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David Nicholson

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #60 on: February 05, 2010, 11:58:24 AM »
Chris, pic here (and not a good one!) from mine last year for comparison.

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #61 on: February 05, 2010, 03:19:24 PM »
Hi David,
Thanks for those, is your white as 'clean' as it looks in the picture? I would say the white in mine is a little off white. maybe moving slightly towards pink! Would make sense given their heritage?
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #62 on: February 05, 2010, 03:35:15 PM »
 Chris,here is what Joan Evans should look like.

Freesia laxa, Joan Evans
« Last Edit: February 05, 2010, 03:39:35 PM by Michael J Campbell »
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #63 on: February 05, 2010, 03:42:33 PM »
Charming variations on a theme, Chris, David and Michael.
Chris' flower has, to my eye, a pleasingly rounded flower outline.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #64 on: February 05, 2010, 03:50:31 PM »
Thanks Michael, yes that rather clears it up I think!
I have the Joan Evans you sent but haven't flowered them yet.
So inspired have I been by the seed you sent I've ordered up
Freesia grandiflora from Silverhills and have crossed ssp azurea
and your shell pink hybrids onto viridis.
Great thing is I get to see the results this time next year, you gotta love em!! ;)
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #65 on: February 05, 2010, 07:43:03 PM »
Quote from: Hristo on February 05, 2010, 03:19:24 PM
Hi David,
Thanks for those, is your white as 'clean' as it looks in the picture? I would say the white in mine is a little off white. maybe moving slightly towards pink! Would make sense given their heritage?

Chris, from what I can remenber the white was a very clear white. It might not be when (if) it flowers this year as I put it in the garden to see how hardy it was ???
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #66 on: February 05, 2010, 07:51:14 PM »
David ,it should survive provided it is not too wet.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #67 on: February 05, 2010, 07:57:23 PM »
Quote from: Michael J Campbell on February 05, 2010, 07:51:14 PM
David ,it should survive provided it is not too wet.

........ in Devon Michael, wet!! noooooooooooooooooooo ;D
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #68 on: February 05, 2010, 08:09:27 PM »
I know the feeling David, what I should have said, if it was in a well drained site. ;D
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #69 on: February 05, 2010, 08:19:39 PM »
 My freesia laxa subsp azurea opened the first flower today,it is usually finished at this time.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #70 on: February 07, 2010, 01:34:28 PM »
Michaeel, my ssp azurea has been and gone!
Today, another first flowering from the 'Plum Hybrid' seed has yielded another semi-alba form.
Petals less rounded and the pink marks less distinct, the anthers however have pink stripes!

 
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #71 on: February 07, 2010, 01:39:37 PM »
That's nice Chris,I like the pink stripes on the anthers. The hyb seed in a kind of a lucky dip isn't it.
Did I send you any corms of the plum hyb.?
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #72 on: February 07, 2010, 01:51:36 PM »
Hi Michael, yes you sent me 'Plum Hybrid' corms which were distinctly plumy! Think I posted pics on page 2 of this thread.
I am enjoying the lucky dip nature of the seed you sent, since I can't imagine a bad F.laxa it's all pleasure, pleasure , pleasure! Got three or four more plants that should flower over the next 10 days!
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #73 on: February 07, 2010, 11:32:14 PM »
Chris:

        'Joan Evans' is like in Michael's photo. If it is not the same color then it is not 'Joan Evans'. Cultivars of Freesia laxa are true only when propagated vegetatively, from daughter corms. Seedlings, although at times stunning, diverge a lot.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #74 on: February 08, 2010, 06:09:55 AM »
I guess technically even if it was indistinguishable from  'Joan Evans' it would not be 'Joan Evans' as it's the product of another cross. Perhaps I should think of a name???? :D ;)
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