Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Lvandelft]

Yesterday was a special Narcissus show at Lisse:
I show the ones I could easy reach to make pictures.
Sometimes when the sun was shining the blinds were closed and the light got very bad to photograph flowers and the quality is not my standard (to use Mark's words)  ,  but I show them nevertheless.

Narcissus Nr. 2..07                 
Narcissus Akita 1         
Narcissus Akita 2           
Narcissus Canary Bird       
Narcissus Citroën           
Narcissus Egmont Charm         
Narcissus Egmont Charm 2             
Narcissus White Medal               
Narcissus Yellow River               
Narcissus Collins Joy       

[Lvandelft]

Narcissus Double Smiles
Narcissus Golden Reaal

some historical Narcissus:

Narcissus [hist.] barrii Conspicuus
Narcissus [hist.] Croesus
Narcissus [hist.] Seagull
Narcissus [hist.] White Lady

Some Mini Narcissus in one picture:
On top from left:

 Segovia,  Dainty Miss,  Yellow Xit.

Middle row, from left:

 obvallaris,  Sundia, l Kenellis,  jonquilla Simplex.

Below from left:

 Little Gem, Julia Jane,  Mite.               

Then a special Tulipa for those who like it:

Tulipa Queensland

And two Dutch Irises:

Iris holl. Silver Beauty
Iris holl. Tiger Eye

[Lvandelft]

Finally there were a group with Fritillaria in vases (in a dark spot.)

Fritillaria Group

and
Asarum maxima
Disporum flavens

several Erythronium

Erythronium revolutum Johnsonii
Erythronium revolutum Johnsonii x E. White Beauty Seedlings

An Anemone send in as A. eranthoides, but probably A. petiolulosa

Anemone erantoides or A. petiolulosa

And a beautiful wild Hippeastrum

Hippeastrum equestre 1
Hippeastrum equestre 2

[Lesley Cox]

A most interesting yellow Anemone Luit. Do you know anything about it?

[fermi de Sousa]

Luit,
thanks for your pics.
I like that Dutch Iris "Tiger eye"; do you know if it's a new variety? I've not seen anything like it before.
cheers
fermi

[Katherine J]

I like that Dutch Iris "Tiger eye";

Very interesting! And a very good name! 

[Paul T]

Fermi,

That one caught my eye as well.  Stunning colour.  The group of hybrid Erythroniums are pretty special too, particularly that one on the left with the dark flower, yellow throat and glorious leaves.  I really MUST try to get some hybrid or open pollinated Erythronium seed from overseas, just to see what eventuates.  Would be wonderful to find interesting colour blends and the like.

Fantastic pics as always Luit.  A real joy to view them!! 

[Lvandelft]

Lesley, the only thing what I know is that it has rhizomes, a bit like A. nemorosa.
As it is a wild plant, so seed would also be possible.
and I am sure now that it is not A. eranthoides

Fermi, maybe the name changed. There was an Iris Eye of the Tiger, which looked
like this one.

[Armin]

Luit,
super pictures.
Very enjoying to see a wild Hippeastrum in comparison to my own red hybrids.

[Lvandelft]

Today there was again a special Narcissus show and also there was a collection of Muscari.
Of Muscari I want to show a nice presentation of several Muscari mixed with Helleborus flowers in a vase.

Muscari mixed with Helleborus   

Narcissus White Peeping Tom               
Narcissus Border Light           
Narcissus Ambergate                   
Narcissus Babyboomer             
Narcissus Gay Song       
Narcissus Maja Sun       
Narcissus Gay Challenger             
Narcissus Roulette           

Finally I want to show a picture of the Garden of the Royal Bulbgrowers Society, where the several Bulb Committees
come once or twice a week together to judge samples, send in by growers or traders.

Collection and Sample Garden of the KAVB             

[Lesley Cox]

That blue and greeny combination of Muscari and Hellebore is so pretty.

[Lvandelft]

Today's show brought some surprises. One of them was a vase with
Dahlia Siberia which were forced to flower for next Sunday (Mothersday).

further we saw  Hermodactylus tuberosus and there were several Tulipa mutations,
with some artistic flair.
Dahlia Siberia         
Hermodactylus tuberosus
Tulipa Yellow Crown [mut. 1]       
Tulipa Yellow Crown [mut. 2]
Tulipa Yellow Crown [mut. 3]
Tulipa Negritta [mut.]
Tulipa Dynasty [mut.]   

[Lvandelft]

Then there were some Fritillaria and I picked one pot out of several
Narcissus bulbocodium selections from hybridizer Walter Blom in USA.
I made a pict. of the bulbs in the pot to show how rich these relatively small bulbs flower.
Flowers picked from a small Muscari and several other plants,
thought being of interest to the Forum.

Fritillaria reuteri                 
Fritillaria sibthorpiana
Narcissus bulbocodium Apollo Gold 2           
Narcissus bulbocodium Apollo Gold 3     
Muscari Maxabel   
Tulipa Triumph Group Prinz Armin         
Iris holl. Lion King             

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Luit, more gems from Lisse.
Hermodactylus tuberosus is a real favourite of mine... love the colour and the scent.
Such a good Fritillaria reuteri....till now I thought all the best forms were in Gothenburg!!

I think our own Armin must try to get  some of these Tulipa Triumph Group Prinz Armin don't you agree?

[Lesley Cox]

Luit, what is the surface of the pots in the above 3 pics (The frits and the Muscari)? The flowers look as if they've been picked and are sitting in some sort of water-retentive medium Are they growing bulbs or picked stems?