The sun came out today and stayed around until evening.  I took a few more pictures, starting inside the greenhouse.

Hippeastrelia blooming.  The pot of bulbs had two flowers so far.  Striking and large flowers.

Rhodohypoxis baurii blooming beautifully.  This is the largest of the divisions.

The smaller divisions stopped blooming already, but this one just keeps going.

Gasteria flowers aren’t super showy, but they have a grace and style that showier flowers don’t possess.

Sinningia blooming so much more than it ever has before.  Love this caudiciform.

Closer picture.

And from above–showing the interesting way the flowers are produced and the gorgeous furry grey leaves.

A scented pelargonium that I bought at the Fremont nursery before it closed.  The flowers are really cute/interesting.

I’ll have to look back at posts, but I believe these Masdevallias have been blooming for at least six months, maybe longer!

Hippeastrum “Santiago” blooming.  It has an interesting form.

 

Another view showing both flowers.

Streptocarpus blooming.  They are a little yellowy green this year, so I just put some compost tea in their trays.

I tried to get the color of this one by using the flash, but it still isn’t true.  The actual color is a very deep velvety maroon-black.

Abutilon “Bella Series” grown from seed probably seven years ago.  This one has particularly nice, large flowers.  Some stray Hippeastrum seeds found their way into its pot and now two big bulbs are stuck in there with this struggling original.  I’ll do some repotting before I put these all away in the fall.

Another view, showing how light shines through the papery blooms.

You can really see the “Light of Budha” variegation on this seedling Clivia.  I can really understand why the breeders selected for this trait, as it is extremely attractive.

There aren’t too many plants that have naturalized in the greenhouse, but Freesia laxa seedlings are coming up all over.  Here’s how–these gorgeous reddish, shiny seeds!  They are welcome wherever they pop up.

On to the outside world.  Here is a closeup of one of the matricaria seedlings outside the greenhouse.  this one is nicely doubled.

About half of the feverfew seedlings are singles, like the above.

Close-up of the clary sage.  You can really see the flowers here among the bracts.

Campanula porscharskyana flowering prolifically on the Doug fir wall.

Another view of the Acanthus spinosus–it has about five spikes of blooms.

Some cleaner pictures of the wild salvia popping up all over the yard and even in the lawn.  I just looked online and this might be Salvia forskaohlei.

Here is a pulled-back photo of the Malva showing just how many flowers it has this year.  I’m hoping to get some seeds from it.

Lady of Shalott a day later.

Close-up.

This plant is floppy, but the flower is showing promise.  This is rose Fighting Temeraire.