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Miscellaneous => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: John on February 21, 2012, 07:10:56 PM

Title: Guess what this is 32: NOW SOLVED
Post by: John on February 21, 2012, 07:10:56 PM

I won't make this one too hard so not a super close up.

Title: Re: Guess what this is 32
Post by: MikeHardman on February 21, 2012, 09:59:41 PM

Scilla, perhaps S. maderensis?

Title: Re: Guess what this is 32
Post by: John on February 21, 2012, 10:11:15 PM

Oh well that was too easy. Yes. I grew these from seeds a good few years ago and they take up a lot of room.

Title: Re: Guess what this is 32
Post by: JTh on February 21, 2012, 10:13:08 PM

Or Scilla hyacinthoides?

Title: Re: Guess what this is 32
Post by: JTh on February 21, 2012, 10:13:44 PM

OK, too late and not correct

Title: Re: Guess what this is 32
Post by: MikeHardman on February 21, 2012, 10:27:42 PM

Good-o!

Strange: your photo makes me think of steeplejack scaffolding
...along these lines (http://www.h-a-steeplejacks.com/images/img036.jpg)
Funny the way the mind works!

Title: Re: Guess what this is 32
Post by: John on February 21, 2012, 11:27:52 PM

Similar but softer!

Title: Re: Guess what this is 32
Post by: Alisdair on February 22, 2012, 10:07:58 AM

Correct spelling is Scilla madeirensis.