AGS SUMMER NORTH NATIONAL SHOW - PUDSEY 19TH JUNE 2010

[Lesley Cox]

More beauties above but Ourisia 'Cliftonville Roset' does it for me. I really love these little coloured ourisias. Do they set seed? I'm sure they would enjoy meeting with our O. caespitosa.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hmmm......how to convince partner to stay in UK long enough after Alpines Conference in 2011 to be able to attend Pudsey?? Two months might be just a bit too long!
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Hmmm......how to convince partner to stay in UK long enough after Alpines Conference in 2011 to be able to attend Pudsey?? Two months might be just a bit too long!
cheers
fermi

Mention break in Aberdeen with Lily and Poppy?

[shelagh]

Sounds a great idea Fermi after all you will have do some training at altitude in order not to disappoint.  It's difficult to hold your pint and your gravy without making a mess of your shirt.

[Graham Catlow]

Why do we not have a Summer show in Scotland? Wouldn’t that be good 

Graham

But do you have a summer in Scotland Graham? (All right, I am covering my head in shame at the question. )

Lesley,
I hope I'm not tempting fate but surprisingly Summer has started well. We have had a couple of weeks of really good weather. Having to keep the pots watered.
Lets just hope it keeps going.

Graham

[Lesley Cox]

Hmmm......how to convince partner to stay in UK long enough after Alpines Conference in 2011 to be able to attend Pudsey?? Two months might be just a bit too long!
cheers
fermi

Fermi, dear Fermi - and being of a similar shape you will not mind my saying this - you do NOT need to take part in the Pudsey Pig competition. OK, I'm just envious that I shan't be going to the UK, let alone staying for the PP.

[veteran vet]

Its a bit late to be adding to the discussion but its been a v hectic week and also doing the reports for AGS web site and Bulletin. The Arisaema consanguineum has been grown from seed when I used to subcribe to the Botanical Club of British Columbia as they had a fantastic seed list (may still do) so whether it is the correct ID or not I do not know and have never tried to key it out. Shown it several times and no one has questioned it. To me its not too important as I grow it because it grows for me in pot and garden and I like it...especially the 'dew drop' on the end of the leaves as its is the only arisaema in my small collection that does that...not sure why...anyone have an opinion.

[Lesley Cox]

AA. consanguineum and ciliatum do the same thing George, which suggests a relationship between yours and them, which is what I thought on seeing your picture, i.e. maybe a form of A. consanguineum.

[Diane Clement]

Its a bit late to be adding to the discussion but its been a v hectic week and also doing the reports for AGS web site and Bulletin. The Arisaema consanguineum has been grown from seed when I used to subcribe to the Botanical Club of British Columbia as they had a fantastic seed list (may still do) so whether it is the correct ID or not I do not know and have never tried to key it out. Shown it several times and no one has questioned it. To me its not too important as I grow it because it grows for me in pot and garden and I like it...especially the 'dew drop' on the end of the leaves as its is the only arisaema in my small collection that does that...not sure why...anyone have an opinion. 

Hi George, I did think on Saturday that your plant was A ciliatum but I wanted to check it out first.  Yes, it's a great plant for a pot or the garden, no doubting that.  The "drip tips" are a particularly attractive feature of this group. 

I remember looking at various pots on the show bench at Pudsey last year and comparing those labelled consanguineum, ciliatum, erubescens - mostly indistinguishable and so clearly some of these names were being used for others of this group.  Many AGS judges don't know much about Arisaemas which is perhaps why it hasn't been queried in the past.  I now think that many Arisaemas labelled as consanguineum are actually ciliatum.  I have grown A consanguineum about 5 times from various seed sources and everyone of them has been the brown and white striped spathe with stolons, making them all A ciliatum.  There's been a bit more discussion on it in the aroids thread:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=950.259

[Maggi Young]

We've got the a litte Arisaema ciliatum "forest".... rather sweet...... see this Bulb Log http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Jun161276698903BULB_LOG__2410.pdf

[ChrisB]

What a great show!  Thanks everyone for showing us what we've missed.

Peter - I couldn't see the picture of Diane's cyclamen, I think it got missed somehow, if you have a moment, could you post it for us please?  Thanks

[Diane Clement]

What a great show!  Thanks everyone for showing us what we've missed.

Peter - I couldn't see the picture of Diane's cyclamen, I think it got missed somehow, if you have a moment, could you post it for us please?  Thanks

Cyclamen   I haven't got a cyclamen - well, actually I have hundreds but none on the show bench this week. 

[Lesley Cox]

We've got the a litte Arisaema ciliatum "forest".... rather sweet...... see this Bulb Log http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Jun161276698903BULB_LOG__2410.pdf

Thanks for the reminder Maggi. I'm a couple of weeks behind with the Bulb Log. I love the Arisaema forest. Mine are getting there, but quite slowly in my rather dry garden. And thanks Ian for the support for Celmisias. Even here, to most people they're "just another white daisy" but their different foliage forms and colours add immensely to the interest in high areas. Most of us struggle with them in the garden though unless we have some altitude and moisture. Pleased they do well for you and others like Harold McBride and Alan Furness.

[ChrisB]

I bet Peter was having a laugh, it says Cyclamen kentuckyense - D Clement. Never thought til I looked again.  What a geezer.  Wait til I see him....

[Maggi Young]

I bet Peter was having a laugh, it says Cyclamen kentuckyense - D Clement. Never thought til I looked again.  What a geezer.  Wait til I see him....

 The text said Cyclamen but the photo was Cypripedium kentuckyense!!