July 2010 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Lesley Cox]

Very pretty Bill!  

Honestly Gail, Bill isn't really pretty at all. His Tecophilaea is OK though.

Sorry to be difficult, but I'm not sure about the G. elwesii either because doesn't it always have the doublle green mark, extending up the corolla? Wish some of the Galanthus people, like Martin or Mark, were having a quick look here.

[Martin Baxendale]

As a rule I'm not very successful with growing Galanthus here up north, but these Galanthus plicatus and Galanthus elwesii species have flowered well this time.

They're both elwesii monostictus (i.e. single-marked elwesii). These kinds of very broad-leaved elwesii do tend to have the bases of the leaves rolled back a bit, as Paul notes, but they're not actualkly plicate (folded back as opposed to just rolled back). Both very nice clones. 

[mark smyth]

No panic Lesley and Maggi and Martin got in quicker than me. I've been out catching bats ^..^

[mark smyth]

Bill do you have Carbendazim or similar fungicide? I see what could be stagonora fungus on one of your plants

[Lesley Cox]

Many thanks to both gents.

[Tecophilaea King]

Bill can you please send me a private email with your postal address

Pat, I am pleased to tell you that your Iris planifolia seed arrived safely and without any problems, I owe you one.
Thanks once again, will reciprocate sometimes in the near future.
Bill

[Tecophilaea King]

Bill do you have Carbendazim or similar fungicide? I see what could be stagonora fungus on one of your plants

You're very observant Mark, no I haven't got Carbendazim, but will get cracking with another fungicide when the rain stops.
Thanks you and Martin for clarifying some of the problems with the Galanthus species, they will always be a botanical mystery for me.

[Tecophilaea King]

Very pretty Bill!  

Honestly Gail, Bill isn't really pretty at all. His Tecophilaea is OK though.

Thank you Gail for your kind remarks, don't take any notice of Lesley, she's lying, she has a bad habit of exaggerating things

[Tecophilaea King]

No garden or collection is complete without a few colourful winter growing Lachenalia species.
The first one is Lachenalia aloides var.tricolor which of course means three different colours
The same goes for Lachenalia aloides var.quadricolor with four colours, the last picture is Lachenalia aloides "Pearsonii", a widely grown selection with bright scarlet-orange flowers edged with red.
It was raised in New Zealand and has long been considered to be a hybrid but is now thought to be a form of Lach.aloides.

[Martin Baxendale]

Bill do you have Carbendazim or similar fungicide? I see what could be stagonora fungus on one of your plants

Yes, I can also see some red/brown tips on some of the leaves now Mark mentions it. In addition to fungicide treatment, it would be best to remove any with red/brown-tipped leaves and isolate them from the rest to help prevent cross-infection. You should be able to gently prise and wiggle them out of the compost without disturbing the others too much since they're quite widely spaced.

[vanozzi]

Here are two Australian raised galanthus bred by Norman Collins.I received them last year  as ''Wandin'' and ''July'' and I guess they are seedlings of elwesii var monostictus.

[Lesley Cox]

Is that the same man that did a lot of work with Pleiones? I have a small ps/bulb of a forrestii hyb called 'Otto Fauser.'

[Paul T]

Lesley,

Yep, the same man.  I didn't know there was a Pleione 'Otto Fauser'.... I have a Galanthus 'Otto Fauser' though. 

[fermi de Sousa]

  I didn't know there was a Pleione 'Otto Fauser'.... I have a Galanthus 'Otto Fauser' though. 

We just have the original
cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

Fermi,

I think that Otto has himself, or are you claiming ownership?