May 2017 in the Northern Hemisphere

[johnw]

John, they like plenty of water in a well drained compost. I pot them in the usual alpine mix for acid loving pants, they don't like lime. They get the odd feed of miracid and seaweed fertilizer when I remember, and are kept in the alpine-house at all times because of our wet and unpredictable  climate. I have some seedlings but they are still very small. BTY I got the original from Lesley.

Michael - Transplanted my Blandfordia today and the roots appear to be much more promising than at last transplant.  Maybe it's on the verge of erupting. : )

john

[Michael J Campbell]

 
The move should stimulate it. I will be watching for flowers next year.

[gerrit]

Is this  Townsendia spathulata?
Most of them finished flowering and this is the last one in the rock garden flowering now.

I agree, what Thomas said: T. montana syn. T. alpigena.

[Lesley Cox]

3 oxalisses from Patagonia:

1. Oxalis laciniata 'Seven Bells'.
2. Oxalis laciniata 'Lago Verde'.
3. Oxalis laciniata 'Astrid'.

Oh my goodness! These are gorgeous!

[johnw]

 
The move should stimulate it. I will be watching for flowers next year.

It may take awhiule to recuperate from the long term lean diet of stone chips. ; )

john

[Lesley Cox]

Pinguicula grandiflora rosea.
These and the white one I showed a few days ago are from seed sown in July 2014.

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What a lovely plant Graham. That there are purple, white and pink forms suggest that maybe deeper pinks may be a possibility at some stage if one continues to raise from seed. (I'm always hopeful and optimistic. )

Was your seed from a commercial source and if so, could you PM me with the source please?. It is a permitted species here so I'd love to try seed of these other forms.

[Lesley Cox]

What a photo, Gerrit!  Amazing colours.

I fully agree with you Maggi, a wonderful photo. I think you should be using it in the NEW SRGC 2018 calendar which I'm sure will be ready pre-Christmas. I will happily buy 3.

So many super photos in this thread. The northern hemisphere is surely blooming at present. Thanks to all posters.

[ian mcdonald]

A miniature Rhododendron has just come into flower. It looks like an arctic species? img. 1020587. It is sunny and hot here.

[johnw]

A miniature Rhododendron has just come into flower. It looks like an arctic species? img. 1020587. It is sunny and hot here.

Likely one of the calostrotum ssp. or salunense ssp. 

Maggi?

john

[Gabriela]

What a photo, Gerrit!  Amazing colours.

+1 

[Gabriela]

Super nice plants from all!

Kris - I particularly like your Penstemons! 

Here is a picture of Silene dinarica. Endemic in the Fagaras mountains in Romania, 2200 meters. The plant stands by my friends in the Arctic garden in Chemnitz ... please excuse the bad quality.

Leuco - I usually drool over many of your plants but even more so with Silene dinarica! I don't know when/if I'll make it to Fagaras Mts. again but maybe I can tempt you with something else I have or will have - this year I'll be again in the Carpathians (maybe towards Fagaras as well but very short and in Dobrodgea).

[Graham Catlow]

What a lovely plant Graham. That there are purple, white and pink forms suggest that maybe deeper pinks may be a possibility at some stage if one continues to raise from seed. (I'm always hopeful and optimistic. )

Was your seed from a commercial source and if so, could you PM me with the source please?. It is a permitted species here so I'd love to try seed of these other forms.

Hi Lesley,
They are lovely aren't they. It is a pity they are a bit pale though.
I got them from e-bay so only know they were bought from the UK.

[K-D Keller]

May blossoms 1

Asperula arcadiensis
Cypripedium „Kentucky“
Drosera mannii
Edraianthus pumilio
Lewisia rediviva

[K-D Keller]

May blossoms 2

Nomocharis aperta
Roscoea coutleyoides
Viola pachyrrhiza
Talinum brvifolium
Typhonium venosum

[David Nicholson]

An interesting and beautiful selection of pictures K-D.