July 2016 in the Southern Hemisphere

[t00lie]

Another pot of Hesperantha humilis has slightly taller flower stems and is in full flower now,
cheers
fermi

It's lovely Fermi .
I've tried it from seed however it turned out to be something else  .....

Cool ,cloudy and showery today although there was a bit of yellow sighted  with the  first Eranthis just about in bloom ....

[Jeffnz]

At last some real cold great for aphid control

[fermi de Sousa]

Still flowering now:
Moraea polystachya
Galanthus (maybe) 'Comet'
Galanthus elwesii
"hoop petticoat" Narcissus (this is possibly 'Tarlatan' or 'Tiffany')
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

It's (Hesperantha humilis) lovely Fermi .
I've tried it from seed however it turned out to be something else  .....

It's in full bloom now, Dave,
so I'll watch out for seeds for you in a few months,
cheers
fermi

[t00lie]

It's in full bloom now, Dave,
so I'll watch out for seeds for you in a few months,
cheers
fermi

That's very kind of you bud.

Cheers Dave.

[Maggi Young]

It's in full bloom now, Dave,
so I'll watch out for seeds for you in a few months,
cheers
fermi

That's an even better picture than your previous ones, fermi - super definition on the outer markings.

[Otto Fauser]

I am amazed that Iris x Sindpers has survived several very wet winters and summers in the open garden and also one bulb of Iris stenophylla ssp. allisonii. The photo is of I. stenophylla ssp stenopyylla raised from seed KPPZ 90157 but grown under glass.

[Parsla]

It is wonderful to see such colourful offerings on show. The markings and form of the Iris stenophylla Otto posted today are very striking.

The little fat leaves of bulbs are pushing through in the garden as well as pots, albeit few flowers as yet. The rain has been marvelous for recovery. It seems many things I thought I might never see again after the ferocious summer were only hiding.
 

A few photos follow:
1. Galanthus rizehensis (I think); one of many generous gifts from Otto.
2. Narcissus bulbocodium Ta Julia group - directly from Rod Barwick of Glenbrook
3. Narcissus bulbocodium hybrid “twenty-fiver”, also from Glenbrook (an extra)
4. Narcissus albidus SF110. Kindly gifted by Marcus Harvey.

jacqui

[Parsla]

A bitingly cold Melbourne morning with a few buds appearing at long last.

1. The sweetly scented Muscari macrocarpum (from Marcus).
2. Galanthus 'Spindlestone Surprise' appearing through the ground cover. Thank you, Otto - I'll post more when they open
3. A white flowered Hepatica nobilis with hirsute buds opening from a central bolus.

[fermi de Sousa]

1. The sweetly scented Muscari macrocarpum (from Marcus).

Hi Jacqui,
this one looks more like the much scarcer Muscari muscarimi (syn ambrosiacum); Muscari macrocarpum has yellow flowers, unless these develop that colour later,
cheers
fermi

[Parsla]

Hi Fermi.

Thank you.
The florets at the base do turn yellow as they age.
I'll look up  the other to check though.

Jacqui.

[Maggi Young]

I think it's  M. muscarimi too, Jacqui - see Marcus' own pic of M. macrocarpum here :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13427.msg339937#msg339937

[fermi de Sousa]

A couple of Australian native plants:
Hardenbergia violacea "white form"
Phebalium sp (? squamulosum) and close-up,
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

First flower on my pot of Galanthus elwesii 'Emerald Hughes', which I purchased from Blue Mountain Nurseries, Tapanui, last August.

[bimison]

Hi everyone,

I've been meaning to post something for awhile, now the flowery part of winter is here it seems like a good excuse.

Galanthus elwesii var Whittallii

Galanthus woronowii

Eranthis hyemalis

Narcissus bulbicodium 'twenty-fiver'

Cyclamen persicum

The last two photos show the snow we got a few days ago.
Pretty rare at 500m elevation.