BULB LOG AT CHELSEA 23/05/07

[ranunculus]

The toilets for the little people must be 'bog' plants surely?   

[fermi de Sousa]

Ian,
I'll add my thanks for the pics, especially the AGS ones as I missed the BBC coverage, being in Transit somewhere over Europe at the time, I think!
I'm heading home for a week's holiday after all this travelling (I have a very understanding boss!) so hope to catch up then,
cheers
fermi
(in Singapore Airport for another 4 hours before catching a 7 hour flight home!)

[Anthony Darby]

The toilets for the little people must be 'bog' plants surely?   

Absolutely, and stop calling me Shirley Cliff!

Enjoy Singapore Airport Fermi. There's some fantastic floral displays. I liked the grove of tree ferns, but alas, had no time to enjoy them. Apparently, if your stop-over is 6 hours or more you can get a tour of the city?

[fermi de Sousa]

Yes, Anthony, you can, but as it's still 31C outside and I'm carrying a jacket, wearing heavy jeans, a T-shirt and overshirt, I'm not keen of venturing out of the (air-conditioned?) terminal! I certainly don't want to end up in a hospital ("A hospital! What is it?"; "It's a big building full of sick people. But let's not worry about it now!") You started it, Shirley!
I got a pic of the treefern grove on the first stop over; I may post it as a pic later.
cheers
fermi
( 2 hours to flight time)

[Ian Y]

Yup, I guess they are bog plants -that must be where they got that name from
Glad you are the home leg Fermi.
A few shots that I took of the outside show gardens.
First my favourite of them all.

[Ian Y]

By the way the rain came on that is why I am back at the PC.
Some of the other outside gardens now.

[hadacekf]

Ian,
Thanks for giving us this great Chelsea Tour.
Interesting to see the wooden box troughs.

[Carol Shaw]

Ian many thanks for all the amazing pix. David and I have promised ourselves we will 'do' Chelsea once we retire 

[hadacekf]

I visited Chelsea 1975

[Ian Minty]

Could anyone tell me what kind of arisaema it was Jaques Amand's display behind the candidissimum with the tall mottled stem and the large leaves.
I like the look of the taller ones.

[Ian Y]

Ian, the big Arisaema behing the A. candidissimum were A. griffithii

[Ian Minty]

Thanks Ian.
That's one that I'll have to ask Carol to look out for me.

[Maggi Young]

I've just been ejoying John Humphries photos of the AGS Chelsea set-up and display... I would have posted my congratulations but i cannot, for the life of me, remember my password for the site and there is no "help" button! I'll just have to hope that the Show Team read it here!

[Anthony Darby]

I have two griffithii flowering, which I bought from St John at last year's show at Ingliston. He was selling them off at a pound each because they'd been left in the fridge too long. The Cypripedium parviflorum pubescens (which didn't win the cup, it was the serapias) also came from big John at an Early Bulb Show some time ago.

[Ian Y]

A few more bulb pictures from Chelsea.