Author Topic: September 2010 in the Southern Hemisphere (Read 24050 times)

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #45 on:** September 09, 2010, 10:48:27 PM »

That is quite a link there Mark as long as any I've seen I think. The photos in the link do show great variaton for F. liliacea, but again, fail to show anything definitive about the foliage. As I recall - I haven't had it for a few years - the leaves were somewhat like the F. biflora arrangement with a loose rosette at the base of the plant.

fermi de Sousa · « **Reply #46 on:** September 10, 2010, 05:19:51 AM »

A first flowering on this tiny treasure, Muscari muscarima

The first of the hybrid rock garden tulips is appropriately "The First"

This Romulea sabulosa is doing its best to appear to be another tulip!

I've posted other pics taken at FCHS Rock Garden Group last weekend on the South African and Retic Iris threads,
here are a few others:
A selection of camellias by Dot and Murray,

A fine form of Serapias lingua grown by Helene,

which seems a litle more elongated in the tongue than the form I grow, which Helene also had for comparison,

cheers
fermi

t00lie · « **Reply #47 on:** September 11, 2010, 10:54:42 AM »

Quote from: Lesley Cox on September 09, 2010, 10:48:27 PM

That is quite a link there Mark as long as any I've seen I think. The photos in the link do show great variaton for F. liliacea, but again, fail to show anything definitive about the foliage. As I recall - I haven't had it for a few years - the leaves were somewhat like the F. biflora arrangement with a loose rosette at the base of the plant.

I have a pot of F.liliacea about 6 years old yet to flower . The bulbs had me fooled for awhile as i thought i was growing Erythroniums

--i'll take a pic tomorrow.

Don't know if i should post this in the 'I'm so Happy Thread' or 'Moan Moan Thread --Undecided i'll post it here instead

Scilla rosenii is about to flower for the first time --i scraped away some potting mix this afternoon and had a peek --unfortunately it isn't likely to be open before we head away

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #48 on:** September 12, 2010, 12:16:59 AM »

Scilla rosenii from Pilous seed is starting to flower here Dave. But it isn't. S. sibirica I think.

galahad · « **Reply #49 on:** September 12, 2010, 09:33:37 AM »

Spiloxene linearis - a difficult thing to photograph

daveyp1970 · « **Reply #50 on:** September 12, 2010, 11:07:29 AM »

Ross what a blast of sunshine that is,it's not a plant i have seen before is it an easy genus to grow?

arillady · « **Reply #51 on:** September 12, 2010, 11:27:40 AM »

Flowering yesterday
Muscari - a good clump now
the late Miss Hatch's big violet which I thought at one time was Princess of Wales or something similar - it is a huge flower for a violet - and so sweetly perfumed. Miss Hatch's garden is now only a memory.
The patch to the bathhouse which only houses the toilet nowadays and chook food. Mostly the bicolour Wallflower

Armin · « **Reply #52 on:** September 12, 2010, 01:22:10 PM »

Mark, Lesley,
thank you for your expertise in fritillaria genus.

Let's wait for Bill's reply...

Maggi Young · « **Reply #53 on:** September 12, 2010, 02:23:07 PM »

Quote from: Tecophilaea King on September 08, 2010, 01:37:57 PM

The first of two early Fritillaria species to flower, unfortunetly lost the names, perhaps someon could ID them for me please? Thanks

Quote from: Maggi Young on September 08, 2010, 01:45:00 PM

Bill second, yellow and bronze one is F. reuteri.
Cannot tell what the first is without seeing whole stem, lower leaves etc.

Bill, are you about? We're asking for a photo of the rest of the plant, please!!

ashley · « **Reply #54 on:** September 12, 2010, 03:37:06 PM »

Quote from: Rogan on September 09, 2010, 02:04:52 PM

A Lachenalia cultivar, I've no idea what it may be called;

My venerable Cyrtanthus falcatus specimen has produced four inflorescences this year - this is one of them:

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

Obviously your light levels are far higher than in northern Europe, but how do you manage these around the year to get such fine results?

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #55 on:** September 12, 2010, 10:41:57 PM »

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.