Everybody’s doin’ it. Put your purdie flaars here. :)

My flaaars.

Well done. I like the ones in the first pitcher best.

I like lilies

More purdie flaaars. :)

Oh, those flaars.

I thought you were talking about our late 60’s trousers.

Woodie said:

Everybody’s doin’ it. Put your purdie flaars here. :)

My flaaars.

Bubblecar said:

Well done. I like the ones in the first pitcher best.

Hippy Astrums, Parpyone.

More hippies. :)

>>I thought you were talking about our late 60’s trousers.<<

so did I. And I thought we might get crocheted pants again. Fortunately we didn’t. Hang on, I have to turn on the networked computer that has the pictures on it. I don’t have a lot of flaars at the moment, but I did photograph the miniature irises today.

OK, I can do miniature irises and bluebells:

And honesty. It’s a bit ragged now, just making its money seedpods. But there are lots of baby plants around the yard.

And my darling little bees are working away in the apple blossum.

I can do you a couple of bush flowers….love creeper:

And running postman:

And I’ll stop now. I think that will do.

Nice.

:)

Self-planted lupins, a couple years ago.

Woodie said:

Yer flouers r lookin good Mr Woo..

I’ve got those two in flewr as well.

Ian said:

Woodie said:

Yer flouers r lookin good Mr Woo..

I’ve got those two in flewr as well.

The bees here love that Callistemon at the bottom. Citrinus?

My floowers..

.. well not all floowers

buffy said:

Ian said:

Woodie said:

Yer flouers r lookin good Mr Woo..

I’ve got those two in flewr as well.

The bees here love that Callistemon at the bottom. Citrinus?

It does look like citrinus.

>The bees here love that Callistemon at the bottom.

And little Scarlet Honeyeaters.

>Citrinus?

Think so

Ian said:

>The bees here love that Callistemon at the bottom.

And little Scarlet Honeyeaters.

>Citrinus?

Think so

The clue is citrus scented leaves.

Most of my flowers look like this atm…

Not a floweor ^ …. an orse >

Ian said:

Most of my flowers look like this atm…

Not a floweor ^ …. an orse >

First on Hymenosporum?
Third one definitely a ‘orse, a very purdie ‘orse.

Ian said:

Most of my flowers look like this atm…

Not a floweor ^ …. an orse >

nice ‘orse.

I don’t usually tag them as flowers but if you can access Flickr, try this search. https://www.flickr.com/search/?path=roughbarked&nsid=&page=&details=1&w=99559986@N00&q=flower

Yeah.. Hymenosporum flavum but I just call it native frangipani

Very nice Crabbet Arabian stallion type orse.. with the temperament of gelding

:)

Ian said:

Yeah.. Hymenosporum flavum but I just call it native frangipani

Very nice Crabbet Arabian stallion type orse.. with the temperament of gelding

:)

Crabbet Arabians….real Arabs. Such a special breed.

roughbarked said:

I don’t usually tag them as flowers but if you can access Flickr, try this search. https://www.flickr.com/search/?path=roughbarked&nsid=&page=&details=1&w=99559986@N00&q=flower

Nice album..

(not sure about the purple curses tho)

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

I don’t usually tag them as flowers but if you can access Flickr, try this search. https://www.flickr.com/search/?path=roughbarked&nsid=&page=&details=1&w=99559986@N00&q=flower

Nice album..

(not sure about the purple curses tho)

They’d be in the weed sections.

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

I don’t usually tag them as flowers but if you can access Flickr, try this search. https://www.flickr.com/search/?path=roughbarked&nsid=&page=&details=1&w=99559986@N00&q=flower

Nice album..

(not sure about the purple curses tho)

They’d be in the weed sections.

To narrow the search. https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=99559986%40N00&page=&view_all=1&text=eremophila

At this time of year it was what it was on the fields of Flanders.
Life is a struggle. Particularly in my footpaths. If it wasn’t a flanders poppy, it wouldn’t have survived.

Ian said:

Yeah.. Hymenosporum flavum but I just call it native frangipani

Very nice Crabbet Arabian stallion type orse.. with the temperament of gelding

:)

My Hymenosporum is in full bud. Should open very soon, especially with these couple of warm days.

Flowers or flairs?

Got some flairs last night.

Rule 303 said:

Flowers or flairs?

Got some flairs last night.

Tell me about this photograph

dv said:

Rule 303 said:

Flowers or flairs?

Got some flairs last night.

Tell me about this photograph

It is f ing lairy

I have one similar to this, great for small nails. Dunno how old it is.

ChrispenEvan said:

I have one similar to this, great for small nails. Dunno how old it is.

U R hitting on wong fred.

dv said:

Rule 303 said:

Flowers or flairs?

Got some flairs last night.

Tell me about this photograph

Have I mentioned that MrsRule has been getting into photography a bit lately? There’s not much to tell. Straight out of the camera. Aurora Australis shot from the beach at the south end of the street.

(last night)

Rule 303 said:

dv said:

Rule 303 said:

Flowers or flairs?

Got some flairs last night.

Tell me about this photograph

Have I mentioned that MrsRule has been getting into photography a bit lately? There’s not much to tell. Straight out of the camera. Aurora Australis shot from the beach at the south end of the street.

:)

Something I want to witness some time.

Rule 303 said:

dv said:

Rule 303 said:

Flowers or flairs?

Got some flairs last night.

Tell me about this photograph

Have I mentioned that MrsRule has been getting into photography a bit lately? There’s not much to tell. Straight out of the camera. Aurora Australis shot from the beach at the south end of the street.

Nothing like my view of the same from my backard @ 34.17°S,

Michael V said:

Something I want to witness some time.

I couldn’t see it with the naked eye, but I’m colourblind AF.

Rule 303 said:

dv said:

Rule 303 said:

Flowers or flairs?

Got some flairs last night.

Tell me about this photograph

Have I mentioned that MrsRule has been getting into photography a bit lately? There’s not much to tell. Straight out of the camera. Aurora Australis shot from the beach at the south end of the street.

Very noice.

kii said:

Rule 303 said:

dv said:

Tell me about this photograph

Have I mentioned that MrsRule has been getting into photography a bit lately? There’s not much to tell. Straight out of the camera. Aurora Australis shot from the beach at the south end of the street.

Very noice.

It is a very good camera.

I’d love one like that.

Rule 303 said:

Michael V said:

Something I want to witness some time.

I couldn’t see it with the naked eye, but I’m colourblind AF.

(Me too.) Maybe that’s the reason I’ve never seen it. Even when I lived further south.

Hmmm. Perhaps I shouldn’t waste money on an Alaskan or Icelandic holiday.

Michael V said:

Rule 303 said:

Michael V said:

Something I want to witness some time.

I couldn’t see it with the naked eye, but I’m colourblind AF.

(Me too.) Maybe that’s the reason I’ve never seen it. Even when I lived further south.

Hmmm. Perhaps I shouldn’t waste money on an Alaskan or Icelandic holiday.

I’ve pretty much stayed in the same place all my life and have still managed to see the aurora twice without having to go anywhere.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Rule 303 said:

I couldn’t see it with the naked eye, but I’m colourblind AF.

(Me too.) Maybe that’s the reason I’ve never seen it. Even when I lived further south.

Hmmm. Perhaps I shouldn’t waste money on an Alaskan or Icelandic holiday.

I’ve pretty much stayed in the same place all my life and have still managed to see the aurora twice without having to go anywhere.

Colourblind or not. You would be aware of the whole southern sky changing out here in the mallee.

roughbarked said:

kii said:

Rule 303 said:

Have I mentioned that MrsRule has been getting into photography a bit lately? There’s not much to tell. Straight out of the camera. Aurora Australis shot from the beach at the south end of the street.

Very noice.

It is a very good camera.

I’d love one like that.

Entry level Nikon body with a 2nd hand lens from the next model up. I taught her (as I think you probably could, too) the nuts and bolts of how photos are made, but she has an ‘eye’ that makes people stop and stare and utter profanities.

roughbarked said:

Colourblind or not. You would be aware of the whole southern sky changing out here in the mallee.

I see it as a dull glow on the horizon.

Michael V said:

Rule 303 said:

Michael V said:

Something I want to witness some time.

I couldn’t see it with the naked eye, but I’m colourblind AF.

(Me too.) Maybe that’s the reason I’ve never seen it. Even when I lived further south.

Hmmm. Perhaps I shouldn’t waste money on an Alaskan or Icelandic holiday.

Um…there’s lots of other stuff to see and feel and hear and experience :P

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

kii said:

Very noice.

It is a very good camera.

I’d love one like that.

Entry level Nikon body with a 2nd hand lens from the next model up. I taught her (as I think you probably could, too) the nuts and bolts of how photos are made, but she has an ‘eye’ that makes people stop and stare and utter profanities.

My camera is pretty much similar. It is a Nikon. The one I used for the aurora shot was a Nikon FM. It was like, before digital man and I’m still using the same lenses on a Nikon D80.

kii said:

Michael V said:

Rule 303 said:

I couldn’t see it with the naked eye, but I’m colourblind AF.

(Me too.) Maybe that’s the reason I’ve never seen it. Even when I lived further south.

Hmmm. Perhaps I shouldn’t waste money on an Alaskan or Icelandic holiday.

Um…there’s lots of other stuff to see and feel and hear and experience :P

Really? Like what?

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

Colourblind or not. You would be aware of the whole southern sky changing out here in the mallee.

I see it as a dull glow on the horizon.

Clearly many don’t even notice that. OK they were under party lights but there were fifty people at a party behind my camera. There was nothing outside those lights other than the southern sky. It was supposed to be dark but the entireity of the southern view was pink with orange and white waves flowing as if in a breeze blown by music.
When I got my prints developed I asked the man who I’d known for decades as the CSIRO photographer, “have you seen any other photos of this?” he said, “no. yours are it.”

Michael V said:

kii said:

Michael V said:

(Me too.) Maybe that’s the reason I’ve never seen it. Even when I lived further south.

Hmmm. Perhaps I shouldn’t waste money on an Alaskan or Icelandic holiday.

Um…there’s lots of other stuff to see and feel and hear and experience :P

Really? Like what?

Heaps of shit. I could learn from you while I was showing you.

roughbarked said:

Rule 303 said:

roughbarked said:

Colourblind or not. You would be aware of the whole southern sky changing out here in the mallee.

I see it as a dull glow on the horizon.

Clearly many don’t even notice that. OK they were under party lights but there were fifty people at a party behind my camera. There was nothing outside those lights other than the southern sky. It was supposed to be dark but the entireity of the southern view was pink with orange and white waves flowing as if in a breeze blown by music.
When I got my prints developed I asked the man who I’d known for decades as the CSIRO photographer, “have you seen any other photos of this?” he said, “no. yours are it.”

Michael V said:

kii said:

Michael V said:

(Me too.) Maybe that’s the reason I’ve never seen it. Even when I lived further south.

Hmmm. Perhaps I shouldn’t waste money on an Alaskan or Icelandic holiday.

Um…there’s lots of other stuff to see and feel and hear and experience :P

Really? Like what?

cold
reindeer
culture
whales
stuff

Michael V said:

kii said:

Um…there’s lots of other stuff to see and feel and hear and experience :P

Really? Like what?

Well, it’s not Alaska, but the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in the world is in Canada, in Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island.

btm said:

Michael V said:

kii said:

Um…there’s lots of other stuff to see and feel and hear and experience :P

Really? Like what?

Well, it’s not Alaska, but the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in the world is in Canada, in Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island.

oooo……….I needs to Google.

kii said:

Michael V said:

kii said:

Um…there’s lots of other stuff to see and feel and hear and experience :P

Really? Like what?

cold
reindeer
culture
whales
stuff

(Sorry, I forgot to use the emoticon.)

;)

btm said:

Michael V said:

kii said:

Um…there’s lots of other stuff to see and feel and hear and experience :P

Really? Like what?

Well, it’s not Alaska, but the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in the world is in Canada, in Nettilling Lake on Baffin Island.

Nice…

Turtles, I tells ya. It’s turtles all the way down.

;)

Michael V said:

kii said:

Michael V said:

Really? Like what?

cold
reindeer
culture
whales
stuff

(Sorry, I forgot to use the emoticon.)

;)

It’s hard to know with the people in here.

So what is a better plan than a clan energy target?

roughbarked said:

So what is a better plan than a clan energy target?

> clan energy target
That would be an event at the Highland Games.

roughbarked said:

So what is a better plan than a clan energy target?

What does clan energy have to do with Purdie flaars?

Some Babianas and some roadside South Africans that I dug up and brought home. And a stunning red anemone.

****

And the mauve lilac bush is out.

And the mauve irises.

The orange tree is budded, not out yet. That smells wonderful once the blossoms open.

These things are everywhere, literally..

Bogans!

Had to go back a bit to find this. I did a bunch of what was left of the roses after the stormy weather and took them to Mum yesterday. Included in there are Blue Moon, Gold Bunny, and Remember Me. And some others that I don’t know the names of.

buffy said:

Had to go back a bit to find this. I did a bunch of what was left of the roses after the stormy weather and took them to Mum yesterday. Included in there are Blue Moon, Gold Bunny, and Remember Me. And some others that I don’t know the names of.

Lovely.

But wait…there’s more! Heliotrope (smells of vanilla):

And kangaroo apple:

I had to google to find this thread, but I’ve got my Christmas flowers organized on the woodheater. Christmas lily and a red and green weed that we have always considered a Christmas flower in my family.

……….

And because I photographed them, some roses.

………………

buffy said:

I had to google to find this thread, but I’ve got my Christmas flowers organized on the woodheater. Christmas lily and a red and green weed that we have always considered a Christmas flower in my family.

……….

Looks good.

I bought some LED lights for $10. They look shit.

buffy said:

I had to google to find this thread, but I’ve got my Christmas flowers organized on the woodheater. Christmas lily and a red and green weed that we have always considered a Christmas flower in my family.

……….

Very Christmassy. The red and green weed is Alstroemeria. Love how hardy they are but oh so weedy.

Alstromeria. That’s what the red and green thing is.

Whoops, should have read first! My memory clicked in. I have them in an “enclosed” garden bed. I mow all around the outside. Sort of like you have to control raspberry canes and thing. I have in my mind that that one is a New Zealand native. I should look it up.

buffy said:

I had to google to find this thread, but I’ve got my Christmas flowers organized on the woodheater. Christmas lily and a red and green weed that we have always considered a Christmas flower in my family.

……….

There’s a lot of mistakes there, Buffy.
We’ll start with the clock.

buffy said:

Alstromeria. That’s what the red and green thing is.

I had a mental block on the name, even though I have a fair few (self seeded pesky ones) in my garden.
Didn’t know they are a bit of a hazard though-https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/poisonous-plant-peruvian-lily-alstroemeria/

Well there you go, they are Brazilian.

http://www.strangewonderfulthings.com/166.htm

What is wrong with the clock?

Here’s my front garden.

Divine Angel said:

Here’s my front garden.

Wrong hemisphere…

:)

Sigh, I never get it right.

Divine Angel said:

Sigh, I never get it right.

Have to orient them before you upload them.

Here’s DA’s front garden.

Bubblecar said:

Here’s DA’s front garden.

:) I hope she gets another punnet for christmas.

Divine Angel said:

Here’s my front garden.

At least nobody’s going to steal your flowers.

PermeateFree said:

Divine Angel said:

Here’s my front garden.

At least nobody’s going to steal your flowers.

They aren’t tall enough?

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Here’s DA’s front garden.

:) I hope she gets another punnet for christmas.

The allyssum could take over. It will self seed all over the place.

buffy said:

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Here’s DA’s front garden.

:) I hope she gets another punnet for christmas.

The allyssum could take over. It will self seed all over the place.

Statice can be cut back when finished and will come back thicker next year.

sarahs mum said:

buffy said:

sarahs mum said:

:) I hope she gets another punnet for christmas.

The allyssum could take over. It will self seed all over the place.

Statice can be cut back when finished and will come back thicker next year.

Yes…I would have commented on that if my memory hadn’t got stuck on the name. I haven’t grown statice for years. Is that one sea statice?

Some new additions to my front garden. Sun jewels and a purply flaar, variety Archangel, can’t remember the actual plant’s name 🙄

Divine Angel said:

Some new additions to my front garden. Sun jewels and a purply flaar, variety Archangel, can’t remember the actual plant’s name 🙄

Tiny flaaaaars. :)

Divine Angel said:

Some new additions to my front garden. Sun jewels and a purply flaar, variety Archangel, can’t remember the actual plant’s name 🙄

Portulacca

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Some new additions to my front garden. Sun jewels and a purply flaar, variety Archangel, can’t remember the actual plant’s name 🙄

Portulacca

Bless you

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Some new additions to my front garden. Sun jewels and a purply flaar, variety Archangel, can’t remember the actual plant’s name 🙄

Portulacca

Spelling, Michael.

Portulaca

Divine Angel said:

Some new additions to my front garden. Sun jewels and a purply flaar, variety Archangel, can’t remember the actual plant’s name 🙄

Purply flaar….possibly Angelonia?

ruby said:

Divine Angel said:

Some new additions to my front garden. Sun jewels and a purply flaar, variety Archangel, can’t remember the actual plant’s name 🙄

Purply flaar….possibly Angelonia?

Bingo, that’s the one.

bump

They’re purdy, buffy. I love jonquils

Divine Angel said:

They’re purdy, buffy. I love jonquils

Nice’n neat. :)

buffy said:

bump

Nice.

Divine Angel said:

They’re purdy, buffy. I love jonquils

They are bella donna lilies…

:)

buffy said:

Divine Angel said:

They’re purdy, buffy. I love jonquils

They are bella donna lilies…

:)

Mine are more pink.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Divine Angel said:

They’re purdy, buffy. I love jonquils

They are bella donna lilies…

:)

Mine are more pink.

I’ve got pink ones too. Mostly they are pink. At the house at Hawkesdale there were these white ones. So when we moved, I dug some up and brought them here. And they turned out to be pink bulbs I managed to dig up. From the mixed clump. So I went back to the lady who bought the Hawkesdale house and I begged some white ones. Now they have multiplied and I have the beginnings of a drift. They are really quite stunning. And then the nice lush leaves come up.

And bumpity bump. I had to take some more photos for a Letter to the Parents.

A pale pink belladonna lily.

Cornflowers in the corn. I planted the seed. This was the only clump that bothered to germinate. I’ll let it seed there and next year I guess it will be a weed.

Marigold and friends

And a closer one of one of the friends. I still haven’t got around to hunting down what this bug is.

I had to Google to find this thread. So here are today’s offerings:

The Mermaid rose. Vicious thing she is.

Zephyrin Drouin. A much nice lady. Smells beautifully rosey, very sweet. And she has hardly any thorns.

That one is from a cutting. The original is here, and and also a cutting climbing along the Casterton verandah. With some of her friends.

And a poppy. I just threw the old plants into the garden bed and there seems to be a mix of singles and doubles come up. I hope the bee knows what it is doing…

…..

……….

I noticed a different colour over on the other side of town. I might haunt that part on my walks and get some seed from there too.

buffy said:

Zephyrin Drouin. A much nice lady. Smells beautifully rosey, very sweet. And she has hardly any thorns.

That one is from a cutting. The original is here, and and also a cutting climbing along the Casterton verandah. With some of her friends.

That lawn looks about right, about the right height.
I’ve seen a lot of lawns where the blades are set too low, it’s false economy, damaged stolons, whole lawn can be lost at the next dry spell.
Young’uns mostly, no idea.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Zephyrin Drouin. A much nice lady. Smells beautifully rosey, very sweet. And she has hardly any thorns.

That one is from a cutting. The original is here, and and also a cutting climbing along the Casterton verandah. With some of her friends.

That lawn looks about right, about the right height.
I’ve seen a lot of lawns where the blades are set too low, it’s false economy, damaged stolons, whole lawn can be lost at the next dry spell.
Young’uns mostly, no idea.

Lawns are a 17th century time waster.

poikilotherm said:

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Zephyrin Drouin. A much nice lady. Smells beautifully rosey, very sweet. And she has hardly any thorns.

That one is from a cutting. The original is here, and and also a cutting climbing along the Casterton verandah. With some of her friends.

That lawn looks about right, about the right height.
I’ve seen a lot of lawns where the blades are set too low, it’s false economy, damaged stolons, whole lawn can be lost at the next dry spell.
Young’uns mostly, no idea.

Lawns are a 17th century time waster.

But they drop the temperature around the house, and they are a fire break. And the dogs just love to roll around on the grass.

poikilotherm said:

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Zephyrin Drouin. A much nice lady. Smells beautifully rosey, very sweet. And she has hardly any thorns.

That one is from a cutting. The original is here, and and also a cutting climbing along the Casterton verandah. With some of her friends.

That lawn looks about right, about the right height.
I’ve seen a lot of lawns where the blades are set too low, it’s false economy, damaged stolons, whole lawn can be lost at the next dry spell.
Young’uns mostly, no idea.

Lawns are a 17th century time waster.

You do have purdy flowers Buffy.
And I am pondering on whether to get in a few loads of chippings and burying my lawn forever.

poikilotherm said:

Lawns are a 17th century time waster.

Couldn’t agree more.

I mentioned my Sarracenias were in flower a couple of weeks ago; I took a photo in case anyone wanted to see them.

roughbarked said:

poikilotherm said:

Lawns are a 17th century time waster.

Couldn’t agree more.

They make getting to the clothes line much easier though.

It’s funny that there were no grasses even up til the Jurassic. The ground cover was mostly club mosses and such.

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

poikilotherm said:

Lawns are a 17th century time waster.

Couldn’t agree more.

They make getting to the clothes line much easier though.

That’s the only bit of lawn I’ve got really.

dv said:

It’s funny that there were no grasses even up til the Jurassic. The ground cover was mostly club mosses and such.

Not really. It has a lot to do with whether there is tree cover. Grasses don’t do so well if there is forest. Also has to do with temperatures and regularity of water supply.

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

Couldn’t agree more.

They make getting to the clothes line much easier though.

That’s the only bit of lawn I’ve got really.

I have some mown areas around the house. Easier to see & extinguish ember attack.
There won’t be any flowers here until the delayed Wet arrives in the new year.

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

They make getting to the clothes line much easier though.

That’s the only bit of lawn I’ve got really.

I have some mown areas around the house. Easier to see & extinguish ember attack.
There won’t be any flowers here until the delayed Wet arrives in the new year.

Wouldn’t matter how good my fire prevention was. There is only enough water pressure fro a dribble from the town water supply.

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

That’s the only bit of lawn I’ve got really.

I have some mown areas around the house. Easier to see & extinguish ember attack.
There won’t be any flowers here until the delayed Wet arrives in the new year.

Wouldn’t matter how good my fire prevention was. There is only enough water pressure fro a dribble from the town water supply.

We use plastic garden rakes for a lot of spot fires. Light, quick & cheap to replace.
They can also be used to make a small firebreak.

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

I have some mown areas around the house. Easier to see & extinguish ember attack.
There won’t be any flowers here until the delayed Wet arrives in the new year.

Wouldn’t matter how good my fire prevention was. There is only enough water pressure fro a dribble from the town water supply.

We use plastic garden rakes for a lot of spot fires. Light, quick & cheap to replace.
They can also be used to make a small firebreak.

Went off topic there. Sorry.

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

poikilotherm said:

Lawns are a 17th century time waster.

Couldn’t agree more.

They make getting to the clothes line much easier though.

And, from experience, I’d rather have grass under the prop line. If I drop something, I don’t have to rewash it. My prop line is about 20m of prop line. I used to have more, but we decided, when one section broke, that we really didn’t need 30m.

And, in defensive mode…the amount of time I spend pushing a mower is the time other people spend in the gym or jogging. I only have to pay for a little bit of petrol for the mower and I get a cooler garden out of it. So nyah…

;)

btm said:

I mentioned my Sarracenias were in flower a couple of weeks ago; I took a photo in case anyone wanted to see them.

But back to the real thing…those flowers are very impressive.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

It’s funny that there were no grasses even up til the Jurassic. The ground cover was mostly club mosses and such.

Not really. It has a lot to do with whether there is tree cover. Grasses don’t do so well if there is forest. Also has to do with temperatures and regularity of water supply.

As Mary E White called it: “After the Greening”

I deadheaded the Double Delight this morning and found a few still worth a few days inside.

buffy said:

I deadheaded the Double Delight this morning and found a few still worth a few days inside.

Does your stoneware jar have any branding on it? I have one that looks nearly identical!

Michael V said:

buffy said:

I deadheaded the Double Delight this morning and found a few still worth a few days inside.

Does your stoneware jar have any branding on it? I have one that looks nearly identical!

“This jar is the absolute property of and must be returned to SHARPE BROS. Australia & New Zealand…something something something brewers. CAUTION Persons Damaging, Wilfully Retaining, Trading with or Misappropriating the us of this jar WILL BE PROSECUTED” And a Sharpe Bros signature.

It probably came from the Gill side of the family, my Mum’s lot, and could be very old. I haven’t got the stopper for that one, but it does still have its wire handle.

I’ve got another unbranded one of a different design, also from Mum’s lot, which still has a (broken) stopper. I’ll do a photo for you.

For MV…this is the unbranded vinegar jar (are they vinegar jars? We’ve always referred to them as vinegar jars)

I’ve also got a pottery thing that has been relegated to the garden for years. I presume it once had a lid. The spikey plant is something I dug up at our bush block from the swampy area. It’s in a black plastic pot in there, and the earthenware keeps it nice and soggy. It seems to like it.

And I’m afraid the Gill milk can was a bit beyond much when I got it with rust, so it serves stick tidying duty.

I could probably put the emu garden into purdie flaars, although at the moment there aren’t really any flowers in it. I’ve got the low use sprinkler on there for the birds. I’ll keep moving it over the next few hot days and it will serve to keep the wildlife happy, and keep some green around the back door.

Hmm, you can see behind that bed where I’ve done some weeding and chucked the weeds out on the grass to be mown in. And then not got around to mowing it. I might do that bit tomorrow. Or maybe now, while it’s still in the shade…

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

I deadheaded the Double Delight this morning and found a few still worth a few days inside.

Does your stoneware jar have any branding on it? I have one that looks nearly identical!

“This jar is the absolute property of and must be returned to SHARPE BROS. Australia & New Zealand…something something something brewers. CAUTION Persons Damaging, Wilfully Retaining, Trading with or Misappropriating the us of this jar WILL BE PROSECUTED” And a Sharpe Bros signature.

It probably came from the Gill side of the family, my Mum’s lot, and could be very old. I haven’t got the stopper for that one, but it does still have its wire handle.

I’ve got another unbranded one of a different design, also from Mum’s lot, which still has a (broken) stopper. I’ll do a photo for you.

It looks so similar. The original wire handle is on mine, too.

“Brewed and Aerated Beverages
Reg trade mark WT-WY Coy.”

“CAUTION. This jar is the property of the WY-WY Coy.and must not be detained or filled for any purpose whatever or proceedings will be taken.”

And an indented stamp near the neck, in the porcelain, below the glaze (I take it that this is the potter’s mark):

“R. Fowler Ltd. Sydney. 1920”

A second porcelain jar (with non-original wire-and-wood handle) is labelled:

“10 Lbs.
Swift’s Arsenate of Lead
Manufactured only by the Merrimac Chemical Co., Boston. U.S.A.”

And near the neck in relief from the porcelain, under the glaze:

“POISON”

buffy said:

For MV…this is the unbranded vinegar jar (are they vinegar jars? We’ve always referred to them as vinegar jars)

I’ve also got a pottery thing that has been relegated to the garden for years. I presume it once had a lid. The spikey plant is something I dug up at our bush block from the swampy area. It’s in a black plastic pot in there, and the earthenware keeps it nice and soggy. It seems to like it.

And I’m afraid the Gill milk can was a bit beyond much when I got it with rust, so it serves stick tidying duty.

:)

buffy said:

For MV…this is the unbranded vinegar jar (are they vinegar jars? We’ve always referred to them as vinegar jars)

I’ve always thought mine was a ginger beer bottle.

Michael V said:

buffy said:

For MV…this is the unbranded vinegar jar (are they vinegar jars? We’ve always referred to them as vinegar jars)

I’ve always thought mine was a ginger beer bottle.

I have various smaller earthenware bottles of that kind, including a ginger beer one made by Bendigo potteries.

buffy said:

For MV…this is the unbranded vinegar jar (are they vinegar jars? We’ve always referred to them as vinegar jars)

I’ve also got a pottery thing that has been relegated to the garden for years. I presume it once had a lid. The spikey plant is something I dug up at our bush block from the swampy area. It’s in a black plastic pot in there, and the earthenware keeps it nice and soggy. It seems to like it.

And I’m afraid the Gill milk can was a bit beyond much when I got it with rust, so it serves stick tidying duty.

Jar.. moonshine?

Tray of water.. been doing that since winter for birds, roos, wallabies.. funny when mum or dad magpie is having a bath and youngster is trying to drink while cat inside is freaking out at the sight.

Milk/cream can needs rust treatment as does mine.

We used have a Double Delight rose too.. looks great

More pictures – obviously I am writing to Mum again!

The first of the Christmas lilies to flower (they are late this year), very pretty rose and the last of the mock orange flowers.

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buffy said:

More pictures – obviously I am writing to Mum again!

The first of the Christmas lilies to flower (they are late this year), very pretty rose and the last of the mock orange flowers.

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Gorgeous rose. Do you know the variety?

EEEEK…… better keep the doors shut. makes note don’t open the doors yet.

30.5C & 47% indoors
39.4C & 20% outdoors

Little or no breeze.

Woodie said:

EEEEK…… better keep the doors shut. makes note don’t open the doors yet.

30.5C & 47% indoors
39.4C & 20% outdoors

Little or no breeze.

Not good for my purdie flaaaars.

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

EEEEK…… better keep the doors shut. makes note don’t open the doors yet.

30.5C & 47% indoors
39.4C & 20% outdoors

Little or no breeze.

Not good for my purdie flaaaars.

I’m really amazed that your hanging baskets look so good after this many months of over the top hot.

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

EEEEK…… better keep the doors shut. makes note don’t open the doors yet.

30.5C & 47% indoors
39.4C & 20% outdoors

Little or no breeze.

Not good for my purdie flaaaars.

No flaaaars here yet. The Wet hasn’t arrived & all the spring blooms have long gone.

sarahs mum said:

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

EEEEK…… better keep the doors shut. makes note don’t open the doors yet.

30.5C & 47% indoors
39.4C & 20% outdoors

Little or no breeze.

Not good for my purdie flaaaars.

I’m really amazed that your hanging baskets look so good after this many months of over the top hot.

Couple of them starting to look a bit scungy. Water EVERY day or they wilt by breakfast time.

Michael V said:

buffy said:

More pictures – obviously I am writing to Mum again!

The first of the Christmas lilies to flower (they are late this year), very pretty rose and the last of the mock orange flowers.

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Gorgeous rose. Do you know the variety?

It was in the garden at the Casterton house when we bought it for the practice in 1995. Going through the books of roses available in Australia, I suspect it is something called Princess de Monaco. It’s not a big rose, flowerwise or bush wise. Can you grow roses? I know it strikes from cuttings, I could send you some and you could have a go. I don’t do anything special…I dig up some dirt from the garden, and shove the bits of rose in. And if they take, they take.

:)

buffy said:

More pictures – obviously I am writing to Mum again!

The first of the Christmas lilies to flower (they are late this year), very pretty rose and the last of the mock orange flowers.

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They’re all pretty.

Woodie said:

sarahs mum said:

Woodie said:

Not good for my purdie flaaaars.

I’m really amazed that your hanging baskets look so good after this many months of over the top hot.

Couple of them starting to look a bit scungy. Water EVERY day or they wilt by breakfast time.

They’re all pretty too.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

More pictures – obviously I am writing to Mum again!

The first of the Christmas lilies to flower (they are late this year), very pretty rose and the last of the mock orange flowers.

……

Gorgeous rose. Do you know the variety?

It was in the garden at the Casterton house when we bought it for the practice in 1995. Going through the books of roses available in Australia, I suspect it is something called Princess de Monaco. It’s not a big rose, flowerwise or bush wise. Can you grow roses? I know it strikes from cuttings, I could send you some and you could have a go. I don’t do anything special…I dig up some dirt from the garden, and shove the bits of rose in. And if they take, they take.

:)

We’ve never had any luck with roses, so I think it’d be a waste of good postage stamps…

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Gorgeous rose. Do you know the variety?

It was in the garden at the Casterton house when we bought it for the practice in 1995. Going through the books of roses available in Australia, I suspect it is something called Princess de Monaco. It’s not a big rose, flowerwise or bush wise. Can you grow roses? I know it strikes from cuttings, I could send you some and you could have a go. I don’t do anything special…I dig up some dirt from the garden, and shove the bits of rose in. And if they take, they take.

:)

We’ve never had any luck with roses, so I think it’d be a waste of good postage stamps…

Thanks for the offer!

:)

So what if I don’t know what “Armageddon” means? It’s not the end of the world.

I picked flaars again this morning. Vase of Christmas Lily, Feverfew and Budleia sitting on the woodheater.

buffy said:

I picked flaars again this morning. Vase of Christmas Lily, Feverfew and Budleia sitting on the woodheater.

Refreshing arrangement.

I’ll have to give Mr Tunks a call today, the garden needs attention.

Got some more flaars for this week’s letter to Mum. Iochroma and Feverfew:

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Pomegranate:

White Buddleia and Black Knight Buddleia. The garden is just full of butterflies at the moment because of the Buddleia and the gum trees being in flower. And bees. We’ve got bees.

Not much around at the moment. But here is a purdie bottlebrush flower.

buffy said:

Not much around at the moment. But here is a purdie bottlebrush flower.

C citrinus?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Not much around at the moment. But here is a purdie bottlebrush flower.

C citrinus?

Yes.

I’ve got a shy sunflower that doesn’t want to look at the sun…

It’s quite an interesting colour, that one.

From chat: transition said:

some color from mummy’s garden shortly ago, to bring some cheer to your day

while i’m wandering around watering, drop few here..

My shy sunflower (which is a Prado) has some companions now. They are more interested in looking at the sun.

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buffy said:

My shy sunflower (which is a Prado) has some companions now. They are more interested in looking at the sun.

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Pretty.

buffy said:

My shy sunflower (which is a Prado) has some companions now. They are more interested in looking at the sun.

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Spectacular.

I’m taking some flower photos for my Letter to Mum for next week. Chocolate mint and lemon thyme.

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buffy said:

I’m taking some flower photos for my Letter to Mum for next week. Chocolate mint and lemon thyme.

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Chocolate mint.. Pennyroyal?

And the Yarrow is in flower. I don’t know why I grow it really. I don’t use it for anything. It’s a bit specky with the flowers. And as it grows like a weed you can just rip out what you don’t want and put it under the mower.

A couple of the ducks came back at Casterton this morning. I know, they amn’t flowers, but they just popped into this thread to see what was on offer…

buffy said:

And the Yarrow is in flower. I don’t know why I grow it really. I don’t use it for anything. It’s a bit specky with the flowers. And as it grows like a weed you can just rip out what you don’t want and put it under the mower.

A couple of the ducks came back at Casterton this morning. I know, they amn’t flowers, but they just popped into this thread to see what was on offer…

You got the herbs and now you have the main course.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

I’m taking some flower photos for my Letter to Mum for next week. Chocolate mint and lemon thyme.

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Chocolate mint.. Pennyroyal?

No, I’ve got pennyroyal too. This was sold as chocolate mint. I didn’t buy it. It’s a memory plant. Our friend Kelly who killed herself years ago gave me the plant, almost dead and asked if I thought I could revive it. I did. And now I keep it in her memory. It does look dead pretty much every Winter and I’m always pleased when it throws out some new leaves.

buffy said:

And the Yarrow is in flower. I don’t know why I grow it really. I don’t use it for anything. It’s a bit specky with the flowers. And as it grows like a weed you can just rip out what you don’t want and put it under the mower.

A couple of the ducks came back at Casterton this morning. I know, they amn’t flowers, but they just popped into this thread to see what was on offer…

Just checked yarrow out, it was introduced into Aus/NZ as a stock feed, apparently.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

And the Yarrow is in flower. I don’t know why I grow it really. I don’t use it for anything. It’s a bit specky with the flowers. And as it grows like a weed you can just rip out what you don’t want and put it under the mower.

A couple of the ducks came back at Casterton this morning. I know, they amn’t flowers, but they just popped into this thread to see what was on offer…

You got the herbs and now you have the main course.

And I’ve got the oranges too! Hang on…I didn’t put up a picture of the sage! (My sage is a baby plant. I had to start a new one because the old one got gangly)

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

And the Yarrow is in flower. I don’t know why I grow it really. I don’t use it for anything. It’s a bit specky with the flowers. And as it grows like a weed you can just rip out what you don’t want and put it under the mower.

A couple of the ducks came back at Casterton this morning. I know, they amn’t flowers, but they just popped into this thread to see what was on offer…

Just checked yarrow out, it was introduced into Aus/NZ as a stock feed, apparently.

I’m not overly fond of the smell of yarrow. It’s just one of the herbs grown by the witches in my family. Oh, hang on…grown by my great aunts.

buffy said:

And the Yarrow is in flower. I don’t know why I grow it really. I don’t use it for anything. It’s a bit specky with the flowers. And as it grows like a weed you can just rip out what you don’t want and put it under the mower.

A couple of the ducks came back at Casterton this morning. I know, they amn’t flowers, but they just popped into this thread to see what was on offer…

Yarrow is a great groundcober where it can get water. It also is a great herbal tea mixer. I regularly have yarrow and thyme tea or lemon thyme, sometimes with a squirt of lime juice. All from right at my back door.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

I’m taking some flower photos for my Letter to Mum for next week. Chocolate mint and lemon thyme.

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Chocolate mint.. Pennyroyal?

No, I’ve got pennyroyal too. This was sold as chocolate mint. I didn’t buy it. It’s a memory plant. Our friend Kelly who killed herself years ago gave me the plant, almost dead and asked if I thought I could revive it. I did. And now I keep it in her memory. It does look dead pretty much every Winter and I’m always pleased when it throws out some new leaves.

I keep plants or varieties of plants for reasons quite similar as most of the memories are of people now dead.

I’ve done some photos for this week’s Letter to Mum. (Yes, that is a toy Pug. Mum gave it to us years ago and it has been sitting on a shelf in the shed. I thought it should probably be out on the verandah)

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The cabbage whites have been doing this to my Brassicas. I’m not going to even consider eating those broccoli side shoots. I don’t like the bitter taste of steamed green caterpillar (they steam to white, by the way). I’ll rip that plant out and give it to the chooks tomorrow. They looove those caterpillars.

So my Brussels sprouts, and a Romanesco broccoli plant are in a “cage”. Which works well for the sprouts, but not so well for the Romanesco, as it wants to grow too tall. And the dill is also trying to get out.

Also, the possums have discovered my apple tree…apparently the leaves and apples at the top are yummy, but the hanging down branches are a bit dodgy to climb along.

I have repurposed some Christmas decorations I found in a cupboard at Casterton. I wonder if it will work. It looks pretty anyway.

And a tomato report: San Marzano and Periforme

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And the jalapenos are getting quite big now.

sm, if you enjoyed the gaelic song posted earlier you may also enjoy this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxjvNUNXhkU&list=RDzxjvNUNXhkU&start_radio=1

sibeen said:

sm, if you enjoyed the gaelic song posted earlier you may also enjoy this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxjvNUNXhkU&list=RDzxjvNUNXhkU&start_radio=1

Oh, and MV, this ain’t an over-produced pop song.

:)

sibeen said:

sm, if you enjoyed the gaelic song posted earlier you may also enjoy this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxjvNUNXhkU&list=RDzxjvNUNXhkU&start_radio=1

wrong thread

buffy said:

I’ve done some photos for this week’s Letter to Mum. (Yes, that is a toy Pug. Mum gave it to us years ago and it has been sitting on a shelf in the shed. I thought it should probably be out on the verandah)

So my Brussels sprouts, and a Romanesco broccoli plant are in a “cage”. Which works well for the sprouts, but not so well for the Romanesco, as it wants to grow too tall. And the dill is also trying to get out.

You appear to have a very active spider.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

I’ve done some photos for this week’s Letter to Mum. (Yes, that is a toy Pug. Mum gave it to us years ago and it has been sitting on a shelf in the shed. I thought it should probably be out on the verandah)

So my Brussels sprouts, and a Romanesco broccoli plant are in a “cage”. Which works well for the sprouts, but not so well for the Romanesco, as it wants to grow too tall. And the dill is also trying to get out.

You appear to have a very active spider.

I really wish I could train them so well…

:)

M&D’s today

transition said:

M&D’s today

I see they have a couple of Eremophilas in the garden.

One of my cactuses is in flower. I haven’t got many succulents, and this one has flowered before. I think I got the original plant from a great aunt about 45 years ago. The hairs are horrible, they get into your skin.

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buffy said:

One of my cactuses is in flower. I haven’t got many succulents, and this one has flowered before. I think I got the original plant from a great aunt about 45 years ago. The hairs are horrible, they get into your skin.

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cactus have some very beautiful flowers, often impresses me

When we called into the bush block yesterday, Mr buffy found a hyacinth orchid (Dipodium roseum). I’m pleased with that, it’s right near the shed. It will be encouraged – by me leaving it space when I cut the bracken and sedge down around that area. I wonder if it’s got any friends as well. I’ve seen one of them in another part of the block before. The bud comes up like a deep red asparagus shoot.

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buffy said:

When we called into the bush block yesterday, Mr buffy found a hyacinth orchid (Dipodium roseum). I’m pleased with that, it’s right near the shed. It will be encouraged – by me leaving it space when I cut the bracken and sedge down around that area. I wonder if it’s got any friends as well. I’ve seen one of them in another part of the block before. The bud comes up like a deep red asparagus shoot.

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They are not a common orchid anywhere where I have seen them so it may be the only patch you have since again, you haven’t seen them popping up everywhere. Cherish it. If you do have one, there may well be others. Take care of your little patch of bush, it may well be important.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

When we called into the bush block yesterday, Mr buffy found a hyacinth orchid (Dipodium roseum). I’m pleased with that, it’s right near the shed. It will be encouraged – by me leaving it space when I cut the bracken and sedge down around that area. I wonder if it’s got any friends as well. I’ve seen one of them in another part of the block before. The bud comes up like a deep red asparagus shoot.

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They are not a common orchid anywhere where I have seen them so it may be the only patch you have since again, you haven’t seen them popping up everywhere. Cherish it. If you do have one, there may well be others. Take care of your little patch of bush, it may well be important.

They are apparently a reasonably common orchid in Victoria.

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/117422

Right, as I am writing letters to Mum every second or third day, because she needs input, you lot get to see my flowers more often. Some yellow roses (Gold Bunny):

Iochroma:

And not The Pug – this is Bruna, Esme and Lizza.

buffy said:

Right, as I am writing letters to Mum every second or third day, because she needs input, you lot get to see my flowers more often. Some yellow roses (Gold Bunny):

Iochroma:

And not The Pug – this is Bruna, Esme and Lizza.

really nice

We need lightening up. As I am presently trying to produce a couple of letters a week to Mum, here are some more flowers from the garden. I’m photographing things she used to grow. Cosmos, santolina and yarrow. A bit cottage gardeney in that bed. There is also Heliotrope, dill, chervil and chives, all messed in together.

The last flowers on the lemon verbena bush for the year, and the Heliotrope. Smells beautifully vanilla-y.
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Pomegranates forming. Not too long and they will split and I’ll have to try to remember who it was in town that told me they would like some pomegranate fruit…

And the sunflowers are now going to seed. I must remember to put some away for next year, that flower is so very spectacular.

A red rose.

Here we go…some more piccies. A weed.

MV’s chilli flower. MV’s chilli flower progressing

buffy said:

Here we go…some more piccies. A weed.

MV’s chilli flower. MV’s chilli flower progressing

:)

Need some brightening up in here. Just picked these.

buffy said:

Need some brightening up in here. Just picked these.

When you did that arrangement what sprigs did you use?

buffy said:

Need some brightening up in here. Just picked these.

flash diffuser benefit

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Need some brightening up in here. Just picked these.

When you did that arrangement what sprigs did you use?

It’s a bit of asparagus that has gone to fern. Quite useful at this time of year.

:)

Anyone want to help me with an ID? I think this is Stachys macrantha. The leaves are strongly scented. It’s in flower now. The colour rendition on here is not perfect, it’s a deeper clear blue.

Or is it a blue sage of some sort? I think the leaves are too round.

buffy said:

Anyone want to help me with an ID? I think this is Stachys macrantha. The leaves are strongly scented. It’s in flower now. The colour rendition on here is not perfect, it’s a deeper clear blue.

Or is it a blue sage of some sort? I think the leaves are too round.

Looks like a blue salvia although I don’t know if they have a blue variation

I would like to put a lavender bush into my garden here but lavender bushes don’t really like humid climates.

monkey skipper said:

Yes, I’ve been looking at the online photos. Mine has no leaves up amongst the flowers. And the flowers are more separated, less ruffled.

monkey skipper said:

I would like to put a lavender bush into my garden here but lavender bushes don’t really like humid climates.

No, they don’t. They don’t like flooded roots either…all the ones at Casterton die off each time there is a flood. Although I’ve only been growing the really tough old French Lavender (Lavendula dentata). It does grow easily from cuttings (bits stolen through garden fences). Have you seen any lavneders around the neighbourhood that are surviving? Maybe ask for a cutting (or nick a bit through the fence?)

Ooh, ms….this suggests it might grow for you if you can source it.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/2789833/which-lavender-for-hot-and-humid-climates

Autumn crocuses are out too. Season change.

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buffy said:

monkey skipper said:

I would like to put a lavender bush into my garden here but lavender bushes don’t really like humid climates.

No, they don’t. They don’t like flooded roots either…all the ones at Casterton die off each time there is a flood. Although I’ve only been growing the really tough old French Lavender (Lavendula dentata). It does grow easily from cuttings (bits stolen through garden fences). Have you seen any lavneders around the neighbourhood that are surviving? Maybe ask for a cutting (or nick a bit through the fence?)

You sound like my grandmother she would so often tip prune a neighbours bush and to her credit she would put the cutting into a milk bottle with water to strike a root and then pot the cutting up.

My grandfather was exceptional with grafting and also propagating many varieties of begonias and African violets. He would take a leaf and put the African leaf with a small stem into a pot and get the cutting to grow each time into a new plant.

buffy said:

Ooh, ms….this suggests it might grow for you if you can source it.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/2789833/which-lavender-for-hot-and-humid-climates

Oh thanks.

monkey skipper said:

buffy said:

monkey skipper said:

I would like to put a lavender bush into my garden here but lavender bushes don’t really like humid climates.

No, they don’t. They don’t like flooded roots either…all the ones at Casterton die off each time there is a flood. Although I’ve only been growing the really tough old French Lavender (Lavendula dentata). It does grow easily from cuttings (bits stolen through garden fences). Have you seen any lavneders around the neighbourhood that are surviving? Maybe ask for a cutting (or nick a bit through the fence?)

You sound like my grandmother she would so often tip prune a neighbours bush and to her credit she would put the cutting into a milk bottle with water to strike a root and then pot the cutting up.

My grandfather was exceptional with grafting and also propagating many varieties of begonias and African violets. He would take a leaf and put the African leaf with a small stem into a pot and get the cutting to grow each time into a new plant.

With lavender (and I’ve done it with lilacs and rosemary and geraniums/pelargoniums too) I just surreptitiously acquire a bit of botanical material and when I get home I fill a pot with dirt and cut my ill gotten gains into appropriate bits and stick them in the soil. Some grow. Some don’t.

monkey skipper said:

buffy said:

monkey skipper said:

I would like to put a lavender bush into my garden here but lavender bushes don’t really like humid climates.

No, they don’t. They don’t like flooded roots either…all the ones at Casterton die off each time there is a flood. Although I’ve only been growing the really tough old French Lavender (Lavendula dentata). It does grow easily from cuttings (bits stolen through garden fences). Have you seen any lavneders around the neighbourhood that are surviving? Maybe ask for a cutting (or nick a bit through the fence?)

You sound like my grandmother she would so often tip prune a neighbours bush and to her credit she would put the cutting into a milk bottle with water to strike a root and then pot the cutting up.

My grandfather was exceptional with grafting and also propagating many varieties of begonias and African violets. He would take a leaf and put the African leaf with a small stem into a pot and get the cutting to grow each time into a new plant.

We grew lavender in Brisbane. Slow growing, but smelt good.

Michael V said:

monkey skipper said:

buffy said:

No, they don’t. They don’t like flooded roots either…all the ones at Casterton die off each time there is a flood. Although I’ve only been growing the really tough old French Lavender (Lavendula dentata). It does grow easily from cuttings (bits stolen through garden fences). Have you seen any lavneders around the neighbourhood that are surviving? Maybe ask for a cutting (or nick a bit through the fence?)

You sound like my grandmother she would so often tip prune a neighbours bush and to her credit she would put the cutting into a milk bottle with water to strike a root and then pot the cutting up.

My grandfather was exceptional with grafting and also propagating many varieties of begonias and African violets. He would take a leaf and put the African leaf with a small stem into a pot and get the cutting to grow each time into a new plant.

We grew lavender in Brisbane. Slow growing, but smelt good.

I’m always making cuttings grow. Hard part is finding somewhere to plant them.

buffy said:

Ooh, ms….this suggests it might grow for you if you can source it.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/2789833/which-lavender-for-hot-and-humid-climates

A more important factor is the soil type, which must be very well drained. A heavy clay soil is not good. Alternatively, place sand over your clay and do not dig into it where water can collect. Also do not mulch anywhere near the stem and do not over-water, just one good soak a week.

Rosemary is similar and if anything tougher than lavender.

AwesomeO said:

Rosemary is similar and if anything tougher than lavender.

that true, for sure, around here

though should say lavender needs trimming/pruning, which I never do

AwesomeO said:

Rosemary is similar and if anything tougher than lavender.

Yeah , my daughter put a vote in for me to plant some rosemary as well.

monkey skipper said:

AwesomeO said:

Rosemary is similar and if anything tougher than lavender.

Yeah , my daughter put a vote in for me to plant some rosemary as well.

Just what I needed. Someone to take rosemary cuttings off my hands.

AwesomeO said:

Rosemary is similar and if anything tougher than lavender.

Tough as nails.

When you prune the Heliotrope and you get a lovely bunch of vanilla smell. They won’t last, but we’ll get a vanilla-y kitchen for a few hours.

buffy said:

When you prune the Heliotrope and you get a lovely bunch of vanilla smell. They won’t last, but we’ll get a vanilla-y kitchen for a few hours.

Don’t let PWM see them.

Some of the natives that we get around here…

I recognize some of those. Are they all out now? We’ve got very little out yet. The rains haven’t come yet.

fsm said:

Some of the natives that we get around here…

You live in a beautiful natural garden mate.

roughbarked said:

You live in a beautiful natural garden mate.

We are surrounded by Brisbane Water National Park. The bush is a bit thin at the moment because of the drought, but there are always flowers of some sort.

I’m doing another letter to Mum. So you lot get some pictures. This rose is a bit ragged and it’s very, very prickly. But quite pretty.

And here is my only set white capsicum coming along amongst its friends.

buffy said:

I’m doing another letter to Mum. So you lot get some pictures. This rose is a bit ragged and it’s very, very prickly. But quite pretty.

And here is my only set white capsicum coming along amongst its friends.

Wow! A capsicum with giant yellow flowers.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

I’m doing another letter to Mum. So you lot get some pictures. This rose is a bit ragged and it’s very, very prickly. But quite pretty.

And here is my only set white capsicum coming along amongst its friends.

Wow! A capsicum with giant yellow flowers.

Nice take on it. (Actually the capsicum is rather small yet…)

:)

bump for transition

Speedy said:

bump for transition

thankyou

transition said:

Speedy said:

bump for transition

thankyou

I can smell them from here.

Bubblecar said:

transition said:

Speedy said:

bump for transition

thankyou

I can smell them from here.

roses were strong, very beautiful

The hot pink Nerines are out in Casterton.

buffy said:

The hot pink Nerines are out in Casterton.

Purdie…

:)

Today’s “flaars” are really my fractal veg for tea tonight. Romanesco broccoli. The plant got distorted by the covering I had on it for keeping off the cabbage white butterflies. So it’s lots of little fractals this time.

This is what they look like if you don’t grow them peculiarly (one I prepared earlier – 2015)

Sometimes you get a purple one (2012).

Cabbage whites are still around.

Red nerines are coming out. Apparently this is the “original” colour from which the whites and pinks more usually grown came.

A couple of roses. Remember Me and Double Delight. Last flowers I think. I will start the pruning shortly.

………………..

And nice clear blue Stachys macrantha flower.

Not many flowers around at the moment.

buffy said:

Not many flowers around at the moment.

Ooh honeysuckle.

Trail mix with chocolate here. Dlietician recommended.

buffy said:

Not many flowers around at the moment.

Those’ll do.

AwesomeO said:

Trail mix with chocolate here. Dlietician recommended.

I’m not sure what that means; it’s almost lucid.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Not many flowers around at the moment.

Ooh honeysuckle.

Sorry, nup. White nerines, red Peruvian lilies/Alstromeria and some rose hips.

sibeen said:

AwesomeO said:

Trail mix with chocolate here. Dlietician recommended.

I’m not sure what that means; it’s almost lucid.

It means he was looking at my picture and meant to post in Chat but forgot to swap across…

sibeen said:

AwesomeO said:

Trail mix with chocolate here. Dlietician recommended.

I’m not sure what that means; it’s almost lucid.

Need more weight but nuts are bad due to potassium, which I knew. So dietician devised a trail mix with chocolate which I feel is slightly dodgy. And mostly pumpkin seed anyway.

buffy said:

sibeen said:

AwesomeO said:

Trail mix with chocolate here. Dlietician recommended.

I’m not sure what that means; it’s almost lucid.

It means he was looking at my picture and meant to post in Chat but forgot to swap across…

Yep, forum typo.

out in garden very briefly, too cold. Not much flowers at moment

transition said:

out in garden very briefly, too cold. Not much flowers at moment

I like the white one.

Got a nice photo of the red nerine today. And also of the blue butterfly bush (Clerodendrum ugandense). That was from a cutting from Mum.

…..

buffy said:

Got a nice photo of the red nerine today. And also of the blue butterfly bush (Clerodendrum ugandense). That was from a cutting from Mum.

…..

Lubly.

I think this is probably the last of the roses (accompanied by white nerines), although there are still 2 buds on this bush. We will see if they manage to come to anything. I won’t prune that bush yet. I’ve started on the pruning.

Something a bit lightweight – some white Nerines and a pretty little miniature rose.

Wonga Wonga in my backyard.

Some flowers from a large private garden we visited a little while ago.

fsm said:

Some flowers from a large private garden we visited a little while ago.

Pick the odd one out that isn’t a daisy form!

:)

fsm said:

Some flowers from a large private garden we visited a little while ago.

Nice. Is the lowest one a ginger?

These photos were taken back in October 2018. I still have these Thysanotus tuberosus plants, unplanted and in tubestock. They have since spread to other pots nearby. These flowers only open for one day and in mid-afternoon they close up again. It is amazing to watch those fringes tuck away neatly into their little pods as though nothing had even happened.

Speedy said:

These photos were taken back in October 2018. I still have these Thysanotus tuberosus plants, unplanted and in tubestock. They have since spread to other pots nearby. These flowers only open for one day and in mid-afternoon they close up again. It is amazing to watch those fringes tuck away neatly into their little pods as though nothing had even happened.

Strange as it may seem. I have seen people dig these up and take them home but it appears that those who take the existing earth and keep them in it, in contained spaces, outlive those wh take them home and plant them in their own garden soil.

roughbarked said:

Speedy said:

These photos were taken back in October 2018. I still have these Thysanotus tuberosus plants, unplanted and in tubestock. They have since spread to other pots nearby. These flowers only open for one day and in mid-afternoon they close up again. It is amazing to watch those fringes tuck away neatly into their little pods as though nothing had even happened.

Strange as it may seem. I have seen people dig these up and take them home but it appears that those who take the existing earth and keep them in it, in contained spaces, outlive those wh take them home and plant them in their own garden soil.

Can you tell me if they need pollinators while they are flowering? I think on the day I took these photos, there were seven little flowers open, but they only opened for a few hours (from 10am-ish to about 3pm). That’s not much of an opportunity to get their groove on.

Speedy said:

roughbarked said:

Speedy said:

These photos were taken back in October 2018. I still have these Thysanotus tuberosus plants, unplanted and in tubestock. They have since spread to other pots nearby. These flowers only open for one day and in mid-afternoon they close up again. It is amazing to watch those fringes tuck away neatly into their little pods as though nothing had even happened.

Strange as it may seem. I have seen people dig these up and take them home but it appears that those who take the existing earth and keep them in it, in contained spaces, outlive those wh take them home and plant them in their own garden soil.

Can you tell me if they need pollinators while they are flowering? I think on the day I took these photos, there were seven little flowers open, but they only opened for a few hours (from 10am-ish to about 3pm). That’s not much of an opportunity to get their groove on.

That is the habit of Fringe Lilies, they go to sleep at night or rainy or even cloudy days but most will open again during the next day if conditions permit and will do so for several days. They do need pollination to maintain species vigor even if self-pollinating, and obviously the pollinator would need to be around during daylight hours. I would say it would mostly be flies locally, although buzz pollination would probably work too, but would require a native bee or similar (Hover-flies maybe) of which around me are few and far between, yet these plants are common.

PermeateFree said:

Speedy said:

roughbarked said:

Strange as it may seem. I have seen people dig these up and take them home but it appears that those who take the existing earth and keep them in it, in contained spaces, outlive those wh take them home and plant them in their own garden soil.

Can you tell me if they need pollinators while they are flowering? I think on the day I took these photos, there were seven little flowers open, but they only opened for a few hours (from 10am-ish to about 3pm). That’s not much of an opportunity to get their groove on.

That is the habit of Fringe Lilies, they go to sleep at night or rainy or even cloudy days but most will open again during the next day if conditions permit and will do so for several days. They do need pollination to maintain species vigor even if self-pollinating, and obviously the pollinator would need to be around during daylight hours. I would say it would mostly be flies locally, although buzz pollination would probably work too, but would require a native bee or similar (Hover-flies maybe) of which around me are few and far between, yet these plants are common.

Thanks PF. Yes, they are surprisingly common.

while sitting here eating my hot chips, we did have a surplus of potatoes
few from mummy’s garden today

transition said:

while sitting here eating my hot chips, we did have a surplus of potatoes
few from mummy’s garden today

That’s a really early jonquil at bottom right.

Well, not so many flowers just yet, but soon…

buffy said:

Well, not so many flowers just yet, but soon…

Not to mention the garden ornaments made from vesicular basalt.

;)

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Well, not so many flowers just yet, but soon…

Not to mention the garden ornaments made from vesicular basalt.

;)

No shortage of that around here.

:)

These were about the only flowers anywhere in the garden – red, white and blue.

Alstromeria (Peruvian Lily), Agapanthus (Aggie’s Pants around here and in many places), feverfew, Nerine and the very first snowflake of the season right there in the front and almost invisible.

I thought I’d found all the final roses. But now I remember that when I was pruning I left this bud. It smells as good as it looks like it should. I don’t know what its name is.

buffy said:

I thought I’d found all the final roses. But now I remember that when I was pruning I left this bud. It smells as good as it looks like it should. I don’t know what its name is.

added some color to my day

not had any roses here for a while, last ones I saw were mum’s she pruned, and missy sheep ate them, stems and all I reckon

The Helleborus that one of my patients gave me as a goodbye present this time last year has flowered.

And this is going to look alright when those daffodils get to the flowering stage – those are grape hyacinths on the left, between the single daff leaves is another row of later double daffs, and along the right side are deep red Aquilegia:

(Yes, composing another Letter to Mum)

Snowflakes coming out around the garden:

Doing another Letter to Mum. Have some flowers:

White Daphne has broken out and the first stinky jonquils:

……………..

And there is pretty much always some feverfew somewhere in the garden. Looks good against the gumtree trunk.

buffy said:

Doing another Letter to Mum. Have some flowers:

White Daphne has broken out and the first stinky jonquils:

……………..

And there is pretty much always some feverfew somewhere in the garden. Looks good against the gumtree trunk.

Nice photos. :)

Another Helleborus is out.

And perhaps I should remove the sign now the daffodils on Bess’ grave are wakening again.

Just noticed, because I smelt it as I walked past, that the winter honeysuckle is out. It’s a delicate thing on an unruly bush. Smells divine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonicera_fragrantissima

My plant is cutting grown from the one Mum had at the family home. I don’t know if she bought the plant originally, but I’m inclined to think it was probably also a cutting plant, and likely from my great aunt Mollie. I don’t really agree that the scent is lemony as wikipedia would have it. It’s quite sweet smelling.

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transition said:

Ooh, Billbergia. I haven’t got that one, I’ve got B. nutans which is something my mother’s family grow.

buffy said:

transition said:

Ooh, Billbergia. I haven’t got that one, I’ve got B. nutans which is something my mother’s family grow.

It looks like a colourful crêpe paper creation.

buffy said:

transition said:

Ooh, Billbergia. I haven’t got that one, I’ve got B. nutans which is something my mother’s family grow.

looks like the one, my bromeliad friend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billbergia

OK people, I’ve done some more flower picture. The paperwhites are coming out:

And the Hardenbergia has been out forever:

But this one I’d like some help with. I know it must be an Arisaema (Jack in the pulpit). I’ve done a Google image search and I can’t find anything that really matches. It’s a plant I got from Mum’s garden years ago. She probably put it into her garden in the 1970s, from where it was planted.

…………………….

buffy said:

OK people, I’ve done some more flower picture. The paperwhites are coming out:

And the Hardenbergia has been out forever:

But this one I’d like some help with. I know it must be an Arisaema (Jack in the pulpit). I’ve done a Google image search and I can’t find anything that really matches. It’s a plant I got from Mum’s garden years ago. She probably put it into her garden in the 1970s, from where it was planted.

…………………….

Not much in the way of flaars ATM.

buffy said:

OK people, I’ve done some more flower picture. The paperwhites are coming out:

And the Hardenbergia has been out forever:

But this one I’d like some help with. I know it must be an Arisaema (Jack in the pulpit). I’ve done a Google image search and I can’t find anything that really matches. It’s a plant I got from Mum’s garden years ago. She probably put it into her garden in the 1970s, from where it was planted.

…………………….

Think you showed the greenhood looking flower some time ago and its name was mentioned, although I can’t remember it. I recall it as I was impressed with its similarity to Pterostylis.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

OK people, I’ve done some more flower picture. The paperwhites are coming out:

And the Hardenbergia has been out forever:

But this one I’d like some help with. I know it must be an Arisaema (Jack in the pulpit). I’ve done a Google image search and I can’t find anything that really matches. It’s a plant I got from Mum’s garden years ago. She probably put it into her garden in the 1970s, from where it was planted.

…………………….

Think you showed the greenhood looking flower some time ago and its name was mentioned, although I can’t remember it. I recall it as I was impressed with its similarity to Pterostylis.

Yes, I did. I’ve just never got to the bottom of which Arisaema it is.

Tamb said:

buffy said:

OK people, I’ve done some more flower picture. The paperwhites are coming out:

And the Hardenbergia has been out forever:

But this one I’d like some help with. I know it must be an Arisaema (Jack in the pulpit). I’ve done a Google image search and I can’t find anything that really matches. It’s a plant I got from Mum’s garden years ago. She probably put it into her garden in the 1970s, from where it was planted.

…………………….

Not much in the way of flaars ATM.

Strelitzia

buffy said:

But this one I’d like some help with. I know it must be an Arisaema (Jack in the pulpit). I’ve done a Google image search and I can’t find anything that really matches. It’s a plant I got from Mum’s garden years ago. She probably put it into her garden in the 1970s, from where it was planted.

…………………….

Ahhh yes. That would be Arisaema sockpuppetae.

250 different Arisaema, this could take a while.

ruby said:

buffy said:

But this one I’d like some help with. I know it must be an Arisaema (Jack in the pulpit). I’ve done a Google image search and I can’t find anything that really matches. It’s a plant I got from Mum’s garden years ago. She probably put it into her garden in the 1970s, from where it was planted.

…………………….

Ahhh yes. That would be Arisaema sockpuppetae.

250 different Arisaema, this could take a while.

Yeah, I sort of stopped looking. I thought the wide variegated leaves would be helpful, and the flower is fairly distinctive…but…so many!

buffy said:

ruby said:

buffy said:

But this one I’d like some help with. I know it must be an Arisaema (Jack in the pulpit). I’ve done a Google image search and I can’t find anything that really matches. It’s a plant I got from Mum’s garden years ago. She probably put it into her garden in the 1970s, from where it was planted.

…………………….

Ahhh yes. That would be Arisaema sockpuppetae.

250 different Arisaema, this could take a while.

Yeah, I sort of stopped looking. I thought the wide variegated leaves would be helpful, and the flower is fairly distinctive…but…so many!

Heh, I wonder if they hybridise. I can find right flower, wrong variegated leaf.

ruby said:

buffy said:

ruby said:

Ahhh yes. That would be Arisaema sockpuppetae.

250 different Arisaema, this could take a while.

Yeah, I sort of stopped looking. I thought the wide variegated leaves would be helpful, and the flower is fairly distinctive…but…so many!

Heh, I wonder if they hybridise. I can find right flower, wrong variegated leaf.

They do. Mark Jury in NZ is doing them (as well as some lovely Magnolia breeding).
https://jury.co.nz/tag/arisaema/

Ah.

I’ll be back shortly. I need to watch the news.

I bought a new lens a while ago – well, new to me. Manufactured c.1976, it was a bit of an extreme optical design (135 f/1.5) so has trade-offs. The colours are weird, the bokeh is harsh, and the sharpness is non-existant. But it takes beautiful photos of flowers.

ruby said:

ruby said:

buffy said:

Yeah, I sort of stopped looking. I thought the wide variegated leaves would be helpful, and the flower is fairly distinctive…but…so many!

Heh, I wonder if they hybridise. I can find right flower, wrong variegated leaf.

They do. Mark Jury in NZ is doing them (as well as some lovely Magnolia breeding).
https://jury.co.nz/tag/arisaema/

I’ve got an old piece of paper in one of my gardening books with Aricaema proboscidium written on it. The leaves might be right..single leaves, you can pick them like violet leaves to put around the base of a posy…but A. proscidium should have a long snout.

buffy said:

ruby said:

ruby said:

Heh, I wonder if they hybridise. I can find right flower, wrong variegated leaf.

They do. Mark Jury in NZ is doing them (as well as some lovely Magnolia breeding).
https://jury.co.nz/tag/arisaema/

I’ve got an old piece of paper in one of my gardening books with Aricaema proboscidium written on it. The leaves might be right..single leaves, you can pick them like violet leaves to put around the base of a posy…but A. proscidium should have a long snout.

Mouse tail plant, I think I need a clump of these in my garden, just for fun.
I think I have your plant, slightly different name- Arisarum. I reckon vulgare. And if memory serves me correctly, Ian has the same plant and came here for an ID.

Something random from my garden when I lived in the the rainforest – no idea what it is.

ruby said:

buffy said:

ruby said:

They do. Mark Jury in NZ is doing them (as well as some lovely Magnolia breeding).
https://jury.co.nz/tag/arisaema/

I’ve got an old piece of paper in one of my gardening books with Aricaema proboscidium written on it. The leaves might be right..single leaves, you can pick them like violet leaves to put around the base of a posy…but A. proscidium should have a long snout.

Mouse tail plant, I think I need a clump of these in my garden, just for fun.
I think I have your plant, slightly different name- Arisarum. I reckon vulgare. And if memory serves me correctly, Ian has the same plant and came here for an ID.

Yes, you are quite right…looking at the pictures, Arisarum vulgare looks just right. I’ll label it properly!

Dark Orange said:

Something random from my garden when I lived in the the rainforest – no idea what it is.

You need sharp photos for identification.

Dark Orange said:

I bought a new lens a while ago – well, new to me. Manufactured c.1976, it was a bit of an extreme optical design (135 f/1.5) so has trade-offs. The colours are weird, the bokeh is harsh, and the sharpness is non-existant. But it takes beautiful photos of flowers.

Are you using 35 mm lenses?

Michael V said:

Dark Orange said:

I bought a new lens a while ago – well, new to me. Manufactured c.1976, it was a bit of an extreme optical design (135 f/1.5) so has trade-offs. The colours are weird, the bokeh is harsh, and the sharpness is non-existant. But it takes beautiful photos of flowers.

Are you using 35 mm lenses?

135mm @ f/1.5

Dark Orange said:

Michael V said:

Dark Orange said:

I bought a new lens a while ago – well, new to me. Manufactured c.1976, it was a bit of an extreme optical design (135 f/1.5) so has trade-offs. The colours are weird, the bokeh is harsh, and the sharpness is non-existant. But it takes beautiful photos of flowers.

Are you using 35 mm lenses?

135mm @ f/1.5

I think you mean 35mm format, MV?

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

Michael V said:

Are you using 35 mm lenses?

135mm @ f/1.5

I think you mean 35mm format, MV?

If so, yes. Full frame 35mm Sony A7R3.

Dark Orange said:

Michael V said:

Dark Orange said:

I bought a new lens a while ago – well, new to me. Manufactured c.1976, it was a bit of an extreme optical design (135 f/1.5) so has trade-offs. The colours are weird, the bokeh is harsh, and the sharpness is non-existant. But it takes beautiful photos of flowers.

Are you using 35 mm lenses?

135mm @ f/1.5

But was the lens for a 35 mm camera?

If so, what mount?

Michael V said:

Dark Orange said:

Michael V said:

Are you using 35 mm lenses?

135mm @ f/1.5

But was the lens for a 35 mm camera?

If so, what mount?

Have you got lenses to sell?

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Dark Orange said:

135mm @ f/1.5

But was the lens for a 35 mm camera?

If so, what mount?

Have you got lenses to sell?

I have a Ricoh 35 mm camera with several lenses and many accessories (including close-up rings) – Pentax K-mount.

28 mm
55 mm
70-210 +macro mm

I forget the f-stops. I need to climb a ladder to check, and I don’t need that at the moment.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

But was the lens for a 35 mm camera?

If so, what mount?

Have you got lenses to sell?

I have a Ricoh 35 mm camera with several lenses and many accessories (including close-up rings) – Pentax K-mount.

28 mm
55 mm
70-210 +macro mm

I forget the f-stops. I need to climb a ladder to check, and I don’t need that at the moment.

My Ricoh (long gone) had a screw thread mount. I could look for a Pentax to Nikkor coupler.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

But was the lens for a 35 mm camera?

If so, what mount?

Have you got lenses to sell?

I have a Ricoh 35 mm camera with several lenses and many accessories (including close-up rings) – Pentax K-mount.

28 mm
55 mm
70-210 +macro mm

I forget the f-stops. I need to climb a ladder to check, and I don’t need that at the moment.

Just noticed the f1.5 after the 135 mm.

I didn’t even know you could get f1.5 135 mm lenses.

Not that I’ve actually looked at these things for about 20 years or so.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Have you got lenses to sell?

I have a Ricoh 35 mm camera with several lenses and many accessories (including close-up rings) – Pentax K-mount.

28 mm
55 mm
70-210 +macro mm

I forget the f-stops. I need to climb a ladder to check, and I don’t need that at the moment.

Just noticed the f1.5 after the 135 mm.

I didn’t even know you could get f1.5 135 mm lenses.

Not that I’ve actually looked at these things for about 20 years or so.

I have 1:4 lenses from the 70’s.

Michael V said:

Dark Orange said:

Michael V said:

Are you using 35 mm lenses?

135mm @ f/1.5

But was the lens for a 35 mm camera?

If so, what mount?

Yes, T2 mount. The beauty of the new mirrorless cameras is the short flange distance allows space for adaptors to be used.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

But was the lens for a 35 mm camera?

If so, what mount?

Have you got lenses to sell?

I have a Ricoh 35 mm camera with several lenses and many accessories (including close-up rings) – Pentax K-mount.

28 mm
55 mm
70-210 +macro mm

I forget the f-stops. I need to climb a ladder to check, and I don’t need that at the moment.

you have my contact details. ;)

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just noticed the f1.5 after the 135 mm.

I didn’t even know you could get f1.5 135 mm lenses.

Not that I’ve actually looked at these things for about 20 years or so.

This was an expensive lens in its day. Also heavy. (2.7kg)

Dark Orange said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just noticed the f1.5 after the 135 mm.

I didn’t even know you could get f1.5 135 mm lenses.

Not that I’ve actually looked at these things for about 20 years or so.

This was an expensive lens in its day. Also heavy. (2.7kg)

Primary lens would need to be at least 90mm across.

Dark Orange said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Have you got lenses to sell?

I have a Ricoh 35 mm camera with several lenses and many accessories (including close-up rings) – Pentax K-mount.

28 mm
55 mm
70-210 +macro mm

I forget the f-stops. I need to climb a ladder to check, and I don’t need that at the moment.

you have my contact details. ;)

Mail sent.

Michael V said:

Dark Orange said:

Michael V said:

I have a Ricoh 35 mm camera with several lenses and many accessories (including close-up rings) – Pentax K-mount.

28 mm
55 mm
70-210 +macro mm

I forget the f-stops. I need to climb a ladder to check, and I don’t need that at the moment.

you have my contact details. ;)

Mail sent.

Is the 70-210 macro a Tamron? If so, I’m still using the same lens.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Dark Orange said:

you have my contact details. ;)

Mail sent.

Is the 70-210 macro a Tamron? If so, I’m still using the same lens.

The 28 mm is Tamron, IIRC. The 70-210 is something else (starting with V?).

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Mail sent.

Is the 70-210 macro a Tamron? If so, I’m still using the same lens.

The 28 mm is Tamron, IIRC. The 70-210 is something else (starting with V?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivitar

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Dark Orange said:

you have my contact details. ;)

Mail sent.

Is the 70-210 macro a Tamron? If so, I’m still using the same lens.

I’ve got one of those lying around. You use it with your digital camera?

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Mail sent.

Is the 70-210 macro a Tamron? If so, I’m still using the same lens.

I’ve got one of those lying around. You use it with your digital camera?

Yes I do.

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Is the 70-210 macro a Tamron? If so, I’m still using the same lens.

I’ve got one of those lying around. You use it with your digital camera?

Yes I do.

Here’s the dinosaur.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Is the 70-210 macro a Tamron? If so, I’m still using the same lens.

The 28 mm is Tamron, IIRC. The 70-210 is something else (starting with V?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivitar

Yeah, that’s it, I think.

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Is the 70-210 macro a Tamron? If so, I’m still using the same lens.

I’ve got one of those lying around. You use it with your digital camera?

Yes I do.

I looked at Tamron to Canon converter mounts and decided it was a PIA. Might have to look again.

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

I’ve got one of those lying around. You use it with your digital camera?

Yes I do.

I looked at Tamron to Canon converter mounts and decided it was a PIA. Might have to look again.

I’m lucky perhaps in that I purchased the tamron to nikon converter way back then and the Nikon D80 mount is still the same mount as on the old Nikons FM and FE and F3 that I had.

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Yes I do.

I looked at Tamron to Canon converter mounts and decided it was a PIA. Might have to look again.

I’m lucky perhaps in that I purchased the tamron to nikon converter way back then and the Nikon D80 mount is still the same mount as on the old Nikons FM and FE and F3 that I had.

or should I say, still have.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

I looked at Tamron to Canon converter mounts and decided it was a PIA. Might have to look again.

I’m lucky perhaps in that I purchased the tamron to nikon converter way back then and the Nikon D80 mount is still the same mount as on the old Nikons FM and FE and F3 that I had.

or should I say, still have.

All of these were taken with it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/roughbarked/albums/72157624491510810

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Ian said:

I’ve got one of those lying around. You use it with your digital camera?

Yes I do.

I looked at Tamron to Canon converter mounts and decided it was a PIA. Might have to look again.

The mirrorless cameras make it easy and cheap.

Dark Orange said:

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Yes I do.

I looked at Tamron to Canon converter mounts and decided it was a PIA. Might have to look again.

The mirrorless cameras make it easy and cheap.

Takes a while to get used to how a digital camera reads the old lenses though.

Dark Orange said:

Ian said:

roughbarked said:

Yes I do.

I looked at Tamron to Canon converter mounts and decided it was a PIA. Might have to look again.

The mirrorless cameras make it easy and cheap.

Nice to see you DO.

I’ve spent many thousands on nice 5Ds with mirrors in recent times. That might have to wait a while.

What are your favourite lenses? Please supply a complete list with comments :)

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

Ian said:

I looked at Tamron to Canon converter mounts and decided it was a PIA. Might have to look again.

The mirrorless cameras make it easy and cheap.

Takes a while to get used to how a digital camera reads the old lenses though.

Having only ever used a hand held light meter in the old days. Had to rely on how my eye sees the light. It was when I got this image that I realised my eye was correct.

Daffodils at Mount Tomah today

Mount Tomah – unknown species

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I think the Banksia is Birthday Candles, but I don’t know what the other plants are

Speedy said:

Mount Tomah – unknown species

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I think the Banksia is Birthday Candles, but I don’t know what the other plants are

Pleasing plants. All look very clean and healthy.

Speedy said:

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I think the Banksia is Birthday Candles, but I don’t know what the other plants are

beautiful