That Ulana mauve delight would be my favorite too, though all are beautiful.

Beautiful blooms. I am delighted to see the King Midas bloom. I picked up some cuttings of it last fall. I'm afraid it will be a bit before mine blooms. I will enjoy yours vicariously. Very nice.

King midas has been a reliable grower and bloomer for me. Pretty too.
It does have somewhat leggy growth and has some prickles too.
Out today.

Kiwi grand finale.

Sunland.

Ulana golden radiance.

Tassel x nat.

Achievement.

No ID.

Still raining. More than 3 times as much as usual.
Here's a few more.


Thalia x nat

Reward.

Tassel x nat.

Letty may.

Clarence wright.

Very lovely as always! I'm sure after the dry seasons you have seen, the rain would be welcome. In moderation of course.

Kiwi Legend started flowering at the start of the last rains, The NOIDEp1 also flowered for the first time then.

Today pollinated both flowers as rain has stopped overnight.

ID for the NOID has gone, any suggestions?


Kiwi Legend

NOIDEp1

Cheers.

At the Epi show today.
Best bloom was a huge Whatta dream grown by Liz,(Ink on this site).

Whatta dream . !st.

Ruby pinwheel. 2nd.

Showboat. 3rd.
2 more that I liked.

Kon tiki

Mon cherie.

Hillsepicacti said:At the Epi show today.
Best bloom was a huge Whatta dream grown by Liz,(Ink on this site).

Whatta dream . !st.

Ruby pinwheel. 2nd.

Showboat. 3rd.
2 more that I liked.

Kon tiki

Mon cherie.

Wow, I am so thrilled to visit the Epishow ( through online form by Steve ), thank you very much Steve for bring back these lovely pictures .I like the colour of Kon tiki , apricot colored tones remind me of Wressey Cocke's hybrid Forever Young

All of them are drool worthy!

Due to the indoor lighting the pics were a bit average but we had a good amount of blooms considering the show was 2 weeks later than usual. Some later bloomers were displayed.
I didn't count 'em but maybe 50 or 60 blooms.
Yes Mr Occy, Kon Tiki is along he same lines as Forever young but a bit lighter orange.
I was surprised it didn't get in the top 3 but it may have had a nick in it somewhere I couldn't see.
Blooms have to be perfect to win.
Soft lights also got a certificate as 'Highly commended'.
Here it is below with others from my place.


Whatta dream.

Showboat

Purity

Soft lights

A new cross that was a gift to me from a very experienced grower here that had no idea of the parentage.
First time ever bloomer so I will see what it does next year.

Hillsepicacti said:
Best bloom was a huge Whatta dream grown by Liz,(Ink on this site).

Congrats to LIz.

Noticed the anthers on her flower and others in the post.

Have found it extremely difficult to collect pollen from such anthers, are the flowers with this type of anther sterile as far as the male portion is concerned?

Any comments?

Cheers

Sorry Robert, no idea about pollen. (Except when displaying blooms you have to brush it off petals with a small paintbrush).
However your NOIDep1 could be Ambrosia...maybe. See pic below.
Out now, and winding down.

Ambrosia.

Chichicastenango.

Arturo.

Letty may. In one of it's many guises.

NO ID.

Kiwi royal highness. Another pic of my best bloomer this year.

Three oranges.

Liberty Kenneth G.

Pegasus.

Hillsepicacti said:Sorry Robert, no idea about pollen. (Except when displaying blooms you have to brush it off petals with a small paintbrush).
However your NOIDep1 could be Ambrosia...maybe. See pic below.

Ambrosia.

Thanks Steve, I thought it might be Ambrosia however the petals are not as pointed.

Have another bud which should open next week, perhaps the petals maybe different.

Cheers

Good Morning all, it's Lynne here, back from the dead. I have FINALLY got my internet access sorted out after an exhausting job moving into town from a rural hobby farm, with most of my epi collection intact but still very disorganised. I have managed to take pics in the last few days so here are some of them:


Ackermanni from Adam's Jungle, one of my favourites




Aporo Karen, the only one of my Aporos to flower this year




NOID - the tag said Blazon but obviously not, but very nice so I will keep it




Another NOID, bought off EBAY as Pink Perfection but maybe not that, another keeper




Yet another NOID no idea where from for this one




I think this is Wonderful One, won't know until I repot it and can see the name written on the cutting

ausrpned said:
Have another bud which should open next week, perhaps the petals maybe different.

Steve the bud mentioned opened overnight, this time the petals do have points, so Ambrosia is the most likely candidate.

My grafted Chauncey flowered overnight, plant photo on the Grafting thread.

Had held the flowers closed overnight against the morning Dew/Fog which would have ruined he pollen which I wanted.


Cheers

Nice to be in touch again Lynne.
Some more out now. Not many left.The weather has been kind recently and blooms are lasting nicely.
About to heat up to mid 30c's.

Bold venture

A NO ID that I like

Frau HM Wegner

Norma Cantafio.. Just posted in the database. Please give it a thumb!

Emmet Kelly. An eyecatching hybrid of Clown.

Kiwi razzle dazzle

Indian fox.

Lovely...

Hot today and blooms are wilting quickly.
Here are some more.



These 3 are all Clown x nat. Goes to show you never know what you are going to get. The red one is dark red and better than the pic shows.


Melrose

Clown x slightly sassy. Nice,was 3rd in the show last year.

Dr von Roeder.

An XL bloom...can't find the tag.

American sweetheart

Some more later blooms for your delectation!

American sweetheart x nat.

Going bananas.

Chorale. (Aust).

WH Morris.

Daisy dean.

Tassel x nat.

Only a few stragglers left after these.

Ulana purple star.

Dazzling delight. A much lighter bloom than normal


2 pics of Tassel. A fave of mine

Sherman E Beahm

Souvenir de Charles Darahii. An ancient hybrid with a long name!