Primula 2014

[Susan Band]

I once found a cross between P flaccida and P vailli. There is a photo here somewhere on the forum.
It didn't set seed and I lost it eventually. Susan

[Maggi Young]

I once found a cross between P flaccida and P vailli. There is a photo here somewhere on the forum.
It didn't set seed and I lost it eventually. Susan

It's here: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8322.0   and was first  here: http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4976.msg158437#msg158437

[Leena]

Primula sieboldii 'Dancing Ladies', grown from Barnhaven seeds.

[Maggi Young]

Maybe every garden should include such pretty 'Dancing Ladies' - it would be  fun to tell visitors!

[Steve Garvie]

Not strictly a Primula but belongs to the clan.
Omphalogramma vincaeflora

Grown in quite deep shade and sadly not in character. I find that Omphalogramma fry if grown in an open position.

[Geoforce]

Very dramatic photo Steve. Wish to heck I could get that sharp of focus, but my eyes are not good enough to set it that good from the finder screen.

[Steve Garvie]

Very dramatic photo Steve. Wish to heck I could get that sharp of focus, but my eyes are not good enough to set it that good from the finder screen.

Thanks George!
I use Canon gear which allows adjustments in the viewfinder for the declining vision that we all experience from middle age onwards. I think all of the big camera brands have a similar facility for diopter adjustment.
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/technical/dioptric_adjustment_lenses.do

[jomowi]

Omphalogrammas are a favourite of mine, Steve.  I used to grow O. minus and O. delavayi in my garden in Aberdeen. They were in a shady bed with a high humus content.  I now live across the water from you.
1. Omphalogramma delavayi
2. Omphalogramma minus

[Steve Garvie]

Omphalogrammas are a favourite of mine, Steve.  I used to grow O. minus and O. delavayi in my garden in Aberdeen. They were in a shady bed with a high humus content.  I now live across the water from you.
1. Omphalogramma delavayi
2. Omphalogramma minus

Stunning plants Maureen!!!
When I grew Omphalogrammas in the past I lost them through rot of their fleshy roots. I thought the roots looked similar to Cypripedium and so now grow them in the same very lean pumice mix that I use for Cyps -no more rot, but the plants dry out quickly and wilt in the heat. I now have to grow them in dense shade but the've become leggy as a result. Time to compromise I think! 

[Geoforce]

Fantastic bloom Maureen.    The color, texture and fringed look of the petals in the first photo is wonderful.  Are the petal reverses the same color?

[johnw]

Maureen  - Exquisite Omphs.  Might I suggest when you post pix of plants of such rarity that you ask Maggi for a dispensation on pic size. Ask for the very largest possible!

What a feat!

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Maureen  - Exquisite Omphs.  Might I suggest when you post pix of plants of such rarity that you ask Maggi for a dispensation on pic size. Ask for the very largest possible!

What a feat!
johnw

So long as photo files are under 200KB they can be much larger, "pixel wise" than the size Maureen has posted. We do suggest that pix are around 760 pixels wide, maximum to avoid too much scrolling on the average screen. This does allow a photo of good size to shown fine detail, as can be seen elsewhere in the forum.  So no special dispensation is  needed!   

[Geoforce]

So long as photo files are under 200KB they can be much larger, "pixel wise" than the size Maureen has posted. We do suggest that pix are around 760 pixels wide, maximum to avoid too much scrolling on the average screen. This does allow a photo of good size to shown fine detail, as can be seen elsewhere in the forum.  So no special dispensation is  needed!   

For web posts, I generally open them in Photoshop then change size to 800 pixels max dimension and 72 pip.  When saved at jpeg quality of 8 instead of maximum, they almost always come to less than 200K.  If you want to reduce file size, and still retain size displayed on the screen, setting the jpeg quality down to 6 or so does not noticeably affect screen view, only if the files are used for printing.

Geo

[Maggi Young]

Primula sikkimensis in the Explorers Garden at Pitlochry  - growing  form a collection from Nepal in 2002


Photo Julia Corden


Meconopsis and primulas in the Explorers' Garden, Pitlochry
This short video was posted on YouTube by Panayoti Kelaidis ( of Denver Botanic Gardens) :

[jomowi]

Fantastic bloom Maureen.    The color, texture and fringed look of the petals in the first photo is wonderful.  Are the petal reverses the same color?

Thank you for your kind comments, Geoforce and John.  Yes, the petal colour is the same on the reverse as far as I can remember.  I cannot claim the full credit as Brian and I were equally into our love of growing plants.   We once managed to put a few Omphalogramma minus seeds into the seed exchange, and by co-incidence had them back amongst out allocation for packeting.  The request was for 80 packets, and we managed only five!

Re posting pics, - I am not very computer savvy and it takes me ages to reduce them.  Had several attempts as they kept coming out at over 200KB.  This despite folk trying their best to tell me the 'easy' way. My knowledge stagnated when I was left to fend for myself.  As a compensation for the small size, here is a C/U of O.minus