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Topic: Image of the day - 2012 (Read 23792 times)
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Todd Boland
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Re: Image of the day - 2012
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January 15, 2012, 10:41:45 AM »
Guess this topic should be moved to the Travels section. I was in the Paramo east of Quito. It was wet and cold but the sun broke through in the late afternoon. I was on a birding trip to Ecuador and we were looking for some high alpine birds. The birds were scanty but the plants were pretty cool. Here is a Plantago rigida...not like any Plantago in our area! It is more like a Bolax (Azorella) and hard as a rock.
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I'm amazed at the range of genera that contain species that form hard domes like you show.
Todd, if you want to treat us to a photo essay of the Paramo of Ecuador (hint, hint
), the Travels section would probably be the place to start it.
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Re: Image of the day - 2012
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Quote from: Todd Boland on January 15, 2012, 10:41:45 AM
Guess this topic should be moved to the Travels section. I was in the Paramo east of Quito. It was wet and cold but the sun broke through in the late afternoon. I was on a birding trip to Ecuador and we were looking for some high alpine birds. The birds were scanty but the plants were pretty cool. Here is a Plantago rigida...not like any Plantago in our area! It is more like a Bolax (Azorella) and hard as a rock.
Cool Plantago! Good thing you had a back-up interest if the birding was not so successful
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Inula rhizocephala
- easy from seed, hardy, and easy to grow. Providing very good drainage improves longevity in the garden.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024064
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That's a beauty Lori.....wish I had seen it before I placed my seed exchange orders.
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Re: Image of the day - 2012
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Quote from: Lori Skulski on January 15, 2012, 06:37:19 PM
Inula rhizocephala
- easy from seed, hardy, and easy to grow. Providing very good drainage improves longevity in the garden.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024064
Nice one, its a genus I've been interested in, though haven't got any yet... how large has it been for you, the flora shows a bit of size range... I like that it seems from the habitat it could take a bit of shade..
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That Pantago rigida, Todd: Wow!
Imagine what it would look like flowering!
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The plants I've grown of
Inula rhizocephala
were from the same seed source and have got to about 15cm (6") in diameter, and about 3cm (1 1/4" tall). I've only grown them in sun.
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Quote from: Lori Skulski on January 15, 2012, 09:16:53 PM
The plants I've grown of
Inula rhizocephala
were from the same seed source and have got to about 15cm (6") in diameter, and about 3cm (1 1/4" tall). I've only grown them in sun.
Good to know-- very small! Interesting with some giants in the genus...
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west central alberta, canada; just under 1000m; record temps:min -45C/-49F;max 34C/93F;
http://picasaweb.google.ca/cactuscactus
http://urbanehillbillycanada.blogspot.com/
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Re: Image of the day - 2012
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Quote from: Todd Boland on January 15, 2012, 10:41:45 AM
Guess this topic should be moved to the Travels section. I was in the Paramo east of Quito. It was wet and cold but the sun broke through in the late afternoon. I was on a birding trip to Ecuador and we were looking for some high alpine birds. The birds were scanty but the plants were pretty cool. Here is a Plantago rigida...not like any Plantago in our area! It is more like a Bolax (Azorella) and hard as a rock.
Nice pillow, Todd, did you try?
Lori, I like that Inula better than the one I grow (Inula racemosa) which gets too big! (2.5m tall)
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The only Inula I have is I. ensifolia 'Compacta', which is actually pretty good but on the 'fence' for a rock garden.
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I think someone sent me seed of an Inula, I think its a big one, but have to look it up..lol I do love the small plants, but a few 2 m ones are cool too-- I have space for them- can't have only tiny plants
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Here's another small
Inula
which got to about 5" last year in its second year from seed (which is smaller than my
Inula ensifolia
), and possibly OK for the larger rock garden -
Inula acaulis ssp. subacaulis
. It started blooming in late July.
The seeds germinated in about 6 days at room temperature. Seeds were collected by M. Pavelka from ~2000m elevation at Sipikor Dag, Turkey.
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Tim Ingram
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These small inulas are really nice - I've tried
rhizocephala
but didn't give it the superbly drained conditions that Lori has and must try it again. Todd's picture of
ensifolia
'Compacta' looks even nicer - a very 'tidy' looking plant. Like Trond I have only grown the large species, notably
magnifica
which seeds around. I wonder if anyone has grown the Himalayan species
royleana
; this is mentioned by British garden writers but I think hardly ever seen in gardens?
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Dr. Timothy John Ingram
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I garden in a relatively hot and dry region (for the UK!), with an annual rainfall of around 25", winter lows of -10°C and summer highs of 30°C.
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January 19, 2012, 06:33:04 AM »
Once I believed I had
Inula royleana
but I soon realized I had gotten more of
Telekia speciosa
. . . . . It is a weed here
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Trond
Rogaland, Norway - with cool, often rainy summers (29C max) and mild, often rainy winters (180 cm/year)!
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