Latest Bulb Log 2016

[Lori S.]

Or maybe Castilleja raupii.  Can't enlarge photo enough to see details (aside from the fact that I suck at Castilleja identification anyway.    )

[Maggi Young]

Ian has prepared  Bulb Logs in advance while he is in Alaska - Bulb Log 2716  is a  review of previous logs from this week  in previous years

http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Jul061467801114BULB_LOG_2716.pdf

[Ian Y]

A wee taster from Alaska, watch out for more in Bulb Log 29 which will go on after I get home.





Sheridan Glacier

[Tristan_He]

Or maybe Castilleja raupii.  Can't enlarge photo enough to see details (aside from the fact that I suck at Castilleja identification anyway.    )

Me too. However you can find a list of Alaskan Castilleja on the USDA website:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/stateSearch

Maggi, it does not look like my C. miniata which are bright orange-red (although pics coming up on Google images suggests they vary). C. raupii looks a candidate as does C. parviflora.

Beautiful genus and under-represented in gardens. I'd love to try some more species.

[Ed Alverson]

I am in Cordova, Alaska and yesterday we hiked up to Crater Lake.

Can anyone tell me what this plant is please?

I'm not a Castilleja expert either, but there is a chance that this is Castilleja parviflora, there are herbarium specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria data base from the Crater Lake Trail. I'm not seeing any records of C. raupii from any closer to Cordova than about 250 km, it appears to mostly be more of an interior rather than coastal species. C. parviflora is a very variable species, you can find photos of it and many others on Mark Egger's Castilleja page on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_egger_castilleja/collections/72157617709816218/

Ed

[Ian Y]

thanks everyone for your valuable suggestions, it seems that we have the answer now, I will check further when I get home.

[Maggi Young]

For those too impatient to wait for the  delivery of the Bulb Log to the proper page - here is a stop-gap link for you to the second log Ian provided for his absence in Alaska - with pictures of the plants n flower before he left...........

CLICK HERE FOR "emergency" BulbLog 28 !

[Maggi Young]

Problem solved - Bulb Log 28 now loaded to it's proper position!

http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Jul151468587880BULB_LOG_2816.pdf

[Ian Y]

This week's Bulb Log, features some of the many pictures I took during my trip to Alaska

http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Jul201469020079BULB_LOG_2916.pdf

[Steve Garvie]

Superb images Ian!!!

Could the bog Spiranthes possibly be Platanthera dilatata (Tall White Bog Orchid, Bog Candle)?
My P. dilatata flowered recently and looked similar (but much less spectacular) to the plants you photographed.

[Maggi Young]

Could the bog Spiranthes possibly be Platanthera dilatata (Tall White Bog Orchid, Bog Candle)?
My P. dilatata flowered recently and looked similar (but much less spectacular) to the plants you photographed.

Wouldn't be a  bit surprised! That's what I asked...... 

[Ian Y]

Steve you could well be correct - I am no expert on orchids especially as I am still tired from such a full on two weeks in wonderful Alaska and have not done all my research and confirmation on what I saw yet.

[Maggi Young]

This week's Bulb Log, features some of the many pictures I took during my trip to Alaska
(Attachment Link)
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Jul201469020079BULB_LOG_2916.pdf

A selection of Twitter responses to this week's BUlb Log -

 from Matt Mattus, Blogger and NARGS President :


from Matt Biggs,   Broadcaster and Horticulturist :


from the Chapel Hill Garden Club ( founded 1931) in North Carolina :


...I must  say I found the diminutive Primula cuneifolia quite delightful ,too!

[Ian Y]

This week's Bulb Log is now online -back in the garden after my travels in Alaska.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Jul271469615844BULB_LOG_3016.pdf

[Maggi Young]

August!  New Bulb Log 31 of 2016 online here....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Aug021470165792BULB_LOG_3116.pdf