Author Topic: September 2008 - definitely Spring - in the Southern Hemisphere (Read 21163 times)

Luc Gilgemyn · « **Reply #75 on:** September 22, 2008, 01:08:25 PM »

Great pictures Sue !
Thanks for taking us along - I had never been to a NZ show before....

It doesn't seem to be so much different down under ... as soon as we see plant stalls we all seem to fill our carboots..

Susan · « **Reply #76 on:** September 22, 2008, 10:05:32 PM »

Yes Luc, it doesn't seem to matter where you are in the world, or how old, that enthusiasm still remains. I should have included the rush for the plants, at one stage people were almost three deep at the stalls.

It is that challenge to grow something new or something that one has maybe, lost before - it is what keeps us alive!

Susan

fermi de Sousa · « **Reply #77 on:** September 23, 2008, 12:56:46 AM »

Susan,
thanks for the pics of the Show; the "feeding frenzy" at the sales tables seems to be a universal phenomenon among gardeners!

I took a few pics of the Euphorbias in our Rock garden;

Originally we planted E.rigida,

and E. myrsinites

but the one between these two appears to be a hybrid with features intermediate between them! And certainly very floriferous.

I think we discussed this last year and opinion was divided as to whether it was simply a variation on E. myrsinites, but this close comparison would appear to indicate hybridisation.
Also in flower is Fritillaraia pontica,

cheers
fermi

Mini-daffs · « **Reply #78 on:** September 23, 2008, 09:26:36 AM »

Hi
The photo of the N. asturiensis at Otto's is probably not N. asturiensis but a hybrid of N. asturiensis with N. cyclaminieus.

Paul T · « **Reply #79 on:** September 23, 2008, 10:20:01 PM »

Thanks Graham, always good to know incorrect IDs. What are the tell-tale signs?

art600 · « **Reply #80 on:** September 23, 2008, 10:23:41 PM »

Paul

I would think it is the extended trumpet

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #81 on:** September 24, 2008, 06:29:20 AM »

Great to see all these local pictures. Obviously a very good show Susan, quite a bit better than last year's by the look of it.

I'll get to posting some pics soon but for now am catching up on the 954 emails in my Inbox, over 900 from the Forum. I'm going through them subject by subject and so far have them down to just over 600!

I arrived home and was released from MAF at 1.15 on Monday morning, to get a plane from Chch to Dunedin at 11.30am Tues. We were 15 mins late taking off, the pilot saying "we're taking on some extra fuel in case we can't land in Dunedin." What? ? ? ? ?

A reasonably smooth trip south then some extreme turbulence as we approached Dunedin and we circled around for 30 mins, waiting for cross wind gusts of 40 knots to lessen. They didn't. We tried to land twice, pulling up and out at the last second, then eventually went back up to Christchurch, where, by that time it was also very gusty.

Planes from Queenstown and Invercargill has also returned to Chch so by the time we arrived, there wasn't much left of rental cars. A bus was arranged for Q'town people, a 7 hour trip, but all that was offered to my lot was a flight next morning, Dunedin and Invercargill airports closed for the day. We were given to understand that a night in a hotel would be at our own expense. I really wanted to get home by that time so shared a car with 3 Dunedin businessmen who also had to get back last night for early appointments this morning. They jointly hired a large car but dispensed with the chauffeur. I'd been beside one of them on the plane so when he offered me a ride, I took it gratefully, quite a fun trip on the whole. Arrived back in Dunedin at 7pm.

galahad · « **Reply #82 on:** September 24, 2008, 07:06:53 AM »

Lesley, just FYI, the airline always pays for putting passengers up in hotels for disrupted flights (I should know being a revenue manager for a hotel - I love flight disrupts) so don't ever let them make you pay if you end up in a similar situation.

Mini-daffs · « **Reply #83 on:** September 24, 2008, 09:00:56 AM »

Paul,
N.asturiensis has inflexing petals not reflexing petals.Reflexing petals is usually a sign of N. cyclamineus parentage.

Paul T · « **Reply #84 on:** September 24, 2008, 10:46:37 AM »

Graham,

When you put it like that it really is pretty obvious isn't it. hadn't even thought about it from that point of view. Your 'form that kicks" is OUTSTANDING!!

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #85 on:** September 24, 2008, 09:48:32 PM »

Quote from: galahad on September 24, 2008, 07:06:53 AM

Lesley, just FYI, the airline always pays for putting passengers up in hotels for disrupted flights (I should know being a revenue manager for a hotel - I love flight disrupts) so don't ever let them make you pay if you end up in a similar situation.

Thanks Ross, I'll remember for the future. I did really need to get home though as I had a dental appointment at 9 yesterday morning. As it happened, they phoned at 7.30 and asked me to come next week instead. Dentist has flu!

fermi de Sousa · « **Reply #86 on:** September 25, 2008, 09:20:58 AM »

Here are some pics taken along the roadside at Langley which is between Redesdale and Kyneton where I work.

I'd seen the splash of colour on the drive to work and could stop there in daylight yesterday, but still not enough light to stop the flash going off! It was a large flowering of "Pinkbells", Tetratheca ciliata,