September 2009 - Southern Hemisphere- Spring

[David Nicholson]

Paul is well, just taking a rest from the computer.

[Tecophilaea King]

Bill,

They look like Trillium sessile and Trillium vaseyi respectively but there are specialists enough on this forum who can give a better ID

Thanks very much Wim, I am pretty sure your ID is correct. Always satisfying to have the right name for the righ plant.

[Tecophilaea King]

What's happened to PaulT? Did I miss a comment about him somewhere?

Yes I am also looking forward to renewing our acquaintance with the old enemies again from accross the ditch 

[Lesley Cox]

Are you in touch with him David? I hope it's just pressure of work and that he's not sick again.

[ajbroome]

Hi folks,

It's been a while since I spent any time here for various reasons but it's good to see Bill is waving the flag for those of us in the North Island of NZ.

A few things are flowering here at the moment so I'll try and upload some photos as time permits.

And when I can remember how... 

Andrew.

[ajbroome]

Arum apulum

[ajbroome]

Arum orientale sintenisii

[ajbroome]

Arum purpureospathum

[ajbroome]

Anomatheca (Freesia) laxa - Blue

[ajbroome]

Folks,

So, not the best photos ever but I promise to try harder. 

Andrew.

[kiwi]

Nice Arums Andrew, you got to love em.
A few shots from the NZAGS show....
Trillium chloropetalum.
Podophyllum "kalidescope".
The natives table.
The Frit table.
Hippeastrum papilio.

[Maggi Young]

How exciting to see the plaNTS WAKING UP SO WELL ALL THOSE MILES FROM HERE, WHERE AUTUMN IS FAST UPON US!
THE sHOW LOOKS TERRIFIC- thanks for sharing!!  (Sorry about caps lock error!!)

[David Nicholson]

Are you in touch with him David? I hope it's just pressure of work and that he's not sick again.

Lesley, he says he is well, just been spending too much time on the computer.

[Lesley Cox]

Andrew, forgive me that I forgot about you when I welcomed Bill to the Forum as our first North Islander.
Edna Parkyn, whom I'm sure you'll know, had some good Arums for sale at the NZAGS show at the weekend. I bought a couple and will get more gradually.

Doug, it was nice to meet you, though so briefly. I don't think your pic on the side of your posts does you credit.

I have a few pics from the show as well when I get them sorted. The Dysosmas were incredible. Shows what plenty water and shade can do, compared with mine in a hot, dry garden.

[Lesley Cox]

Here are a few from the weekend's NZAGS spring show. I couldn't go up on the Saturday because of work but made the 5 hour trip early Sunday, spend 4 hours there and another 5 hours drive home. A tiring day but great to see so many old friends and of course buy plants at the various stalls. I hope to be there with a stall again, next year.

Beesia deltiphylla. I wanted to get a good picture of this as I have young seedlings but it was impossible with the position of the plant.


Hokonui Alpines (Louise Salmond) had superb show plants as always and this was a Claytonia whose name I forgot to write down.

Louise's Iris sari won the Gala Plants (my) trophy for best bulbous plant in show (including corms, rhizomes, tubers).

As I mentioned above, the Dysosmas (Podophyllums) were outstanding. 'Kaleidoscope' was so tall I couldn't get high enough to photograph it properly. Great for people to hide behind.


Lewisia tweedyi alba was a wonderful potful. I like the white as well as (or even better than) the coloured forms.


And I have to repeat Doug's pic of the magnificent Hippestrum papilio. Not, honestly, my kind of thing but you can't ignore it.


click the pictures to enlarge them!