Month: January 2015

Two seedlings

Some years ago in northern Spain near Lac Belsue we found a population of N. assoanus. While some were in flower others had seed pods that were nearly ripe.  They had 1 to 3 flowers on the stem. I collected…

Kiwi Summer Flowers

We  are  having  a  hot  and  dry  summer  over  most  of  N Z  and  the  show  season  for  gladioli  and  dahlias  is  just  beginning  . Normanby  ,  South  Taranaki  ,  was  the  venue  for  a  Gladioli  Show  on  Sunday  25…

Today’s surprise.

Among a row of first bloom seedlings from ‘Arrowhead’ by a tiny trumpet seedling I found this flower. It is quite different from the other seedling flowers and is the only miniature in the group. A stray pollen grain from…