ECS 2007

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

I'm going to start randomly posting picture up from the trip.

Jim - if you read this - post some of your pics here too.

Heres one of the new plants we came across while attending ECS.

[B Considine]

Something in the Java fern family?

[DelawareJim]

Yes. They had some really interesting Micrsoriums over there. I also got a piece of a thread leaf fern that Jan and Piet had growing on the back wall of their tanks like the Asian moss walls.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15234374@N07/1635184432/

Cheers.
Jim

[B Considine]

Reminds me of the staghorn fern somewhat. Is it available commercially?

[John G]

Ghanzanfar, any more photos to post?

[krisw]

Yeah, bring on the photos! And, do you know the name of that fern? Is it Micrsorium sp. "Jan" ?

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

Jan's backyard


Jim talking to Jan regarding ponds & winters in Emmen


Another section of the backyard.


Jan's greenhouse


Jim thinking 'Daaaaaaayam'.


C. cordata var gabrowski - I think.


A wider shot...


Several 'cordata' types


Laganendra heaven! I think this comprises of ALL known species
of Lagenendra.


Oh yes - they flower ALL the time. No problem.
This is the yellow spathe form of L. nairii I beleive.


Good healthy growing C. zaidiana


Jim, Peter and Roland looking over Peters photos / log book.


Jan's massive collection of preserved spathes..


A closer look...


Friday morning, we headed into the Fagus sp. forest behind
Jan's home. Several folks wanted to stock up on fagus soil.


Walking down to the prime location...


The prime location...


Jan's showing us where the best stuff is hidden...


Jim and Claus heading back with the goods.



Then we were off to visit Aquafleur - aquatic plant nursery.
Here's a shot of the area right outside the nursery.



...more to come tomorrow.

[John G]

Thanks for the photos.

What does he do with the preserved spathes? Can he compare them to living plants for identification?

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

Sometimes plants come into cultivation, they flower and then noone
keeps them going. New collections eventually are made from the wild. Preserved
flowers from the 'original' collection can be compared to recent collections.
The preserved spathes (in alcohol) acually provide a good deal of information.
The flowers can be pulled and disected to compare structure. Pollen can be extracted and sterility determined - etc. And once in a while - a sneak sip
of 1995 'Griffithi' can hit the spot!

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

The back enterance to Aquafluer


Plants!


Cryptocorynes recently planted into pots from tissue culture.


Echinodorus are also quite popular here - a lot of hybrids I've never
seen before are growing here.


Here's a nice one - Echinodorus 'Purpurea'


A lot of the Echinodorus are propagated vegitativly. Here's the
room where the mother plants are kept. Plantlets develop on the
flower stalks and are pulled off and planted into trays to grow out.


Echinodorus sp. in bloom


Echinodorus 'Africanus' plantlets. We brought these back with us.


Echinodorus 'Purpurea' plantlets. We brought these back with us.


There were also a lot of Anubias. Some varieties labels Anubias sp.
with leaf shapes I'd never seen before. These are also tissue cultured
and grown out in massive quantities. All these rows are growing
Anubias species. This is only one section.


They also had a room that was very frequently misted - maintaining
a very high humidity level. Here, they were growing mosses emersed
on coconut shells. They also had java fern, pellia and riccia growing
attached to driftwood in here.


A nice new microsorum. We brought this back with us.


A fairly brightly colored varigated C. wendtii. We brought this back
with us.


Some of the crypts growing there were in flower. Can you ID it?


More later today ....