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Maggi Young

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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #150 on: March 29, 2012, 11:05:55 PM »
Good thinking Angela.... he'll never suspect us.  ::)
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #151 on: March 29, 2012, 11:12:02 PM »
Quote from: Michael J Campbell on March 29, 2012, 10:58:34 PM
€1 Ryan Air ;D ;D ;D
We'd have to go to Edinburgh or Glasgow first, for a flight to Dublin then a hop to Shannon: Ryanair don't seem to be flying to Aberdeen anymore... besides, Angela seems to have come up with another plan! ;)
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #152 on: March 30, 2012, 06:27:01 AM »
Michael,
if we do get to Ireland soon, you'll definitely be one of the people we'll visit!

I only discovered this was about to flower last week as it peered through the undergrowth! That was soon cut away and the only damage seems to be a kink in the stem.
this is labelled Brunsvigia gregaria but I can't find any details on where it came from - it's not in my list of seed purchases from Silverhill but if it was it would've been about 9 years ago! Maybe it was purchased as a seedling.
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #153 on: March 30, 2012, 08:45:01 AM »
It's a beauty, Fermi.

Michael,

You grow fantastic plants, that's for sure.
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #154 on: April 01, 2012, 03:52:32 PM »
Freesia grandiflora

Lachenalia contaminata
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #155 on: April 01, 2012, 06:39:34 PM »
Sun came out and it opened fully.

Freesia grandiflora
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #156 on: April 01, 2012, 07:21:37 PM »
Quote from: ArnoldT on April 01, 2012, 06:39:34 PM
Sun came out and it opened fully.

Freesia grandiflora
How lovely... I thought it looked pretty good already! It's a great "soft" but bright  colour.
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #157 on: April 01, 2012, 08:00:16 PM »
Moraea collina (syn. Homeria collina)
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #158 on: April 02, 2012, 03:58:53 AM »
Arnold,

Unusual Freesia.  Is this one of those things that used to be something else and is now in the genus?  Very pretty I must say.
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #159 on: April 02, 2012, 05:05:46 AM »
First flower open this morning on Moraea polystachya
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #160 on: April 02, 2012, 11:24:42 AM »
Paul:

The PBS has this:

Freesia grandiflora, syn. Anomatheca grandiflora
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #161 on: April 02, 2012, 12:20:05 PM »
One of my gems  8)
Moraea gigandra ... en mass
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #162 on: April 02, 2012, 12:35:16 PM »
That is wonderful Angelo!
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #163 on: April 02, 2012, 02:18:10 PM »
Re. all the beautiful plants displayed on these pages: I could just live in South Africa! Wait a minute, I do - then why don't I have such beautiful flowers to oooooooooh and aaaaaaaaah over too? Well done and well grown, All.   :D
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Re: South African Bulbs2012
« Reply #164 on: April 03, 2012, 03:28:43 PM »
Rogan

go into the wilderness
and open your eyes ;D
you live in one of the most beautiful countries of the world :)

on the other hand
I was once in Portugal on vacation
I saw hundreds of Tulips , Fritelaria's and Scilla's where we walked
a few Dutch asked us where we are looking after
I explained them we where after a special Scilla
to our surprise they hadn't even seen the (yellow) Tulips where they almost stand on :o

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