October 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Rogan]

It's a pretty little thing Robin. Two flowers are open at the moment with three buds to come. Here's a view from the side:

[Ray]

Some plants flowering here today.bye Ray


 Gladiolus sp.JPG
 Allium schubertii.JPG
 Geissorhiza tulbaghensis The Geissorhiza should read darlingensis.

 Ixia paniculata.JPG
 Moraea bellendenii.JPG
 Moraea sp.JPG
 Nectarscordum siculum.JPG
 Tritiona sp.JPG
 Wachendorfia paniculata.JPG
 Watsonia rosa alba.JPG

[Paul T]

Rogan,

Congratulations!!  Beautiful.

Galahad,

Very nice.  Great colour to the Paeony.

Ray,

Some nice stuff in there.  The Moraea is great, but the colour in the Wachendorfia is amazing!! 

Thanks for posting, everyone. 

[Lesley Cox]

What family is your Griffinia Rogan? From the side it looks a bit like Amaryllis? but not from the front.

[fermi de Sousa]

Ross,
that tree peony is amazing - does it open darker and fade or vice versa?

The Daphne alpina in the rock garden is in full bloom now,


And Genista lydia is just about at its peak,


Earlier I posted a pic of Leucoryne purpurea which I said was from some "mixed hybrids", this is the "other" one in the mix,


And this one was grown from seed as L. vittata,


Allium nevskianum in flower outdoors but in a pot,


cheers
fermi

[galahad]

Ross,
that tree peony is amazing - does it open darker and fade or vice versa?

Fermi, it opens a brownish/yellow colour and fades to the paler yellow you see in the pic

I have another tree paeony which has really nice, finely cut foliage and rich, red flowers like a rose but it isn't doing that well.

[t00lie]

A recent gift --

The Podophyllum hexandrum i already have is white --this one is a soft pink, (coral),form.
 

Cheers dave

[Rogan]

What family is your Griffinia Rogan?

You're quite right Lesley, it is an amaryllid - supposed to be the closest living relative to the celebrated Blue Amaryllis, Worsleya procera. To me it is very close in terms of flower colour only - my two young worsleyas are starting to look like little palm trees!

[Paddy Tobin]

Ray,

Love your Paulownia, really jealous. I have a tree of similar size but never a flower and while it is an excellent foliage tree, some flowers would be so welcome.

Paddy

[Brian Ellis]

A recent gift --

The Podophyllum hexandrum i already have is white --this one is a soft pink, (coral),form.
 

Cheers dave

It is a lovely colour Dave, aren't they amazing

[Tecophilaea King]

While we're on the subject of trees, driving through the mainstreet in Tauranga, I had to stop and take this picture.
The first tree is our native Pohutukawa, (Metroisideros excelsa), probably the most spectacular and colourful crimson flowering native tree.
The second is also a well-known and appreciated tree, the mauve Jacaranda tree, making another colourful display.

[Tecophilaea King]

OK, back to the Alliums this time, two very nice species flowering right now .
Allium christophii, numerous star-shaped, silver-pink flowers are carried in distinctive large heads, good for picking and excellent dried.
Allium schubertii, a curious species,with huge umbels having pale rose flowers on on pedicels of greatly differing lengths.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

While we're on the subject of trees, driving through the mainstreet in Tauranga, I had to stop and take this picture.
The first tree is our native Pohutukawa, (Metroisideros excelsa), probably the most spectacular and colourful crimson flowering native tree.
The second is also a well-known and appreciated tree, the mauve Jacaranda tree, making another colourful display.

A stunning view Bill !! 
Thanks for stopping and taking a picture for us ! 

[Tecophilaea King]

Here's something new (for me...) flowering in my collection - Griffinia espiritensis - smashing colour!

Rogan,that's a lovely flower and colour to match of that Griffinia espiritensis.
If you get some seed later, I would love to exchange a few seeds, for anything you might be interested in.
Thanks,  Bill

[Ragged Robin]

While we're on the subject of trees, driving through the mainstreet in Tauranga, I had to stop and take this picture.
The first tree is our native Pohutukawa, (Metroisideros excelsa), probably the most spectacular and colourful crimson flowering native tree.
The second is also a well-known and appreciated tree, the mauve Jacaranda tree, making another colourful display.

Bill, I'm over the moon with your photo - I love the *Jacaranda tree, what a fabulous colour combination with the native Pohutukawa
* A  friend of mine had grown some from seed and has promised me one - it grows in Liguria/Italy - if there is one tree I have to grow it's this one