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Title: guess what this is 20: SOLVED
Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on October 21, 2011, 11:52:20 AM: No. It´s not rhubarb
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Post by: John on October 30, 2011, 05:25:37 PM: Is it a seed pod?
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on October 30, 2011, 07:18:38 PM: Sorry no. Another photograph?
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Post by: Alisdair on October 30, 2011, 07:24:19 PM: Yes please!
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Post by: John on October 30, 2011, 07:46:18 PM: Is it a ruby chard petiole?
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on October 31, 2011, 12:57:09 PM: Hi John
Sorry. No again
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on October 31, 2011, 01:00:01 PM: Hi Alisdair
You don´t deserve another photograph as you saw it in Cindy´s garden. However if you can´t.........
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Post by: Alisdair on October 31, 2011, 03:47:28 PM: You know how blind I am though, Brian! ::)
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Post by: MikeHardman on October 31, 2011, 05:12:33 PM: A pistil? perhaps of a lily?
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Post by: Alisdair on October 31, 2011, 07:55:51 PM: Pistil's a good thought, but probably not of a lily if Brian did indeed take the picture last week. (I did have a Lilium sulphureum still flowering at the start of the month, but that was really exceptionally late.)
And clincher, there certainly weren't any lilies at Cindy's!
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Post by: John on October 31, 2011, 11:11:54 PM: I'd say it's nothing to do with a lily!
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Post by: John on October 31, 2011, 11:23:36 PM: Is it a stem? An impatiens perhaps?
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on November 01, 2011, 07:14:19 PM: Hi Alisdair
I didn´t see any lilies either and I did take the photograph last week. But sure as eggs are little eggs you saw the plant.
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on November 01, 2011, 07:52:14 PM: Hi John
As you say nothing to do with a lily and you are certainly on the right track with a stem, though not impatiens. I was assured that it is unique to this particular species which is in flower right now.
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Post by: John on November 01, 2011, 11:57:36 PM: Well lets try this then. Is it a Beschorneria?
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on November 03, 2011, 09:23:15 AM: Sorry. No.
Will show flower on Saturday
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Post by: John on November 03, 2011, 11:25:19 AM: Is it a Bromeliad then?
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on November 03, 2011, 11:40:39 AM: Sorry. No again.
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on November 04, 2011, 04:32:12 PM: Hi John
Sorry again
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Post by: JTh on November 04, 2011, 04:36:06 PM: Don't show the flower that soon, Brian, let them swet! (I can't say anything here, since I know what it is.)
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Post by: John on November 05, 2011, 08:21:45 PM: It seems to have very pronounced ridges on it so I can only think of the accompanying red flowered shrub with this Cordyline in one of our containers. Any warmer?
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Post by: oron peri on November 07, 2011, 09:18:39 AM: An Orchis seedpod?
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Post by: John on November 07, 2011, 11:59:58 PM: That was my first thought Oron but I was wrong!
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Post by: Alevin on November 10, 2011, 03:32:06 PM: A Salvia? 4 sided stem... could be.
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Post by: John on November 10, 2011, 04:38:44 PM: Yes it could be. Brian may be a while getting back to us though as he not around for a while.
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on December 01, 2011, 07:27:09 PM: Hi
Yes Alessandra it is a Salvia. You saw it too in Cindy´s garden. Do you need another photograph or can you remember?
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Post by: Alisdair on December 02, 2011, 08:49:33 AM: With Alessandra's pointer to salvias, I'll take a stab at Salvia regla, which I seem to remember having striking red stems in Cindy's garden.
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on December 02, 2011, 10:28:13 AM: Sorry Alisdair, no
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Post by: John on December 02, 2011, 10:36:07 AM: Is it a Salvia splendens cultivar?
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Post by: Chantal on December 02, 2011, 08:53:46 PM: Perhaps a Salvia madrensis ?
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on December 02, 2011, 09:31:40 PM: Well done Chantel
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on December 02, 2011, 09:33:57 PM: more photographs
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on December 02, 2011, 09:34:59 PM: Another
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Post by: MikeHardman on December 07, 2011, 05:11:40 PM: Good topic, lastmanonthebus.
Word of warning - the image police (ie. moderators) might be onto you regarding the pixel-dimensions of your 'Salvia madrensis 1 (12).jpg'
See http://www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=5.0 (http://www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=5.0): 760x560px = max. prescribed size.
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Post by: John on December 07, 2011, 07:41:12 PM: I do like this Salvia. I tried growing it one year and it looked splendid, making a huge plant with several flower spikes ready to flower and just showing colour it was killed by the first frost. A few years later I saw it in this planting at the entrance to one of the parks in Oxford around the 5th of November. Obviously there had not been a frost.
Title: Re: guess what this is 20: SOLVED
Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on December 11, 2011, 01:53:15 PM: Hi Mike
Not quite sure why the police will be after me as all my images were less than 250kbs. They reject even 251.
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Post by: JTh on December 11, 2011, 02:08:58 PM: Brian, it is not the file sizer (kbs) that is problem, but the image size, the one whith 1333x2000 pixels is much bigger than recommended: ' For landscape-shape pictures, keep the width down to an absolute maximum of 760 pixels. For portrait-shape pictures, height no more than 560 pixels at the very most.' When you post too big photos, they will not be displayed properly.
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Post by: lastmanonthebus.com on December 11, 2011, 06:38:25 PM: Hi Jorun
When I tried to send a photograph of more than 250Kbs it was rejected. The police never chased me for the "Big" one and it is on the forum. The "display" looks OK to me, even when enlarged. Maybe it is the "good quality" camera doing its job?
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Post by: JTh on December 11, 2011, 06:49:21 PM: The file size was OK (just above 200 kb), but the image size not. When it is as large as those you sent, especially the second last one (of the stems), then it is much larger than most screens and you only see parts of it, and the image looks blurred because of the small file size (<250 kb). Your photos will look much better if you resize to the recommended image size.
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Post by: MikeHardman on December 12, 2011, 09:41:26 PM: lastmanonthebus, sorry to be late replying (been offline, laptop crash); I think the other folks have covered it (thanks)