Loughborough Show

[ian mcenery]

Here are a few piccies from Loughborough

he first is the Farrer medal plant

and the second an exhibit of 6 from one of our forumists which won a First

[Maggi Young]

Oh, Ian, how lovely, thank you! Please tell us who grew these wonderful plants? That Farrer winning H. nobilis is super. But so are these others, looks like it was a really nice show. Hope you enjoyed your day and thanks for taking the time and trouble to come home and post for us. 

[Maggi Young]

Just love the Asarum in the six pan, and the A. delavayi too. In great condition. And that Cyclamen mirabile......what foliage!  Have you an idea about the parentage of that fat pink Dionysia?  I love it!

Note from my Chum, the Newt, he tells me the fat pink dionysia is D. 'Chris Grey-Wilson', the parentage is D. viscidula x freitagii

[ian mcenery]

John Gennard was the six pan but I forgot - old age - to make notes on the others and probably spent too much time talking.

If you are into Dionysias there were some large and purrrrfect plants

When Iget some more time I will try to post a few more

[Maggi Young]

Well done, John G, for that lovely six pan.
Don't worry about the details, Ian, it is the plants that are most important ! Looking forward to more!

[Diane Clement]

Here's a few more from Loughborough today. 
Cyclamen pseudibericum, and in close up
Cyclamen parviflorum ssp alpinum  - these cylamen shown by Mike Brown,
and a lovely silver foliage Cyclamen persicum shown by Ivor Betteridge

[Diane Clement]

The lighting in the hall is bad and gives a strange colour  cast to some photos.
Asarum splendens - this also shown by John Gennard
Iris rosenbachiana - one of Jim Almond's splendid junos
A couple of Barry Tattersall's fantastic orchids
Anacamptis papilionacea heroica
Ophrys regis-fernandii

[Diane Clement]

And just 2 more for now, possibly more later, hopefully from others, there were lots of cameras snapping away.
Primula Joan Hughes, shown by Geoff Rollinson
Fritillaria davidii, a very strange frit, shown by Bob and Rannveig Wallis

[Maggi Young]

Bliss, Diane! Not a duffer amongst them. Did you have a good day? Car laden with silverware to drive home?

[Anthony Darby]

Super plants from another town in which I used to live.

[John Forrest]

Cant wait to see some show plants across the road from my house at the Blackpool show, the day after I return.
If I were choose one plant to sneak off under my jacket, it would be Barrie Tattersalls Anacamptis papilionacea
Thanks for sharing those show pics.

[ian mcenery]

Couple more from me before I take to some chores
Cheilanthes eatoni
Narcissus jacetanus
Tulipa kurdica
Asarum
Hepatica

[Luc Gilgemyn]

What a marvelous display !  Thanks a lot for sharing.

I suppose the Frit. davidii from Bob and Rannveig Wallis is the same shown in Harlow the week before where it won a CM ?

I hope we'll get to see even more pictures !

[Maggi Young]

I think that is the same Frit. davidii, Luc, it seems to be at the correct stage of progress from last week!

I just love that lime green Asarum, anybody know which species it is, please?

[Diane Clement]

I think that is the same Frit. davidii, Luc, it seems to be at the correct stage of progress from last week!

Yes, it is the same Frit davidii, I don't think anyone else has such a large potful!

I just love that lime green Asarum, anybody know which species it is, please?

It's Asarum trigynum album, "from the mountains of Southern Japan, an evergreen clump-forming species with patterned leaves.  It is related to A subglossum but with a more tubular flower."  (only knew that because I photographed the card of botanical information) - this was shown by Cecilia Coller in the new and rare section.