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arisaema

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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #180 on: July 01, 2011, 04:50:22 PM »
I think it's just natural variation, the species has a wide range, and leaves and stipules are far more important than flowers when identifying Geranium.

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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #181 on: July 01, 2011, 04:54:28 PM »
Strange then as I have 4 of these plants and the flowers are the same on all 4 plants. ???
Helen Poirier , Australia

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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #182 on: July 01, 2011, 05:57:50 PM »
I ment natural variation within the native range, not variation within seedlings from the same parent. You should try keying in in Yeo or Flora of China.

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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #183 on: July 01, 2011, 06:15:09 PM »
Am afraid that keying a plant is beyond my capabilities :'(
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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #184 on: July 01, 2011, 07:54:46 PM »
Arisaema, the pic labelled as G. rubifolium could possibly be G. rectum, do you know G. rectum?



Hope you get to the bottom of this one Helen :P ;D
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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #185 on: July 01, 2011, 08:07:14 PM »
Here's another mystery geranium.


Helen this could be geranium kishtvariense
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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #186 on: July 01, 2011, 09:08:20 PM »
Thanks, David, me too.

Davey, Kishtavarienese is supposed to be a smaller version of Rubifolium according to an article I just read.
The pic of the flower certainly looks a lot like mine.
I have some Kishtavariense seedlings, will be interesting to compare them next year.
( of course the seeds might not be what they are supposed to be)
Do you grow either of these?


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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #187 on: July 05, 2011, 06:09:07 PM »
Today at a local garden centre I saw a beautiful Geranium wallichianum or hybrid they had planted out. It was covered in palest pink flowers. I enquired what it was. The plantsperson said he didnt know. The manageress came to have a look and whispered to the plantsperson "sell him Splish Splash".

I said "why would I want Splish Splash".
She said Splish Splash opens white and with blue streaks and fades to pale pink.
I said "do you think I'm stupid?"
He said "I'll bring you a Splish Splash"
When he came back I said "the leaves are very different and it's upright"
he said "the leaves change with age and the rain knocked it down"

I give them what for and walked away
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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #188 on: July 05, 2011, 06:18:26 PM »
Mark, why didn't you say, just dig up this one for me and I will plant the splish splash in its hole. ;D

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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #189 on: July 05, 2011, 06:29:27 PM »
great idea.
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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #190 on: July 05, 2011, 06:31:21 PM »
Just found this seedling growing through a gallica.
First year flowers.
Looks like a white oxo. Very happy to have it.
 ;D

Helen Poirier , Australia

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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #191 on: July 05, 2011, 07:28:38 PM »
Helen, very nice one   ;)
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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #192 on: July 05, 2011, 10:05:38 PM »
Does anyone in the UK know where I can buy G. Orkney Dawn. It's a renardii or same family with yellow leaves and normal flowers
http://geraniaceae.com/cgi-bin/detail.py?id=93
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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #193 on: July 05, 2011, 11:03:45 PM »
Does anyone in the UK know where I can buy G. Orkney Dawn. It's a renardii or same family with yellow leaves and normal flowers
http://geraniaceae.com/cgi-bin/detail.py?id=93

Mark, here's the Plant Finder Entry - 2 nurseries have it
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/pfregions.asp?ID=191135
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Re: Geraniaceae 2011
« Reply #194 on: July 07, 2011, 08:20:00 AM »
Mark,
Rosie's garden plants also has a pink wallichianum.
Do you know it?
Is there a difference with the one at the garden centre?
I grow two pink forms but none is pale pink.
Has anyone rooted cuttings or layers of G.wallichianum?

 


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