Hello All, Since there is last minute lobbying for votes I think I should also comment. I do hope many people will respond and vote for whichever option they favour so that the Committee will have a meaningful response that will…
Author: Brian Duncan, Northern Ireland
Pink Peri.?
I wonder if anyone can detect a hint of pink in the perianth of this flower? I have been trying to breed pink into petals for a while and this flower, in the flesh has a definate tint of pink…
robin and daffodils
I had a constant companion to-day while packing flowers for the London Show. This is Robin the 5th, he demands food from my hand regularly – and even takes some off for a little lady robin in the garden,…
Cosine
This is ‘Cosine’ – bred from Diversity x Trigonometry, New to Ringhaddy catalogue this year. Amazingly for a Div.11 there was not a single nick in any of the petals in this pot of flowers. I hope this is a…
Amazing massificodium
If Harold can coin Microcodium then why not Massificodium? The pictures show an amazing bulbocodium from Northern spain that grows to 3 feet tall. First found and reported by James Akers I have nicknamed it N. b.…
Fascinatin’ Fasciation
For the second year this bulb produced this peculiar flat stem in attempting to make 5-6 blooms. It is from a bed of N. asturiensis x N. cyclamineus seedlings – a couple of other flowers from the same bulb were…