August 2012 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Lesley Cox]

The petunioid forms are really lovely Rogan, and nicely crimped as well, a good choice from the JJA list. If you can grow these from seed to flowering, I'd suggest you'll have success with many of the little ones, especially those from the warmer climates.

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Folks from soggy Hobart.

A few iris and a crocus braving it.

danfordiae
Katharine Hodgkin
Purple Gem
Halkis
Frank Elder
George
And Crocus "Advance"

Got to go.

Cheers, Marcus

[fermi de Sousa]

Marcus,
I'll have to put the hard word on you for Iris danfordiae and 'Halkis' next year
They're all looking good but the I. winogradowii hybrids won't grow here without a bit more cosseting than I'm likely to give them!
Here's a poor pic of the first blooms open on what I think is Narcissus willkommii,
cheers
fermi

[arillady]

Fermi are they different to this little Narcissus species that is becoming my future sweep of them.
PT0428 just starting
PT0809 is a bit top heavy.
Cyclamen persica with a flash.

[Hillview croconut]

Hi again,

Few more common crocus.

biflorus Ard Schenk
chrysanthus Dorothy
"                 Fuscotinctus
sieberi Tricolor
tommasinianus Pictus
chrysanthus EP Bowles

Cheers, Marcus

[Hillview croconut]

Ooops! Interchange EP Bowles and Dorothy

Cheers, Marcus

[Tasmanian Taffy]

Hi Marcus,
I would also like to put in an advanced order for some Iris Halkis
if you have any for sale next year cheers,John Bartush.

[kiwi]

Hi everyone, some stunning plants there. So good to be thinking about spring!

This wee beauty opened this weekend, Thanks Betty! I have it labelled wrong, can you re-identify for me?

Cheers, Doug.
 

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Folks,

A few little daffs from the cold little island.
Mitzy
Nanty  (Is it virused? Has no signs in leaf but bizarre flower colour - Fermi you would grow it - any suggestions?)
Pirouette
Gypsy Queen seedling
Yella Fella

Rod Barwick is the breeder of Nanty and Yella Fella.

Cheers, Marcus

[David Nicholson]

Do I assume that people exist who can point out to me the differences between Narcissus 'Pirouette' N. 'Yella Fella' and Marcus' unnamed seedling

[Hillview croconut]

Might need specs David??

The first one is downward facing, the second one has a "flat" halo of petals, the last is more reflexed.

BTW I didn't name the two with monikers and mine is the un-named one.

Hope that clears things up for the myopic.

M

[annew]

That's a very interesting flower, Doug, with more than its fair share of perianth segments. You didn't label it at all for us, does it have a name?

[David Nicholson]

Might need specs David??

The first one is downward facing, the second one has a "flat" halo of petals, the last is more reflexed.

BTW I didn't name the two with monikers and mine is the un-named one.

Hope that clears things up for the myopic.

M

.......... or a magnifying glass perhaps? Not getting at you particularly Marcus but it does seem to me that the two named forms are similar enough to fall within normal variation of the species and the proliferation of named forms is totally unnecessary (unless you are a nurseryman of course!). After all it's not as if we were discussing those little white things with bits of green that all look the same

[Hillview croconut]

Hi David,

Little pictures can be deceiving, Pirouette is very distinct, but I agree the other two are very similar, hence why I didn't name mine. I agree there are too many names out there and I also agree that snowdrops are a good case in point.

I was just posting what I had snapped that day to follow the theme set by Doug. I wasn't trying to showcase my catalogue.

BTW I found that reference to Fritillaria montana at Lake Aoos AFTER I returned home to Tasmania

Cheers, Marcus

[Lesley Cox]

So many little bods with some cyclamineus in them. I have a lot, mostly with 'Gambas' as the other parent. The cyclamineus mother (seedlings) seem usually to have thinner, more spidery back petals, those with 'Gambus' mother have more width. I think every one is a delight but whether worth naming is doubtful. The eventual confusion will rival that of snowdrops.

Looking at out Biosecurity Index, it seems, if I'm not mis-interpreting it, we may now import Iris same as Narcissus, Crocus et all (Level 1), instead of the quarantine regime until recently. Regardless, would you please send me your bulb list this year Marcus. You didn't last time and I still want to import especially if I can do irises as well.

If it were not for the rain and wind of the last week and continuing fog and drizzle, I could post some super 'Chocolate Soldier' and others. A dozen CS flowers out at once briefly but now all turned to mush. It looks like spring but boy, it doesn't feel like it. Our predicted high for today - 9C!