Flowers and foliage- Now- November 2007

[Hans J]

Hi Cris and Lesley ,

I grow too Oxalis triangulais - in two different treatments :
On pot is in our kitchen - watering the whole year - it is always growing and flowering .
The other pot I treat as decidous -in summer outside in the garden -and in winter dry in my greenhouse ( without leaves )
Both methods are succsessfull !

[Cris]

From the Triangularias i've not seen yet the leaves, they were just planted a few days ago.
From the other, the leaves are beatiful, with two colors. By night they close, it's curious.
In the weekend I'll take a pic to show you.

[zephirine]

Hi, Cris, and thank you!
No, schyzostylis 'Mollie Gould' is a named variety, especially pretty with its flaming veins.I found it in GB, and hope it will develop nicely, like the standard S. coccinea (salmon red, pink and white) that I already grow. And if by chance they'd develop seedlings, that would be welcome indeed!
The "white" one is not exactly white, in fact, as you can see from the picture below (but it looks white when you look at the clump). I wonder if there is a true white one.

I never tried to sow them myself. Could you tell me how you proceed? 

Schyzostylis are sometimes sold here as aquatic plants, or rather pond border plants, which I find rather surprising!
Zephirine

[Gerdk]

One week in Andalucia:
After a sufficient amount of rain and a drop of temperatures the southern tip of Spain experiences something what seems like a second spring - the colour green appears and a lot of geophytes begin to flower. It was my aim to see the autumnal flowering daffodils and I was not disappointed - I found nearly all (with the exception of N. x perezlarae and N. elegans, the last one a recent discovery on the peninsula). So, here are some of the pics I made during the end of October and the beginning of November.

 1-3  Narcissus miniatus
 4     fruits of the wild olive - Olea europaea
 5     Antirrhinum species
 6     Clematis cirrhosa
 7     Aristolochia baetica
 8     Quercus rotundifolia
 9     Narcissus serotinus
10    Narcissus serotinus with Pieris

Gerd

[Gerdk]

The next ones:

 1.+2.  Colchicum species
 3.       Iris foetidissima
 4.       Leucojum autumnale
 5.       Mandragora autumnalis
 6.       Narcissus cavanillesia (humilis)
 7.       Scilla autumnalis - small and late form
 8.       Arcos de la Frontera
9.+10. Ranunculus bullatus 

Gerd   

[zephirine]

Lovely plants indeed, Gerd!
Is there any autumn-flowering narcissus species which would be hardy to USDA zone 7, max 8? I'd love to grow some!
Thank you for the report, anyway!
Zephirine

[Gerdk]

Cont.

 1.        Landspape near Sevilla
 2.- 4.   Bolonia near Tarifa with its famous ruins and large dune
 5.        Asteriscus maritimus
 6.+7.   Narcissus viridiflorus
 9.+10.  Viola arborescens (with a regular second flush in autumn)

Gerd   

[Gerdk]

The rest

The Santuario de Nuestra Senora de la Luz near Tarifa,
outside and the patio inside

Gerd

[ranunculus]

Many thanks Gerd....a super thread.

[Thomas Huber]

Welcome back Gerd!

Looks like you had a wonderful trip!!
Any crocus-photos?

[Brian Ellis]

Great photos Gerd, thanks for posting them.

Zepherine

Schyzostylis are sometimes sold here as aquatic plants, or rather pond border plants, which I find rather surprising!

I have to agree, however we had a talk from Alan Kennedy a National Collection holder, who said virtually the same thing ie they like a damp situation.  I have noticed since then that the plants in the cooler, damper conditions do perform better than those in the full sun in my dry garden.

[mark smyth]

I have the Ranunculus, ex Anthony, just coming in to growth. I thought it had died

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I've seen Schyzostylis growing very succesfully in a shallow pond (10 cm deep).

[Paul T]

Gerd,

Love those unusual autumn Narcissus.  Lovely to see them all "together" in one place to compare.  The Mandragora looks fascinating as well.  How big are the flowers?  I've heard of the genus but never read anything specific about it and have no idea whether your pic shows large flowers or something where the whole plant is a couple of inches across?  Lovely flowers and great colour, whatever size it is.  Thanks for taking the time to post the pics. 

[Cris]

Zeph, I've also read somewere that Schizostylis do like much water.
My seedling were not very well because i was afraid to give them water, but since then, they look great.
For the sowing, in a little pot, I've sown some, covered them with a bit of substrat. A few weeks later (maybe two) they started germinating.
I know that it will take some time to can see the flowers, but i'm very lucky to have these seeds.

Gerdk, it is great to see this flowers in nature. Sometimes I go to see some.
I've already seen Scilla Autumnalis, Narcisus, and have some Leucojum Autumnale. By now, its growing a new flower and some seed pods are maturing.