September 2010 in the Southern Hemisphere

[arillady]

Jamie they must be some huge birds to feel comfortable with that size 'sticks'. No the birds seem to leave them alone - touch wood.
A friend puts a rock on her labels which she lays on the ground. I do make a planting plan on paper each time I do a bed - some need to be done yet.

[TheOnionMan]

Crows often have label pulling parties here too, these are big and boisterous troublesome birds.

[Ray]

Just had an English drought here(no rain for 3 days)so have had a few more flowers bye Ray
Bulbinella cauda-felis
Ferraria crispa
Fritillaria oliveri
Fritillaria oliveri 1
Hesperantha latifolia
Hesperantha vaginata
Ipheion Rolf Fielder
Moraea Karen Seymour(ex Gary Reid)
Moraea tripetala
Moraea vegeta

[Maggi Young]

Just had an English drought here(no rain for 3 days)so have had a few more flowers bye Ray
Bulbinella cauda-felis
Ferraria crispa
Fritillaria oliveri
Fritillaria oliveri 1
Hesperantha latifolia
Hesperantha vaginata
Ipheion Rolf Fielder
Moraea Karen Seymour(ex Gary Reid)
Moraea tripetala
Moraea vegeta

[arillady]

Ray your Ferraria is a few days earlier than here. I have flowering stems but no flowers quite yet. Finally have good clumps of Ferraria after about 15 years or more of growing them from a local found patch that must have been tossed years ago.

[Tecophilaea King]

OK, I am back on deck again. Yes I have been away and busy with the National Daffodil Show and a couple of the local shows, the usual frantic running around picking, staging and last minute organising for the shows, never a dull moment.
With the weather and temperatures being continuously mild, most imaginable spring flowering species are now bursting into bloom all over the place.
I am not sure if the Fritillaria species (with the lost labels) I posted last week is still flowering, but will try to take a picture of the remaining plant and foliage tomorrow for futher ID.
I am inclined to accept Frit.liliacea, as Mark pointed out, I use to grow that species, and seed or species are often misnamed from various sources.
In the meantime a few South African species flowering at the moment of the colourful Romulea sabulosa, Spiloxene liniaris and a nice bicolour seedling of Veltheimia bracteata, with many more to come.

[Tecophilaea King]

Just had an English drought here(no rain for 3 days)so have had a few more flowers bye Ray
Bulbinella cauda-felis
Ferraria crispa, Fritillaria oliveri, Fritillaria oliveri 1, Hesperantha latifolia, Hesperantha vaginata, Ipheion Rolf Fielder
Moraea Karen Seymour(ex Gary Reid), Moraea tripetala, Moraea vegeta

Ray, that's an impressive collection of species flowering for you, keep those pictures coming.

[Tecophilaea King]

Another couple of nicely shaped, charming little seedling pictures of Narc.Rufus X Narc.cyclamineus, Narc.henriquesii X Narc.cyclamineus, and the species Narc.triandrus albus.

[fermi de Sousa]

Another couple of nicely shaped, charming little seedling pictures of Narc.Rufus X Narc.cyclamineus, Narc.henriquesii X Narc.cyclamineus, and the species Narc.triandrus albus.

All exceptionally nice, Bill!
Are the hybrids your own crosses?

This is one of GBF's - a split-cup jonquil named "Splatter"!


And "Angel's Whisper" - their version of "Hawera"!


Narcissus hispanicus

cheers
fermi

[Ray]

Hi Bill,like the Velthemia,in your pic of the R sabulosa there looks to be a couple of ring ins or are they just variants.bye Ray

[Tecophilaea King]

As promised here is another closer look at the rest of the unidentified Fritillaria plants leaves, hopefully the forum can come up with a proper species name.
Looking forward to your reply. Thanks.

[Maggi Young]

Thanks for the further photo, Bill. That is looking very much like a young
F. liliacea.

[Maggi Young]

Just thought that this was a good point to say that  there are some great ID records on Laurence Hill's Fritillaria Icones site :
http://www.fritillariaicones.com/

[Tecophilaea King]

Thanks for the further photo, Bill. That is looking very much like a young
F. liliacea.

Thanks Maggi, for now and the next time when I have a problem.

[Tecophilaea King]

Hi Bill,like the Velthemia,in your pic of the R sabulosa there looks to be a couple of ring ins or are they just variants.bye Ray

Ray, many Rom.sabulosa are quite striking, especially the South African species and there can be a significant variation in color and markings of the flowers, according to some experts.
In the picture posted, the fully mature flower can also slightly change the colour hue, compared with a freshly opened bud, subtle but noticable.