GERANIACEAE 2007

[arisaema]

Thanks for posting a picture of yunnanense, I've never seen it before! The unknown looks like your pogonanthum, it's just a bad picture (the backlight messes up the color), it's from Chen Yi so it should be a pure species. Here's an old shot:

[Paul T]

Wow...... all the different varieties you get over there that I've never seen here.  Some absolute corkers!!  Fantastic pics as always Mark in particular!!

Thanks All!!

[mark smyth]

hello Paul, long time no 'see'. I guess you havent been well in recent months? Glad you like the photos. I'll have to send you some seeds - but like most things I promise I forget

[Magnar]

Geranium mieboldii ( I hope) 

[mark smyth]

G. meeboldii is the very old invalid name for G. himalayense. It doesnt come in pink just shades of blue, a double and one white.

[Magnar]

Thanks for the info,, I got the plant labelled like that,, gotta change the label,, will be another sp then.

Have you got any idea what it might be,, the plant is about 30 cm tall, roundish.

[arisaema]

Could it be G. krameri (syn. G. sieboldii)?

Mark; do you have a picture of 'Pagoda'?

[mark smyth]

it's not G. krameri that has distinctive red veins. Sorry I have no photo of 'Pagoda'

Cant believe how poor my photography/camera was when I first got into digital photography in 2002 or before

G. krameri

[fermi de Sousa]

Here are a couple of pics of the extraordinary Erodium glandulosum "Spanish Eyes".
I say extraordinary as it has not been without flowers in more than 24 months, since we planted it!
cheers
fermi

[mark smyth]

Thats a very compact healthy plant. Do you prune it?

[fermi de Sousa]

No, I don't actually prune it as such but I did take some cuttings once and about a year ago I cut it back as it was overgrowing its neighbour.
I think it remains compact as it growing "hard" in a raised rock garden bed with little water and some overhead shade in summer from a tree ( I know, sacrilege in Rock Gardening terms) but plenty of sun when the sun is low during the winter (now). The most I do these days is just remove the dead flowers which as you can see I haven't done recently!
cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

Mark,

'Spanish Eyes' is flowering here too at the moment, in the depths of winter.  Nowhere near the size of your plant..... it doesn't do fantastically here for some reason, growing for me only when given virtually total neglect.  Too much watering results in rotting very quickly.  Your plant looks SO much healthier than mine!!  But then you ARE an addict for this particular family!! 

[mark smyth]

It's Fermi's plant

[Carlo]

What a kick!

I just repotted my Pelargonium mollicomum seedlings. Spilling the pot, I discovered strings of tubers like small potatoes! I know that some of the Pelie's are caudiciform, others tuber forming, but I've never quite seen one like this...

Carlo

[Paul T]

Mark,

Yep, you got me there.  Obviously I'm so used to YOU posting the pics of the impressive Geraniacea that I didn't even notice it was someone else.  You can at least take it as a compliment...... I jsut assumed as it was grown well it was yours!!  LOL  I think I should be apologising to Magnar etc as well, as they'be been posting some nice pics too.

Nice plant Fermi!!  How are you growing it so nicely?  Is it grown hot and dry?