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Todd Boland
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Re: Image of the day - 2012
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Brazil was a birding trip...botanizing was incidental. Saw five species of orchids blooming and an Alstroemeria of some sort.
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More likely a Bomarea, Todd! I found similar ones in Ecuador.
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Trond
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I tought that too, but this one was not vining...simply a stem to 40 cm with whorls of leaves....I was told by a local Brazilian it was indeed an Alstroemeria.
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Quote from: Todd Boland on November 20, 2012, 06:22:56 PM
I tought that too, but this one was not vining...simply a stem to 40 cm with whorls of leaves....I was told by a local Brazilian it was indeed an Alstroemeria.
OK, didn't know they grow that far east.
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Rogaland, Norway - with cool, often rainy summers (29C max) and mild, often rainy winters (180 cm/year)!
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Nice Alstro
Was the birding successful?
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Trond, it was a surprise to me as well...apparently there are about 10 species that occur in Brazil! (and here I thought they were only in Chile and Argentina)
Cohan, I saw 243 species of birds in 7 days...121 were ones I had never seen before so a successful trip!
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Quote from: Todd Boland on November 21, 2012, 03:03:10 PM
Cohan, I saw 243 species of birds in 7 days...121 were ones I had never seen before so
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west central alberta, canada; just under 1000m; record temps:min -45C/-49F;max 34C/93F;
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Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'...looks great surrounded by Japanese maple leaves.
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The last of my autumn-blooming crocus....C. laevigatus var. fontenayi
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The reverse is the most attractive feature. I grow this one in a cool greenhosue since it is not reliably hardy in Newfoundland.
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That's a beauty, Todd! How warm is the greenhouse kept in winter?
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Yes, and do you use extra light?
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No extra light....the greenhouse is set at 8 C as the minimum. I'll be starting meconopsis seed soon...they germinate best at 10 C so this greenhouse is perfect in Dec-Jan. BTW, the greenhouse is at work...I only wish it was mine, but I have pretty much free run so it is almost like having my own. LOADS of alpine seeds will be started early in the new year (the only thing that keeps me sane in our long winters)
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I can't believe you still have plants blooming outside, Todd! There's been snow on the ground since late October here.... it's going to be a long winter.
Anyway, a photo from warmer times...
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Todd - curiously
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'Fontaneyi' is about the only species I grow that was not munched by rabbits! It's a lovely thing - with us it flowers in late December and is especially welcome, but we are lucky that we rarely get snow until the New Year and then usually intermittant. (We are hoping now we are rabbit free that some of the other species might start to do their thing).
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