Colin's Wisley

Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:48 am

Hi Folks,

More pics from Sunday's Forum Wisley trip. Sorry if there are doublers to what you've seen already - I've tried to pick different shots.

Here's another view of Ian's new greenhouse!

[attachment 7049 Glasshouse.jpg]

Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:50 am

This is the true Agave attenuata. What both Ian and I photographed as A. ocahui, that's been ID'd as A. attenuata elsewhere, I don't think is!

[attachment 7050 Agaveattenuata.jpg]

Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:52 am

Sorry folks, but a lot of my shots are of senocots (aka succulent monocots).

This is Agave parryi looking really architectural.

[attachment 7051 Agaveparryi2.jpg]

Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:53 am

A form labelled Agave titanota. A pity that some cacti sneaked in to spoil this shot.

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Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:54 am

The grass Aloe, A. cooperi in full flower.

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Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:56 am

The borderline or non-succulent Dasylirion acrotrichum from the family Nolinaceae. The edges of its leaves are razor sharp with two viscious rows of backward-pointing spines.

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Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:58 am

This amazing flower caught Tina's eye: it's a ginger, Zingiber spectabile. Although it's a monocot, it ain't succulent.

[attachment 7055 Zingiberspectabile3.jpg]

Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:00 am

Some of the Forum crew. Facing us is Chris43, our speaker for the afternoon. Ian and Tina were too shy to look at the camera.

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Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:02 am

Here's the new alpine house that impressed many of us. The RHS has certainly spent loads of dosh over the last year or so at Wisley, with the two new glasshouses, pond and two new cafes.

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Post by **Colin Walker** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:04 am

Inside pots are bedded in sand, some succulents included.

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Colin's Wisley

Colin's Wisley

Agave attenuata

Agave parryi

Agave titanota

Aloe cooperi

Dasylirion acrotrichum

Zingiber spectabile

Re: Zingiber spectabile

alpine house

Re: alpine house