Flowering now September 2007

[Hans J]

Hi Maggi 

Now I have seen my new description on my atavar -this is very nice from you !!!

Also I have seen when I look for unread messages -there is written :
MARK ALL MESSAGES AS READ
mhhhhhhh - I know my english is not so well .....
but I think it's must be changend ( from Mr. Admin )
I think better would be :
MARK S. HAS ALL MESSAGES READ

only a joke 

[Brian Ellis]

Beautiful galanthus Hans, we have the joy of Autumn snowdrops to come

Paul I seem to remember from the back of my mind, somewhere amongst the dust, that Veratrum does take a long time 10 months + to germinate so perhaps you are OK

[Brian Ellis]

Maggi I went to Anne Borrill's today to make me feel a bit better.  Her sternbergias (parents of mine) were flowering beautifully as was Scilla autumnalis.

[Gerdk]

Maggi,
Sorry for the delay (this forum is much too fast for me), you are right in your first presumption, Narcissus x perezlarae can have a flowering stalk of around 15 cm.
 
Gerd
 

[Gerdk]

I nearly forgot to add these Sternbergia pics from today

1. Sternbergia greuteriana (I hope so) from Crete

2. Sternbergia lutea in my raised bed in the middle of the garden

Gerd

[hadacekf]

Gerd, look for a picture of S. greuteriana in the Bulb Log: www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2006/270906/log.html

[Martin Baxendale]

Mark, can you really see green tips on that G. reginae-olgae pic from Hans?!!! Since you posted, I've looked again and I can just about make out a slight green tinge to the petal against the flower stem, but not sure if it's my imagination. Or was there (as Maggi likes to say) a clue?

[Paul T]

Hans,

Nice green-tipping on the G. reginae-olgae.  Not something I've seen on that species before.  I rather like the elegant pointing to the petals as well.

Brian,

Nice to know I'm not the only one who has dust back there in the back of my mind (or at times it's right there in the front of my mind as well!  ).  Maybe this IS just their germination.  Nicely evenly spaced, which should help.  Now I just have to wonder how long I leave them before repotting.  They're only in a small pot so later in the season I may just repot the whole thing into a larger pot to give them some room.  Depends of course on how quickly they seem to be growing.  Thanks for the feedback.

[Lesley Cox]

Paul, I've just taken some pics of my Veratrum seedlings and I'll post them on the early spring in the SH thread, as they're hardly flowering now in Sept in the NH

[Maggi Young]

I've been back looking at the galanthus pic, too! I do see green smudging on the petals, I've pinched the pic... see here....



Gerd, thanks for note re Narcissus x perezlarae .
I think your Sternbergia greuteriana is not right.
Thank you, Franz, for the Bulb Log reference to Ian's pic of it.


Hans, I am pleased you like your description!! 
I think you are correct about the messages notice... 

[Martin Baxendale]

Maggi, I obiously need some new eyeballs. (Pssst! Mark! Maggi has been successfully infected at last. I'll report back to the Great White Mothership. Soon this puny Earth planet shall be ours. All praise the Great Whiteness!)

[Gerdk]

Here is what I found today

1. the fragrant flowers of Heptacodon jasminioides (Caprifoliaceae)
2. the strange capsules of Viola pubescens (pensylvanica)
3. Merendera montana

Gerd

[mark smyth]

Is the Great White Mothership Mrs. O?

[Martin Baxendale]

Mark, I was doing a silly aliens thing - who is 'Mrs O.' ?

[Martin Baxendale]

Oh my God! Have I stumbled across something I'm not supposed to know about? Is there a scary mafiosa-style snowdrop-cult boss called 'Mrs. O.' sitting in half-shadows somewhere stroking a one-eyed white cat and saying at this very moment into the speaker phone: " Agent Smyth, deal with zis upstart novice Baxendale before he gives away all our ancient secrets! And make it slow and very, verrrry painful...stamp on his bulbs!! Wa-hahahahaha!"

Or have I just had one drink too many?