Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lvandelft]

A nice entry with Anemone nemorosa and another nice plant not often seen here: Rehmannia
 
                     
Rehmannia henryi   

Anemone nemorosa 

[Lvandelft]

Then we saw an interesting entry with compact growing Hippeastrum/ Hippeastrelia which were grown outside in the fields and for the show were forced

Park Amaryllis txt

[Lvandelft]

Park Amaryllis

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and finally some more entries amongs which probably the smallest Muscari?             

Tulipa neustruevae                   
Muscari Maxabel   
Scilla Indra                           
Symplocarpus foetidus

[Maggi Young]

This week has a really wide variety, Luit, very exciting to see.
The Albuca is an odd  creature - certainly unusual.

[ashley]

So many nice and interesting things Luit. 
The Anemone nemorosa look very attractive in shallow pots.
I wonder what muscari species 'Maxabel' is selected from.

[Rogan]

Amazing!   

[Maggi Young]

So many nice and interesting things Luit. 

I wonder what muscari species 'Maxabel' is selected from.

I've dropped a line to Joy Bishop and Wim de Goede to ask that....

[Maggi Young]

Joy Bishop has kindly told me about the history of this muscari.

Joy does not know how the plant arose - Wim spotted it growing as a single plant in her garden some years ago. It's origin was, and remains, a mystery. Wim  was taken by it's possibilities and asked to propagate it. Joy was happy to let him have the plant and later, when Wim told her it was bulking up well, he asked her to name it.
Joy's choice was a name combining the two names of her grandchildren, Maxine and Annabel.
Having thought that Wim was joking when he was so pleased to have the plant so many years ago, Joy continues to enjoy the humour involved in there being no"max" about the plant  when it is so much  a "mini"


Many thanks to Joy for  her help.

[ashley]

Thanks Maggi

[Maggi Young]

More on Muscari 'Maxabel'.... I found this photo online to show how tiny it is....
http://www.mobypicture.com/user/bulbsandbollen/view/9412411

[Maggi Young]

Wim kindly sent his reply about Muscari 'Maxabel' - and he sent another photo


Hi Maggi,
 
I already saw the reply of Joy, well it is exactly as wrote, I think it was in 1995 that I visited her and saw the little Muscari - not that I was thinking it was something for the big market but Hanny is also a collector for her rockgarden and so it came in her rockgarden.
When we moved to the new house in 2002 we took all the interesting things with us to the new house but because the garden was not ready at that moment we planted all the material for the garden in the field with the other bulbs.
When they came in flower we were all surprised what kind of beautiful Muscari it was, so we decided to build up a stock of it.
I think it was in 2007 that we spoke with Joy and asked her the name of the species of the Muscari but Joy could not remember where it came from.
Of course,when you bring a bulb to the market it needs a name so we asked Joy to name it , well the rest of the story you know from Joy.
Everyone likes and everyone wants it , so there will be a market for it but I do not think it will be a big market but that does it matter.
I hope this is helpful information for you.
 
I wish you all the best and kind regards to everyone,
Wim and Hanny

I do think it adds an interesting dimension to the plants when we learn something of their history. 

[Lvandelft]

This week the Show Hall was for lovers of narcissi very attractive, so many varied entries.
First some pics of double flowers:

Narcissus Double             
Narcissus dubbel mixed                     
Narcissus Flower Drift 

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Narcissus Acropolis                 
Narcissus Petit Four     
Narcissus Tahiti

[Lvandelft]

then an old cultivar and a very new one:

Narcissus jonquilla Pencrebar 
Narcissus viridiflora seedl