Ah, a new year...I hope that means lots of new plants to enjoy too. My D. cistiflora forms still haven't shown up this year (and as always, I shall freak out until either they do or I confirm they're dead), but several tuberous plants are now awake once more:
D. hookeri Greenvale by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the pygmies still give me headaches, refusing to either bloom, make gemmae, or both
D. platystigma A by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. citrina citrina by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
As always though, trinervia is bomb-proof and beautiful
D. trinervia by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. trinervia by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. venusta alba by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
For once, getting a decent gemmae crop off roseana however
D. roseana by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. scorpioides "pink flower" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. hookeri "Northlands, NZ" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. brevifolia by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. affinis 'Uningi Pans, Zambia" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
This extra popped up in the pot that was supposed to be a cross with oblanceolata; still haven't confirmed if I succeeded with that on or if they're all selfs.
D. spatulata 'Tamlin' by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Splitting, blooming successfully, and growing like a weed; finally succeeding without doubt with this one
D. capillaris 'Emerald's Envy' by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. 'Tom Turpin' by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
These ones finally settling into the proper pot...
D. anglica "Alakai Swamp, HI" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
But some of the best looking are still those stowed away amongst hybrid siblings.
D. anglica "Alakai Swamp, HI" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. natalensis by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. burmannii "Humpty Doo" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Mutant double flower showed up on my Sydney spatulata
D. spatulata "Royal Natl. Pk. Sydney" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. spatulata "Royal Natl. Pk. Sydney" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And all but one of my indica are either in bloom, or preparing to flower
D. indica "pink flower" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. indica "pink flower" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. indica "pink flower" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. oblanceolata "Sunset Peak" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. oblanceolata "Sunset Peak" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. ultramafica x spatulata by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Threadleaves still reluctant to fall asleep, so I've finally resorted to putting several on my cold windowsill
D. x californica by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. 'Dreamsicle' by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. intermedia "Carolina Giant" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. filiformis "FL All Red" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. nidiformis by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
The ever-underappreciated tokaiensis
D. tokaiensis by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. intermedia Roraima by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. sp. Lantau Island by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. prolifera by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. binata typical by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. madagascariensis by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. tokaiensis hyugaensis by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Still holding this one in suspicion..but it's a nice taxon, whatever it is
D. "sessilifolia Brittnacher" by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
One of my filiformis has thrown up several leaves with bifurcated tips (one of then that I have not photographed with three tips)
D. filiformis by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. filiformis by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. adelae by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. rotundifolia by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. schizandra by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. capillaris FL Long Arm by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Lastly, I really want to know: why on earth does this plant, which so many claim is a weedy species, give me so much trouble?
D. finlaysoniana by
Hawken Carlton, on Flickr