Meconopsis delavayi

[John Aipassa]

I just potted up 13 of them, so getting rid of one probably wouldn't be such a bad idea... John, PM me in a month or so.

Now, that is what I would call a generous offer. I would love to help you to get rid of an unlucky number

Thank you very much, I appreciate it. I will contact you in a month.

Cheers,

[gote]

This is perhaps more for the 'I am so happy' thread but to my surprise I found yesterday that my "dead" delavayii has sprouted a bunch of leaves. It seems that the central bud had somehow been killed but the root is now activating side buds. I am NOT going to dig it up and make sure what happened. Another delavayii that had one flower last year now has three.
Göte

[Lars S]

Congratulations Göte !
I´m hoping that my seemingly dead root of M delavayi will follow the example of yours.
Here, my plants of M latifolia from SRGC-seed is starting to open the first flower 


Lars

[Claire Cockcroft]

This is my first post to the forum.  I received seed of Meconopsis delavayi from the SRGC seed exchange in 2009.  This is my first bloom from that seed.


Claire Cockcroft
Bellevue, WA, USA
Sunny but cool after our coldest April on record

[Maggi Young]

Greetings to you in Washington, Claire, how good to have you join the Forum.
 I bet you are really pleased that this little gem waited until you returned home from the Alpines 2011 Conference to flower for you? It would have been tough to get back to fallen petals, huh?!

[David Nicholson]

Welcome Claire. That's a cracking start now you need to keep up the standard

[Claire Cockcroft]

Thank you to whoever donated the seeds to the SRGC seed exchange.  It's the generosity of folks like you who give us on the other side of the ocean a chance to grow some splendid plants.

...Claire Cockcroft
soggy Bellevue, WA, USA
an inch and a half of rain overnight and it's not stopping any time soon

[Maggi Young]

The chance for all of us to share seeds from around the world is the great excitement of the Seed Exchanges...... all the donors are "good guys" !

[John Aipassa]

Meconopsis delavayi in my garden.

Raised from SRGC seed. Sown in January 2011. A dozen germinated and after leaving them in their pots outside only three came up again this spring. I felt they lingered a bit so I decided to plant them out in the garden late April. I didn't prick them out. Since I had only three little plants in two pots I planted the full content of the pot (plant and soil) into the garden to not disturb the roots.

They are doing fine and I have high hopes that they will flower next year.

[gote]

Just a brief note about delavayii. Compared with the tall blues, it starts very latish in the year. Of course now it should be up in the northern hemisphere.
Göte

[John Aipassa]

Here is my first flowering delavayi from seed ever. Yoohoo! Sown in January 2011 from srgc seed.

[David Nicholson]

Congratulations John.

[John Aipassa]

Thank you David!

[John Aipassa]

I took my paintbrush today for trying to pollinate it, but there was a very busy bumble bee gathering pollen. So nature already takes its course. I hope it is self fertile, but a second plant is about to open its flower so I will have a good chance of fresh seeds myself.

[gote]

I think it is self fertile - at least a single plant will set seed.
Göte