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Author Topic: September 2024 in the Southern Hemisphere  (Read 76 times)

fermi de Sousa

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September 2024 in the Southern Hemisphere
« on: September 03, 2024, 09:33:59 AM »
Officially Spring here but accompanied by ferocious weather in south-eastern Australia, from gale force winds in Victoria, floods in Tasmania and High Fire danger in New South Wales!
Here are a few flowers around the garden:
1) Geissorhiza inequalis
2) Dwarf Bearded Iris
3) Gladiolus gracilis
4) I think this is Dipterostemon capitatus but I stand to be corrected!
5) Moraea macronyx
cheers
fermi
Mr Fermi de Sousa, Redesdale,
Victoria, Australia

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Re: September 2024 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2024, 12:12:40 PM »
fermi,

The Geissorhiza and the Moraea really look good!
Marc Rosenblum

Falls City, OR USA

I am in USDA zone 8b where temperatures almost never fall below 15F -9.4C.  Rainfall 50" 110 cm + but none  June-September.  We seldom get snow; but when it comes we get 30" overnight. Soil is sandy loam with a lot of humus. 
Oregon- where Dallas is NNW of Phoenix

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Re: September 2024 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2024, 02:58:07 PM »
Hi Fermi

Yes, the photograph looks like Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus. There are two other subspecies here in California, ssp. lacuna-vernalis and ssp. pauciflora. Your plant does not appear to fit the description of ssp. lacuna-vernalis or ssp. pauciflora.

Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus, as might be expected, has a fair degree of genetic variability with qualities that are useful in ornamental horticulture. There are white flowering forms, as well as variability in the number of flowers per scape and their shade of bluish-purple. The bracts are generally deep blue-purple, but this too can be variable. In addition, there is variability in the ploidy level, which can lead to larger scapes, flowers, and bulbs. Good forms are very useful garden plants, especially in xeric Mediterranean type landscape situations.
Robert Barnard
Sacramento & Placerville, Northern California, U.S.A.
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