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Philip Walker

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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #105 on: March 26, 2016, 12:19:14 PM »
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #106 on: March 26, 2016, 03:16:51 PM »
Young cones forming on Wollemia nobilis.
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #107 on: March 26, 2016, 06:09:22 PM »
On the other side of the Chanel...
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #108 on: March 26, 2016, 06:27:19 PM »
What is the fat beetle like an armoured car, Yann?
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #109 on: March 26, 2016, 06:51:15 PM »
On this side of the world it is getting better after the ice storm, almost beautiful, even some sunshine!



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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #110 on: March 26, 2016, 07:47:43 PM »
Excellent photos Gabriela, Maggi it's a female of Meloe proscarabeus, i guess pregnant  :D
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #111 on: March 27, 2016, 05:54:13 AM »
A few photographs from the farm and our Sacramento, California bungalow.

>Acer palmatum 'Peaches and Cream' at our Sacramento home. One of many Japanese Maples that are looking good.

>In Sacramento Sparaxis is weedy, however we still keep a few around.

>Varoius Tulipa clusiana types. These are at the farm grown in containers to protect the bulbs from rodents.

>An Iris macrosiphon seedling. There are many more flower buds yet to open.
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #112 on: March 27, 2016, 07:22:06 AM »
Quote from: Gabriela on March 26, 2016, 06:51:15 PM
On this side of the world it is getting better after the ice storm, almost beautiful, even some sunshine!


Nice pictures and the plants survive I suppose!

Today it is a blizzard in the high mountains and we are planning to cross later if the road is open. It is closed at the moment. At our cabin it is raining :-\
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #113 on: March 27, 2016, 07:24:05 AM »
Quote from: johnralphcarpenter on March 26, 2016, 03:16:51 PM
Young cones forming on Wollemia nobilis.

Nice :)  My Wollemia died two years ago (a really bad winter). I had it outside for 4 years!
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #114 on: March 27, 2016, 07:25:23 AM »
Quote from: Robert on March 27, 2016, 05:54:13 AM
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>In Sacramento Sparaxis is weedy, however we still keep a few around.
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Nice weed ;)

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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #115 on: March 27, 2016, 11:37:29 AM »
Nice iris Robert  :D
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #116 on: March 27, 2016, 02:58:03 PM »
All beautiful!

Yann -  you caught  so well the violet reflections on the beetle's legs and antennae  :)

Trond - mostly mechanical damage, broken branches....not too bad this time. I had tarps over the few plants that were up, I'll see better today what has happened underneath.
Have a safe passage back home!
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #117 on: March 27, 2016, 09:43:08 PM »
Quote from: Yann on March 26, 2016, 07:47:43 PM
Maggi it's a female of Meloe proscarabeus, i guess pregnant  :D

Yes, the common name in the UK is oil beetle. They have an interesting life cycle - parasitic on solitary bees. See
https://www.buglife.org.uk/campaigns-and-our-work/oil-beetles
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #118 on: March 30, 2016, 09:27:31 PM »
quick tour in the garden after the work.
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Re: March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #119 on: March 30, 2016, 10:01:57 PM »
Much better now it's  still light after work, Yann, isn't it?  Good for relaxing.
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