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Paul T

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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2011, 08:35:45 PM »
Cohan,

Yes, Calostemma are one of our native bulbs.  8)
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2011, 09:41:24 PM »
Yes Cohan a native bulb.
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Pat Toolan,
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2011, 06:39:13 PM »
Nice to have such a lovely native en masse! Glad its not an oversuccessful garden escape  ;D
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2011, 07:33:43 AM »
Autumn's here!
Oxalis lobata/perdicaria
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at least the foliage is in focus!

I've started a thread for Lycoris 2011 but can't resist showing these again ;D
Lycoris elsae, finally making a show!
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The one we grow as Lycoris radiata
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Colchicum cilicium
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A form of Colchicum atropurpureum - it gets darker as it ages
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Mr Fermi de Sousa, Redesdale,
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #19 on: March 27, 2011, 07:01:16 AM »
Fermi hopes to be back on the workcomputer to be active again on the Forum on Wednesday. He spent some time in Hospital ( was discharged today ) to be treated for pneumonia .He will be well again on the 5th. April when 8 of us will depart Melbourne for the Pre Conference tour and conference in Nottingham .
 We are all looking forward to meet as many as possible AGS and SRGC members .

                        Otto.
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #20 on: March 27, 2011, 08:54:40 AM »
All the very best for a speedy recovery so that you are fit and well for the trip ahead. What great times you will all have.
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Pat Toolan,
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2011, 09:02:01 AM »
Quote from: Otto Fauser on March 27, 2011, 07:01:16 AM
Fermi hopes to be back on the workcomputer to be active again on the Forum on Wednesday. He spent some time in Hospital ( was discharged today ) to be treated for pneumonia .He will be well again on the 5th. April when 8 of us will depart Melbourne for the Pre Conference tour and conference in Nottingham .
 We are all looking forward to meet as many as possible AGS and SRGC members .

                        Otto.

Oh! My goodness, this is a real shock.... poor Fermi.  At least it is good to hear he is out of hospital and will be fit to travel... we will need to be very gentle with him!
Look after yourselves, Friends, and travel safe... we're looking forward very much to seeing you all.
M x
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #22 on: March 27, 2011, 03:21:06 PM »
Take care, Fermi, and a prompt recovery. We need you,
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2011, 04:45:46 AM »
Best wishes Fermi. Do take good care of yourself. Pneumonia is not to be taken lightly and you KNOW the UK will be cooler than home. I hope you and all southerners have a marvellous trip and that you will enjoy every minute. No doubt the rest of us will see pictures and hear stories after the event. Arrive there, and home again safely.

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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #24 on: March 28, 2011, 11:24:05 AM »
Fermi was on the phone to Ian this morning.... I was fast asleep, having a long lie!!
Ian says Fermi sounded fine and that he is detemined to enjoy his European jaunt! That's the spirit Fermi!
It was great to hear that he is making good progress.
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #25 on: March 28, 2011, 05:11:43 PM »
Glad you're feeling a bit better Fermi, look after yourself.
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #26 on: March 28, 2011, 11:01:23 PM »
I remember being very impressed a while ago by Gerry Webster's Sternbergia candida and yesterday went to have a look at the planter bag that mine has lived in since summer last year. The single flower was stunning - and fragrant!. It's been sitting on gravel over the summer and not getting much water under gum trees but was covered in a thick layer of slowly rotting gum leaves so I hoped it was still alive. Was surprised, therefore to find an enormous root like the contractile roots of crocus, a cm thick and about 8 cms long, white and succulent, had dug the bag into the gravel. I used scissors on the bag and have planted the bulb in the garden where I hope it will increase nicely over time to come.
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #27 on: March 31, 2011, 03:33:12 AM »
Thank you all for your good wishes. It was a bit of a wrench not being able to get onto the Forum but I guess that's when I reralised I must be getting better as I hadn't been able to even think about gardening or the 'puter until then.
I've dragged myself into the office so that I can catch up on e-mails finish off my paperwork before going on leave ;D
I was finally able to download some pics from before the last weekend and so here's a start!
A clump of a colchicum I got as Colchicum "Atropurpureum" - which is possibly a form of C. cilicicum.
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The first flowers are starting on Moraea polystachya
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And Crossyne flava has burst into bloom
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #28 on: March 31, 2011, 10:56:24 AM »
Hi Fermi, glad to hear you are better  :D
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Re: March 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #29 on: March 31, 2011, 06:22:00 PM »
Fermi,

Good to hear you are on the mend and, especially, that you will be well enough to travel to the U.K. Have a good time.

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