Month: June 2012

early yellow trumpets.

Hi Daffnetters, The Kiwi season has been going for about a month now; no show flowers but the northern markets are all well stocked with yellow trumpets, Erlicheer, Sol D,Or and a few redcups, just starting. With the very snowy…

Daffs and Ducks

Hello All, This morning we experienced our first real frost of the season here in Waikato, NZ. Our daff foliage is frozen and looks horrible, but experience has told us that they are very resilient and will be back to…

Sol Pollen

Hello all, as it’s quiet I am posting shots taken last night with an el-cheapo USB microscope of Sol (flowering at the moment) pollen, before and after adding to sugar water. Having been inspired by an old post on Daffnet…

More earlies

Hello daffnetters. More earlies are now brightening up the chilly mid winter gloom. This my best formed winter blooming 1Y-Y. First bloom opened June 16 and now more than ten in full flower. I am now travelling to the Auckland…

Not a Daffodil – again

This guy is a bit larger than Becky’s planthopper. I found him/her resting by our front door last week warming up; I suspect it had just emerged from the laval stage.  Note the sacks pumping blood into the wings to…