Re: Bloom seasons in northern and southern hemispheres
- Subject: Re: Bloom seasons in northern and southern hemispheres
- From: C* R* <c*@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:29:30 -0800
I brought home a blooming Narcissus from New Zealand in the year 2000. It
hasn't bloomed yet! Cathy
> From: "Cheryl Renshaw" <cheryl@wr-architect.com>
> Reply-To: <cheryl@wr-architect.com>
> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:35:56 -0800
> To: "'Medit-Plants'" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Subject: Bloom seasons in northern and southern hemispheres
>
> While I'm asking questions on behalf of others, here's another:
>
> Someone I know who grew up in South America recently spoke to someone
> else who recently returned from a trip to Australia. Both have seen
> plants--Southern Hemisphere plants especially, I think--blooming during
> the same month in both the northern and southern hemisphere (in other
> words, during opposite seasons). Is this unusual, or common? What season
> do the proteaceae shrubs bloom in South Africa and Australia? Most of
> them seem to bloom over the winter here--is that true in their home
> lands as well? I wonder if what they saw was uncommon, or if some of
> these plants tend to bloom based on an internal 12-month clock,
> regardless of season. That seems unlikely.
>
> Any anecdotes?
>
> Thanks,
> Cheryl
>
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> Cheryl Renshaw
> cheryl@wr-architect.com
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