Thanks all for the kind words -- we know who the real photographers are. I'd be happy to be the tour guide for anyone who wants to come enjoy these fine plants.
I think I know where to find 'Coral Lake'; I just have to get to it before the flowers drop, and that'll be next week most likely. All this 80ºF (26.7ºC) weather is accelerating everything through its bloom cycle much too rapidly. Having to sit home with a fever and the croup isn't helping the matter any, either.
ML in Oregon:
I'm not sure I even know what you mean by a digital painting. You are welcome to produce one from that, and show me.
I think my grandparents lived on Elmwood Avenue, on the corner with Park in a two-story white frame house, just a block off University Avenue. It was a huge world to a little kid from small town central KY.
So you like pasture shots with magnolias in them? Hmmm...what do we have?
If you squint real hard...
I had my Magnolia shoes on today...
Ahh now that I like VV, arachnids! Sorry to hear that you're feeling poorly. Get well soon.
Viburnum, the "spring crud" is the least hailed illness. It always seems that just as the weather warms, I end up with something, as well.
A digital painting is something where someone who takes a nice picture can actually, with the help of PhotoShop, can turn a photographic work of "art" into a painting. A gallery in Oregon had this painting in the window, I walked in and I started talking with the shop owner about this type of technology. I had a photograph of a Casablanca Lily in the rain, a very gentle rain and it was really nice, so I had it turned into an acrylic painting , on canvas and everything. It's hanging up in my living room, very life-like. It's actually really cool. I'm not an artist like that, and this way, I could be.
I was just in your neck of the woods yesterday. Ate at the Hubbard Avenue Diner, very close to the old stompin' grounds. If you came to the UMRU you'd be able to take yourself on a little tour, it's in Madison, Wi, you know? That and Stonewall Nursery.
You've got me thinking I stink at taking pictures ;0), or yeah, I need a new camera, yeah, that's it.
Really, I couldn't be happier, magnolialover at the start of magnolia season.
I've squinted extra hard and can make out two thoroughbreds in the background. One is in foal, but not sure about the other. ;)
If Kevin or Lucky or Sofer were here, they'd tell you the other is in estrous.
Her bridle reads: Steel Magnolia
Why are so many vets tree fanatics?
Scott
Trees don't bite, scratch, or kick.
Or poop on you.
I understand now.
scott
VV,
Your photo looks like Magnolia salicifolia to me. M. slicifolia has typically 6-9 tepals, but can have as many as 12(which I count in your closeup photo). Also the tepals of M. x proctoriana are usually much narrower than the ones on your flower. M. x proctoriana also typically has 9-12 tepals, but can have as many as 15-18. Another sure way to tell if you have a pure M. salicifolia though is if the pedicels and leaf buds are glabrous or not. If they're glabrous then it's M. salicifolia, if not it's probably M. x proctoriana. Some M. x proctoriana do tend towards one parent or the other in flower and leaf, but usually are always intermediate in pubescence(ie. having some).
I'll see what I can do with posting photos of some of my collection. Most of the spring bloomers are already finished blooming here, or past peak and not as spectacular looking, with a couple of exceptions. But I got some photos before they finished blooming.
Thanks for the diagnostics, kman. I'll check out the glabrosity.
The Magnolia salicifolia came from Roy Klehm, and I didn't expect him to have steered me wrong. But great nurseries that are big places, well, sometimes things get sideways.
What about some Gresham hybrids? I've got one, and named after the esteemed gentleman professor from IL.
Professor Joseph C. McDaniel was a legend around horticultural circles, and inspired many that have followed him. Magnolias (among many woody plants) were a favorite, and someone named one of D. Todd Gresham's hybrids after him.
Another view, with more of the flower open, on Magnolia x 'Joe McDaniel...
Wow! Thanks for posting all of these wonderful photos. Hopefully you can get out and get a few more photos before the cold-snap wrecks all of the blooms. It'll sure be a shame.
Thanks,
Mike
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