April 2012 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Maren]

Perhaps you could just label it Eucomis TPR

Then everybody will ask you what TPR stands for. I was given some very nice pleiones labelled PPE. When I asked what it meant, the breeder blushed and mumbled something. He later renamed them Sikkim, no more questions. - By the way, if you read this, Steve, they are very nice indeed.

[Paul T]

Fermi,

Ariel looks like an interesting colour.

[fermi de Sousa]

More nerines
A white hybrid (does have pink buds)


First flowering of a seedling of a "dark pink seedling" x ? [mixed pollen! - but possibly N. rosea because of the flower shape]


A pale pink hybrid


"Aristocrat"


cheers
fermi

[annew]

"Aristocrat" is well-named. Very classy.

[Paul T]

Fermi,

I like the white hybrid.  Lovely clean colour.

[Lesley Cox]

Just two pics today, the first a pure white seedling among the 10 sdlgs from David Nicholson's seed of Lewisia tweedyi. Two are white.

Then a little hoop petticoat just out today, very early for a bright yellow. I have 'Nylon' out and a few other pale forms. This is a seedling, first flower in a roughish patch and I'm sure one parent is 'Citrinus' because of the flattish leaves and the green stripes on the tepals (the outside bits). The stem is just 5cms high. It's very pretty and I'll isolate it, because of it's early bloom. Lovely perfume too. The first 'Atlas Gold' is also out today, much earlier than usual.

[David Nicholson]

That white tweedyi looks great Lesley, all of mine so far are true to the mother plant. It just shows the benefit of growing from seed.

[Lesley Cox]

It's a really sparkling white David and I'm delighted with it and its mate.

This April, mid autumn, has been a wonderful time with warm, sunny and windless days for weeks now. We need rain but such days as these are a real treat after the cool, damp summer we endured. Today is another beauty with an expected high here of 20C in Dunedin but we are usually a degree or two warmer. Even Anthony in Auckland isn't having better weather.

[Paul T]

Lesley,

Expected high of 13^oC here today, so I'm guessing you'll have a bit of a wintry chill sometime in the next week or so.  Would love a nice sunny day at the moment, although some decent rain would be lovely here as well.  Dribs and drabs of little useless rain that doesn't do anything more than make it miserable.  Although 2km from here they had a major downpour the other day. 

[arillady]

We had 15C a day or so ago and heck it was cold (for us) and only 20C today with a bit of drizzle and cold breezes. Nothing much in flower here apart from all the cyclamen in the nursery which do look good whether in flower or just for the leaves.

[Lesley Cox]

Well the cold has certianly come, but from the south not the north-west. Snow on the hills and a few flakes here yesterday too with a bitter southerly wind. It's about 5C outside at present though the sun is shining after 10mm of rain Sunday night and Monday. S'pose it had to happen. Anyway, it's May now.