Loughborough autumn show 2009

[Mick McLoughlin]

Just got back from the Loughborough autumn show. Last one for us this year and the first one for quite a while. The Farrer medal was won by Barry Tattersal from Twickenham with a new one to me
Diplodium coccinum.
A couple of shots of this fine looking plant to keep you going while I sort out the rest. Again apologies for the lighting(beware of the yellow cast).

[Anthony Darby]

Must be a renamed Australian orchid?

[Mick McLoughlin]

A few of general shots of the classes:
 6 Pan class
3 pan class of cushion plants
3 pan open section
Conifers
Crasulaceae excluding Sempervivum and Jovibarba
Silver foliage
3 pan Cyclamen x 2
Section C Cyclamen

[Mick McLoughlin]

Hi Anthony,
Just googled it and got this link to here
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=848.msg20316
Some forum or other 

[Mick McLoughlin]

Here is a few of the bulbous entries:
Allium thunbergii
Crocus boryi
Nerine fillifolia
Potful of Crocus goulimyi 'Mani White' not quite open yet.

A few more to finish this post before retiring for a drink
Biarum davisii marmariensis
Hyacynthoides ligulata
Oxalis speciosa
Tanacetum leontopodium

More tommorow mainly Cyclamen.

[Paddy Tobin]

Good report, Mick.

That Biarum davisii marmariensis is a beautiful plant.

Paddy

[Anthony Darby]

Good report, Mick.

That Biarum davisii marmariensis is a beautiful plant.

Paddy

It the one I have is anything to go by, it is easier to flower than Arum pictum, as mine has a flower and several offsets, where it was just a leaf last year. Having said that, I don't expect to be able to match that pot!

[Martinr]

Thanks Mick, that takes the pressure off me processing pictures for an hour or two! Where did you find the energy at 7 last night, I was knackered

[Mick McLoughlin]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Martin the hospitality of Mandy's brother gave a rest in the middle of the day.
A few more to post this morning starting with some Cyclamen:
Cyclamen graecum
Cyclamen hederifolium with a different shaped leaf
Cyclamen mirabile 'Tilebarn Nicholas'
Cyclamen rohlfsianum
Cyclamen on the benches.
2 shots with Cyclamen in the afternoon sun.
Ooops forgot one I think this was voted best Cyclamen in show, Martin correct me if I'm wrong. Sorry cant make out label.

[Mick McLoughlin]

The Biarum was shown by Cecelia Collier and won best plant in a 19cm pot.
Meconopsis paniculata 'Ghunsa group' shown by the McLoughlins getting a red in the 'B' section foliage class.
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Petrocosmea grandiflora
Petrocosmea rosettifolia
2 shots of Rhodophiala bifida

[Mick McLoughlin]

Last few from me here. Then a refreshed Roger can get a picture in edgeways.
Spiranthes cernua
2 shots of Vagaria parviflora plus notes attached

[Martinr]

Mick, your 'Oops' was the best Cyclamen in the show, a C. graecum shown by Mike & Christine Brown

[ian mcenery]

Well done Mick here are a few more

G reg olg Cambridge
Cycl graecum
C graecum anatolicum and a close up of the leaves
a close up of the Biarum shown by Mick
C rohlfsianum a lovely leaved form
Narcissus miniatus
and a new one to me shown by the Wallis's

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Aren't these perfectly grown Cyclamen to die for ?
Thanks for showing Mick and Ian - looks to have been another great show !!

[Martinr]

A few more pictures from Loughborough

Aruncus aethusifolius
Cotyledon undulata
Crocus banaticus
Colchicum cupanii
Goodyera species (spot the ghosts or snowmen with carrot noses!)
Meconopsis paniculata
Myosotis aff pulvinaris
Oxalis Cetrino
Petrocosmea grandiflora
Petrocosmea minor