major                     
Schizostylis Sunrise               

[David Nicholson]

What a weird little thing the Sauromatum is Luit. By the way the Taxonomists have been at it again and Schyzostylis are now Hesperantha. Whatever they are called it's been a good year for them in the gardens around here.

[Lvandelft]

David, I've almost given up to follow the "modern"? Taxonomist. Just able to remember Schizostylis and write the name properly and now I would have to put a new name to an old plant, na... , forget it

[Lvandelft]

Just a few pictures this week. Until the bulb season will start not many entries now.
             
Cyclamen cyprium                         
Galanthus cilicicus                   
Crocus laevigatus Dark Form 

[David Nicholson]

David, I've almost given up to follow the "modern"? Taxonomist. Just able to remember Schizostylis and write the name properly and now I would have to put a new name to an old plant, na... , forget it

I'm with you all the way Luit.

[Lvandelft]

During this time of the year the Show Committee is happy with every entry brought in.
Even when a (rather rare) annual plant is shown.
We saw a huge plant of Tagetes minuta. "minuta"is for the very small flowers but the plant itself
reached the enormous height of 3.5 meters (15 feet) !!
     
Tagetes minuta

[Lvandelft]

There were some Cyclamen and Narcissus too.
A Lachenalia and also, not often seen here, the not hardy shrub Dichroa.
And last but not least a nice bulb of Bowiea volubilis                 
                         
Cyclamen elegans                 
Cyclamen pseud-ibericum                           
Lachenalia viridiflora               
Narcissus papyraceus    a nice short form!             
Narcissus papyraceus cl.                     
Dichroa febrifuga
Bowiea volubilis

[Lesley Cox]

I love the Bowiea.

[angie]

Isn't it great to see the variety of flowers at the show 

Angie

[Lvandelft]

Yes Angie, it is! Every week again there is something that surprises us too

[Maggi Young]

Well, the 3.5m Tagetes certainly surprised us here!

I'm a bit worried about that Bowiea, though... are we SURE it is a plant for show and not a vegetable for the committee's lunch?! 

[arisaema]

You should tell the grower of the Dichroa to give it some alum (potassium aluminium sulfate), it's much nicer in blue. The Guizhou clone is hardy in Seattle, so it may be worth trying outside in the Netherlands as well.

[Lesley Cox]

I'm a bit worried about that Bowiea, though... are we SURE it is a plant for show and not a vegetable for the committee's lunch?! 

I thought so, served in wedges with a lemon and garlic dressing, garnished with a sprig of mint.