South American bulbous plants 2009

[Paul T]

Kris,

It even looks like their cat is a Scottish Fold, so the scottish influence is strong.    Stunning pic of the horses on the skyline.

[johnw]

Kris - Wonderful to have faces to names.

What sort of plants were they growing in their garden and round the house?

johnw

[Lesley Cox]

Yes, a super shot of the horses. Funny, Mike and Julia look so.....ordinary. I'd imagined ponchos, wide hats and bucking broncos. I guess farming folk around the world look much the same, doing, as they do, much the same job even though working with different animals sometimes, different climates and different kinds of landscapes. Anyway, Estancia Stag River is a cattle ranch is it not? Probably as many llamas and alpacas here as there.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris,

It even looks like their cat is a Scottish Fold, so the scottish influence is strong.    Stunning pic of the horses on the skyline.

Paul , I just see the cat right now !   ::)What is a "Scottish fold" ?

[krisderaeymaeker]

Yes, a super shot of the horses. Funny, Mike and Julia look so.....ordinary. I'd imagined ponchos, wide hats and bucking broncos. I guess farming folk around the world look much the same, doing, as they do, much the same job even though working with different animals sometimes, different climates and different kinds of landscapes. Anyway, Estancia Stag River is a cattle ranch is it not? Probably as many llamas and alpacas here as there.

Julia's and Mike's daughter in law looks bit more like you imagined Lesley ,because she is from Argentina.
I guess Mike and Julia stay European anyway... You mean something like we see on pic1
They have horses and sheep on their ranch.
We encounter  some "guanaco's " in this area .But they living on the scree's in the neighbourhood of the ranch.The second picture shows this encounter ....  Later on the trip there were many more ......

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris - Wonderful to have faces to names.

What sort of plants were they growing in their garden and round the house?

johnw

Nothing special John ......When we left our homecountry it was autumn ,falling leaves and lovely autumncolors and so on .Arriving in Argentina it was spring again .Strange feeling anyway ....
I remember there was the appleblossom in their garden and some Narcissus in full flower .But it is obvious that they have other things on their mind...... 

[Paul T]

Kris,

A Scottish Fold is a breed of cat.  It has folded down ears, which is what the cat in the pic looks to have.  They're quite distinctive, but it could just be my eyes playing tricks on me and not that breed at all.

[cohan]

kris--thanks for the photos of the plants in habitat--a wonderful place! i really love this kind of environment

[krisderaeymaeker]

Now the Christmas -days passed away and the snow is melting  ,it is time for another South American bulbous plant that we met on our Patagonian -tour in 2008.
Speak about bulbous plants from South America means mentioning this one .........
Alstroemeria patagonica.
(See also my topic ,growing from seed)

[mark smyth]

Lovely Alstroemeria.

[Lesley Cox]

Is it typical that the plant flowers after the leaves are dead?

[Paul T]

Cute little thing, isn't it Kris. 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Is it typical that the plant flowers after the leaves are dead?

Lesley ,at the habitats that we have visited it was typical .But I am not sure this is typical for all the Alstroemeria patagonica .As we seen this plant  in several occassions  ,in different areas I may suppose it is typical for this species anyway.The seedpods were  coming also in a hurry after the flowers were finished.
I had the idea that the whole  growing or flowering process  was going very fast . 

[Tony Willis]

Is it typical that the plant flowers after the leaves are dead?

I think most of the alstroemeria's are dieing down as they flower as are many other of the Andean bulbs which are growing in a Mediterranean climate there.

[Lesley Cox]

As do many South Africans, presumably for the same reasons. In my (limited) experience, onco irises also look shabby by the time the flowers open, though from the pictures on the onco thread, in my case it's more likely to be less than ideal culture.