November

[Arnold]

 Scilla madeirensis

Lachenalia pygmaea
   

[David Pilling]

Arnold - photo #1 is beautiful - would be a great time-lapse to see all the little flowers open.

[Arnold]

David

I thought of that.  I can do it with my camera but need to dig into the instruction book

[David Pilling]

Time-lapse is wishful thinking on my part, you'd need control of the light and environment for a few days.

[Arnold]

Veltheimia capnesis

Coloring up

[Arnold]

Lachenalia longituba

[MLoos]

I can't seem to get the quality photograph I'd like, but here it is.  Three South African Strumaria - discifera ssp. discifera, salteri, and prolifera, all from seed [discifera is the white star, salteri is the pink, and prolifera is the pendulous white].  They each took different times to bloom from seed, some are at six years as opposed to three.  All are blooming for the first time. A few other salteri bloomed last year for the first time. My original salteri from which the seeds were produced, took four attempts (years) to finally produce seeds and the original bulbs were lost the following year!  (Bulb fly, they're not monocarpic...) The leopoldi are six years old and not showing any signs of blooming.  With only single leaves from each bulb, it probably won't be any time soon.  They appear to grow better under the LED light system but I should probably fertilize more frequently.


Michael (wishing it would rain)
Interlaken, NY Upstate Zone 6

[Arnold]

Michael

One thing I've learned after looking at images of flowers for years is to make the background simple and darker than the flower you want to capture.

[Arnold]

Cyclamen hederafolium among Ivy leaves

[Diane Whitehead]

a pun!  Hederifolium among the Hedera

[Arnold]

Yep.  

[Arnold]

Medlar approaching ripeness

[Diane Whitehead]

How do you eat it?  Fresh, cooked, made into jam?

[Arnold]

I've made a jam.  Not impressed.  A bit like the browning on an apple that's been left cut too long.

[MLoos]

Arnold, thank you, I'll have to try the darker background on the next flower pix.  

I have to agree on the medlar.  The "controlled" rotting or bletting part of the ripening process doesn't do them any flavor-favors.  Even as jam, it's rather boring.  I suppose in mid-winter they were a treat, if you didn't have much else.