Author Topic: January 2019 in the Southern Hemisphere (Read 2776 times)

fermi de Sousa · « **on:** January 03, 2019, 10:41:33 AM »

I'll start the year with the much maligned Alliums! (Virtually no allium seed can be imported into Australia nowadays!

)
These Allium flavum ssp tauricum were from seed from NARGS Seedex many years ago and were originally raised by Mark McDonough in the USA
cheers
fermi

Maggi Young · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2019, 07:26:13 PM »

Hamish Brown, Steve Newall and Michael Midgley have been in the New Zealand mountains ..... hoping to capture a good close-up of Ranunculus grahamii in flower....

"R. grahamii, up close and in flower. Sadly past its best", says Hamish.

Steve Newall returning from the hunting grounds

Snowfall

Myosotis macrantha

Maggi Young · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2019, 07:29:29 PM »

more from Hamish' mountain pix on Facebook

A different colour form of Myosotis macrantha

Myosotis traversii

Parahebe lyallii

Chinohebe thompsonii

Celmisia lyallii

Maggi Young · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2019, 07:31:49 PM »

a few more .....

Dolichoglottis scorzoneroides

Leptinella atrata

Celmisia angustifolia

Celmisia walkerii flowering en masse

Maggi Young · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2019, 07:35:04 PM »

last two....

Aciphylla scott-thompsonii

Aciphylla aurea

ruweiss · « **Reply #5 on:** January 05, 2019, 09:26:36 PM »

These pictures are an excelllent start into the new year and help to reduce
the winter blues. Many thanks to the photograph and Maggi for showing
them to us.

Leucogenes · « **Reply #6 on:** January 06, 2019, 09:26:58 AM »

I can only agree with the words of Rudi... fantastic pictures.
My personal favourites this time are Leptinella atrata and Chinohebe thompsonii...a dream.

Thanks for showing...Maggi

fermi de Sousa · « **Reply #7 on:** January 06, 2019, 09:54:53 AM »

Quote from: Leucogenes on January 06, 2019, 09:26:58 AM

I can only agree with the words of Rudi... fantastic pictures.
My personal favourites this time are Leptinella atrata and Chinohebe thompsonii...

And "Jandals" wearing boots!!!

cheers
fermi

Leucogenes · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2019, 12:37:44 PM »

Quote from: fermi de Sousa on January 06, 2019, 09:54:53 AM

And "Jandals" wearing boots!!!

cheers
fermi

In fact...the famous sandals are missing. Very well observed...fermi. 🙄

Thomas

fermi de Sousa · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2019, 12:06:08 PM »

Drimia (Urginea) maritima is coming into flower a bit earlier than usual
cheers
fermi

fermi de Sousa · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2019, 07:58:32 AM »

At our 2017 "Bunfight" (plant exchange) we got some Roscoea scillifolia f. atropurpurea from Jacqui (Parsla) and they have decided to flower on the hottest day of the year! (Not quite - it only got to 43^oC!)
cheers
fermi

Maggi Young · « **Reply #11 on:** January 18, 2019, 10:33:50 PM »

Hamish Brown has just spent three days in the Eyre Mountains - with his camera! And he has kindly agreed that I may share them here. Thanks, Hamish!
While photographing many of these plants is extremely difficult - they grow in some very "unhandy" places to capture their full grandeur - Hamish has got some real beautires here - he suggested to me that " It is hard to do these celmisas justice in a photo because so much of there character is in the feel of the foliage and because they grow in difficult places. Next time I think I will take a tripod and tele lenses to try for better photos."

Can you imagine how much harder carrying such gear into the mountains would be?

Hamish reported that he saw a rock wren and some chamois in the mountains - but no Keas!
also .... " Three days in the awesome Eyre Mountains on a Celmisia bender. Good times, didn't get the truck stuck going up the valley, no rain, no people, found the Celmisias I went to see (philocremna and thomsonii) looking amazing, and many other interesting plants. Lots of walking and climbing but well worth it I hope you will agree."