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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Grandma on April 06, 2007, 00:34:55

Title: My pretty babies
Post by: Grandma on April 06, 2007, 00:34:55
Just wanted to show you my little darlings  :)  So proud of them! Always wanted to grow these beautiful flowers - been fussing over tiny offsets since last autumn and these are the first three to flower.

(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1989/auriculafavouritemp3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
'Favourite'

(http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7231/auriculawincha2go9.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
'Wincha'

(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2274/auriculajoeperks2cu2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
'Joe Perks'
Hope you like them too.  :)
Title: Re: My pretty babies
Post by: MrsKP on April 06, 2007, 06:44:34
they are the bonniest wee things.  i like the top one - very smart !

congratulations on your first borns  ;D
Title: Re: My pretty babies
Post by: Tee Gee on April 06, 2007, 15:33:50
I forgot about mine in the cold frame and when I noticed them I found the plants were decidedly 'tatty' have re-potted them and brought them in to warmer climes!

So hopefully I might a few flowers soon!
Title: Re: My pretty babies
Post by: potterfanpete on April 06, 2007, 15:38:30
waw! I've got an auricula, but it's nowhere near as nice as those! It's got about 12 flowers all on one stem now, and is looking a bit too showy! Do you think they'd produce quality plants if they were grown from seed??
Title: Re: My pretty babies
Post by: potterfanpete on April 06, 2007, 15:39:26
oh yeah, and how many pixels is your camera? mines 3mil i think, so if I try and take a picture that close up, it simply makes it look like a baby's painting!
Title: Re: My pretty babies
Post by: Grandma on April 07, 2007, 09:51:22
MrsKP - Thanks!  :-* First 'green baby' due any moment! Will post pic in the Gallery - (which is probably where I should have put these!   :-[)

Tee Gee - Mine have been in an unheated greenhouse with the doors & all the louvres wide open since I got them last autumn. I'm sure yours, having been kept cool and out of the rain, will be fine. Are they named varieties? Pics, please, when they bloom?  :)

PFP - The named varieties only come true to type from offsets - (vegetative propagation). New varieties obviously have to come from seed through selective breeding - (over a period of time and by primula auricula experts!!!)   :)
Camera is 5.1 mega pixels. I'm still learning how to use it - inspired by many of the lovely pics on this site!  ;)
Title: Re: My pretty babies
Post by: shirlton on April 09, 2007, 18:17:03
I really love unusual plants. Yours are lovely Granma. I grew some streptocarpus a few years ago and they were lovely but eventually lost them all. I may see if I can get some more on the web somewhere. They are handy for growing in the GH when all else is gone out in the garden