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Hi all.
I have no idea what these are called.. I was told they are "Day Daisy" but I can,t find it on the web.. I would love the Latin name, Species anything will do!! Thanks in advance.
Best regards. Keith.
I think they are the same plant type?? You tell me!
Hi Keith
Sorry I cannot name these but they have stunning colours, I have seen these around in fact many years ago we had some in our garden, the petal close up as it gets dark if I remember rightly?
Shane
Regards Shane
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Hi Leitz
These are mesembryanthemums (m. criniflorum) a member of the succulent family. They are native to South Africa and are commonly called Livingstone Daisy.
The flowers only open when the sun comes out. :-)
Best wishes Chris
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Thank You :-)
You are both correct saying that they only open with the sun.. And close at night too.
I found that they will stay closed all day if it is sunny but cold. So I am making the unscientific assumption that it has to do with heat as well as sun.
I got this from the fact that I set up a time-laps experiment and had to wait two days for the things, to open.. It did eventually work but was a bit rubbish.. not smooth enough for me, bad shadows I did not think about.. Next time more exposures and less of a gap between them and work out where the shadows will fall as the sun moves..
But thanks both for the input. And Woodpecker.. A big thanks for the complete info!!
Regards. Keith
hi Leitz
Your pictures of your Daisy are beautiful and the colouration is stunning I have to say - something to be admired in anyone's garden.
Just a cheerful contribution to any garden any time.
Glad that you have got the species of plant.
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Thank you Kathy and Dave. I am happy that you like the pics,
A gardener I am not!! But I am pleased I put these Livingston Daisies in.. ;-) (sound knowledgeable now)
They are a lot of work (for me) as I was told to dead head them and they flowered profusely ... I did as they only seemed last a couple of days once bloomed.. But I must say it was a joy to walk past them .. (no work walking past).
The Colouration is not down to me.. Thats all Nature.. Aint she grand!
Regards. Keith.
What woodpecker said! (Glad you spelled that W and not me!). My father-in-law has been known to grow these, they're lovely, even if not native :-)
Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games [Robert Falcon Scott]
I was going to tell you what they are, but I've arrived too late again.
Sheesh.
Cartimandua said: What woodpecker said! (Glad you spelled that W and not me!). My father-in-law has been known to grow these, they're lovely, even if not native :-)
Hi Cartimandua
I grow lots of cacti and succulents, and have done for many years. I used to be a member of the BC&SS and go all over the Country to take them to shows, but although I still have a greenhouse full of them, I seemed to change course in my hobbies.
Members of this group are commonly known as 'mesembs'.
Hi Keith,
If your plant is a seed grown annual, it's mesembrianthemum. If it is grown from a cutting, it is the perennial version, lampranthus, which can by grown in the warmer gardens of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly year round.
Lampranthus flowers are much bigger than the lower growing mesumbrianthemums,the flowers of which are about the size of a 10 pence piece, Both need full sun and good drainage.