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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #390 on: April 22, 2009, 10:02:59 PM »
Having internet connection problems today- I thought Ihad posted this several hours ago, but it doesn't seem to have made it. So here it is again.
Flowering today on the Rock Garden:
Lupinus latifolius latifolius
Penstemon attenuatus attenuatus
Arenaria species  (ex SeedExchange)
and more Penstemon nitidus longifolius
all in their first year from seed.
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #391 on: April 22, 2009, 10:09:29 PM »
Quote from: Gerdk on April 22, 2009, 08:42:22 PM
Quote from: maggiepie on April 22, 2009, 08:23:54 PM
They are all beautiful, Gerd.
I think if I had to choose a favourite it would be Viola spathulata.

Thank you Helen - a good choice! According to my opinion V. spathulata is the best recent violet introduction. It comes from Iran and was distributed by Dieter Zschummel - a famous plant lover from eastern Germany.
Unfortunately seedset from this species is very poor here.

Gerd
Gerd, does Dieter Zschummel produce a seed list?
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #392 on: April 23, 2009, 07:54:44 AM »
More damn pulsatillas ... when WILL they end?   :D

Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pulsatilla halleri
Fritillaria close-up
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #393 on: April 23, 2009, 08:01:34 AM »
Simon, sorry for the vague ' distributed '. I mean Dieter Zschummel gave this
plant to some friends - he does not distribute in a vast extent.

I don't know if he had produced a seedlist recently. His main interest is Dionysia and Androsace.

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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #394 on: April 23, 2009, 08:14:26 AM »
Quote from: ranunculus on April 23, 2009, 07:54:44 AM
More damn pulsatillas ... when WILL they end?   :D

Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pulsatilla halleri
Fritillaria close-up
Such unusual images,Cliff, I love the pulsatillas of course but the detail of the rain drops caught in the hairs gives me goosebumps  ;D
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #395 on: April 23, 2009, 09:36:58 AM »
Quote from: Gerdk on April 23, 2009, 08:01:34 AM
Simon, sorry for the vague ' distributed '. I mean Dieter Zschummel gave this
plant to some friends - he does not distribute in a vast extent.

I don't know if he had produced a seedlist recently. His main interest is Dionysia and Androsace.

Gerd
Thanks Gerd. There never seem to be many people collecting seed in Iran.  :(
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #396 on: April 23, 2009, 09:45:52 AM »
Cliff,

No, these are not pulsatillas. These are examples of "against the light" photography!!! Perhaps, a little infill flash on one or two of them?

Excellent. Were you out while the dew was still on them or have you being using that flower photographer's friend, the spray gun?

Paddy
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #397 on: April 23, 2009, 10:10:51 AM »
Hi Paddy,
Still pulsatillas (in whatever light)!
Thanks for the kind comments and I certainly agree about the fill-in flash but, unfortunately, these were all taken with my little 3.4 megapixel camera and I can't override or introduce the flash at will.  The images were taken, hand-held, on a garden table after watering the entire garden with the hosepipe. If one could glance left then you might catch the newspaper and coffee cup.  Life is sweet!
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Cliff
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #398 on: April 23, 2009, 10:39:09 AM »
Cliff - there was me thinking you must have been lucky enough to have had some rain over that side of the Pennines!

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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #399 on: April 23, 2009, 10:41:55 AM »
Cliff, have you tried holding a paper tissue over the flash to get a diffusion?
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #400 on: April 23, 2009, 10:50:27 AM »
Quote from: ranunculus on April 23, 2009, 07:54:44 AM
More damn pulsatillas ... when WILL they end?   :D

Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pulsatilla halleri
Fritillaria close-up

Cliff,

I don't mean to be rude, but.... just shut up!!  ;D ;D

Yes, I am exceedingly jealous and that is why I am being irritable.  ::)  Just wish I had all those Pulsatillas thriving here, instead of only on the computer.  ;)
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #401 on: April 23, 2009, 10:57:57 AM »
Well here is something very ordinary,Paul, but never-the-less it is just beginning to flower on my rocks and I like looking deep in to the cushion as it reminds me of being on the reef at Cairns! ;D
« Last Edit: April 23, 2009, 11:01:13 AM by Ragged Robin »
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #402 on: April 23, 2009, 01:42:11 PM »
Robin,

It might be ordinary to you...... not to me.  ;D
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #403 on: April 23, 2009, 02:16:48 PM »
Cliff, great 'artistic' pictures !!
congratulations and thank's for sharing
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Re: Flowering Now - April 2009
« Reply #404 on: April 23, 2009, 02:25:26 PM »
Well, Cliff, I am very glad you can find time from the newspaper and morning coffee to take these photographs for us.

Paddy
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