September 2010 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Smashing pix Fermi !
Love the Daf field in the morning fog !

[Ray]

Some plants flowering now.bye Ray
Babiana pygmaea
Geissorhiza tulbaghensis
Gladiolus liliaceus
Lachenalia bolusii
Lachenalia elegans
Moraea atropunctata
Moraea tricolor

[Gail]

Beautiful plants Ray.  Is the gladiolus the one that changes colour at night?

[Otto Fauser]

 In my garden the Crocus season has come to the end with C. minimus still in flower and a few buds of C. veluchensis still to open .
 also the last of my snowdrops ( and the smallest in my collection ) G. niv. 'Snow White's Gnome'
 and the only Dionysia I can grow reasonably well in the glasshouse and the rockgarden is D. aretioides .

    Ray , I like your Lachenalia elegans ( with a name like that it has to be special )and Moraea atropunctata .

[Rogan]

"I'm amazed no-one else commented Rogan, but those are both magnificent"

Thanks for your kind comments Ashley, I guess it's just a case of "Coals to New Castle" at this time of the year ? 

I'm blessed with a warm climate and both plants sort of take care of themselves. The C. falcatus has years ago bust itself out of its container and rooted into the sand "plunge" - I couldn't move it if I tried! The Lachenalia hybrid gets put under cover for the wet summer months, repotted occasionally, and that's about it...

[Lesley Cox]

Bill must be home now as I had an email from him when I opened up this morning.

[t00lie]

Lovely violet Pat and I really like the Muscari in grass.
For a number of years I've had a form known locally as 'Iceberg,' a big head with palest turquoise blue flowers and my favourite. Now I've lost it because it get overgrown for too long by couch (twitch) grass. That's OK I thought, as I'd raised a couple of batches from its seed and they'd been absolutely true, and though I'd sold off those, I had the latest sowing still with me and about to flower this year. They're in bloom now and every one is the same mid blue as the ordinary old grape hyaconth. I swore when I realized.

Lesley

Don't gnome    if my following pic is of Muscari 'iceberg'.

I'm giving a talk to the Otago group in November so if you are still wanting some bulbs let me know as i have plenty.

PS it's not me in the background

[Lesley Cox]

It's pretty much like Dave, I think mine was paler and sort of duck egg colour, but I'd like some of yours anyway if I may. Will be good to see you in November and hear all about the UK trip.

[fermi de Sousa]

Lesley,
we don't grow "Iceberg" but these are Muscari "ex Valerie Finnis"


and this is the first flowering from AGS seed of Muscari "ex Gul (Delight)"


cheers
fermi

[arillady]

There has been some pretty interesting flowers on here lately.
What a treat

[Maggi Young]

There has been some pretty interesting flowers on here lately.
What a treat

 Even more so for us in the North, Pat!! 

[arillady]

Narcissus 'Wilf Carter'
aril and juno patch
Iris pseudopumila ex Robyn Rohrlach

[Ray]

Hi Gail,yes this the Gladioli that changes color at night and also gets a fragrance,not that I have ever noticed that,so need to get outmore often at night .bye Ray

[Onion]

aril and juno patch

Pat,
do you have not a problem with birds? See your aril and juno patch the labels where stolen by birds in two days, in my area. They use them for their nest.

[Lesley Cox]

That would make for some spiky sitting Jamie.