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NOW SOLVED: Guess what this is 4
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John
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NOW SOLVED: Guess what this is 4
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July 30, 2011, 06:02:33 PM »
A clue with this one. It's definitely one for Heinie.
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John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.
pamela
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July 30, 2011, 07:32:43 PM »
Is it a stem of an arum? or dracunculus vulgaris ..or something!
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Alisdair
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July 30, 2011, 07:58:19 PM »
Nice one, John, again!
Stem of
Arisaema speciosum
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
John
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July 30, 2011, 09:47:59 PM »
Nope!
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John
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Chantal
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August 01, 2011, 02:46:18 PM »
a stem of Eucomis ?
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Chantal Guiraud
Montpellier-France
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"The flowers of spring are winter's dreams told in the morning at the table of the angels" (Khalil Gibran)
oron peri
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August 02, 2011, 09:38:41 AM »
Haemanthus coccineus
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Chantal
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August 02, 2011, 01:54:12 PM »
Of course, Oron, you're right, I'm sure
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Chantal Guiraud
Montpellier-France
MGS Seed Coordinator
"The flowers of spring are winter's dreams told in the morning at the table of the angels" (Khalil Gibran)
John
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August 04, 2011, 10:41:34 PM »
Indeed it is. Perhaps Oron should be barred from guessing bulbs! Or they should be much more difficult!
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John
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Alisdair
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August 05, 2011, 07:13:06 AM »
Nice picture, John: I guess we'll all want it now!
Strange to think that 400 years ago they called it a Narcissus....
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
John
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August 05, 2011, 04:22:48 PM »
Even I can't remember that far back!
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John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.
ezeiza
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Re: NOW SOLVED: Guess what this is 4
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September 27, 2011, 08:02:19 PM »
Soon it will be another genus out of Scilla
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