November 2020 in the Southern Hemisphere

[fermi de Sousa]

What better plant to start the month than the pristine Weldenia candida!
Late spring is a great time in Central Victoria and there is still so much in flower,
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

1) Ixia 'Teal' seedlings: pale with dark centre and pinky-purple
2) Paeonia 'Coral Charm'
3) dark purple Dutch Iris - not sure of the ID
4) Triteleia bridgesii
5) white Dichelostemma volubile RMB597
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Moraea herrei
Moraea lurida yellow
Calochortus luteus - grown from seed from Robert in California
Herbertia lahue
Triteleia ixioides
cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

Hello Fermi, nice to see an Australian collection as we continue with what is a chilly spring here. We had a few very warm days, in the mid to high twenties, but then reality set in with another snowfall in the hills and since, the days have rarely climbed above 12 or 13 in the south here at least.
I'm very interested to see the white climbing Dichelostemma. I had the blue form for a while a few years ago then lost it but hope to try it again some time. If you have seed of this pretty white you may like to send some for next year's seed list. Quite a lot of seed starting here, mainly of bulbs such as Narcissus species. It's a never-ending task harvesting, cleaning, packeting and remembering to send off in time for the deadlines. My dream has always been to have a small room designated ONLY for seeds so that I can keep them off the dining table, the kitchen bench and in little piles anywhere there's spare room. One day.....

[Yann]

Moraea lurida yellow

little jewel from which region?

[Hoy]

Fermi, you have a very impressive, nice and large collection!

[fermi de Sousa]

little jewel from which region?

Scotland! Well, from the SRGC Seedex a few years ago. I think it originates in the Cape.

...If you have seed of this pretty white you may like to send some for next year's seed list. Quite a lot of seed starting here, mainly of bulbs such as Narcissus species. It's a never-ending task harvesting, cleaning, packeting and remembering to send off in time for the deadlines. My dream has always been to have a small room designated ONLY for seeds so that I can keep them off the dining table, the kitchen bench and in little piles anywhere there's spare room. One day.....

I'll keep an eye out for seed. I hope it doesn't flower itself to death as some rarities tend to.
I agree about needing a room just for seed! Same thing happens here
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Fermi, you have a very impressive, nice and large collection!

Avarice and old age have a lot to answer for!
Here are a few more:
Ornithogalum dubium
Geissorhiza inflexa
Ixia 'Teal' or 'Amethystina'
Allium maybe obliquum (grown from seed as A. carolinianum!)
Allium daninianum
cheers
fermi

[olegKon]

Yes, it is Allium obliquum, Fermi. Selfseeds here if not cut after flowering but is nice, isn’t it? I enjoy all your pictures . Thank you for showing.

[fermi de Sousa]

Yes, it is Allium obliquum, Fermi. Selfseeds here if not cut after flowering but is nice, isn’t it? I enjoy all your pictures . Thank you for showing.

Hi Oleg,
thanks for confirming it for me.
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Well well, it's  November  18th -  so it's  fermi's  birthday!!  Many  happy  returns  of the  day, fermi - may you live  long  and  prosper!!

[fermi de Sousa]

Thank you, Maggi.
My cat just saw that picture and sneezed on me!
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Along the roadside at Langley (between Redesdale and Kyneton) there is a great flowering of some of the local native wildflowers. The haze of purple is the Chocolate Lily, Arthropodium strictum.
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Enjoying the suberb drainage on the embankment is the matted bush-pea, Pultenaea pedunculata,
cheers
fermi

[Gail]

Along the roadside at Langley (between Redesdale and Kyneton) there is a great flowering of some of the local native wildflowers. The haze of purple is the Chocolate Lily, Arthropodium strictum.
cheers
fermi

Is that called chocolate lily because of the scent Fermi?