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guess what this is 20: SOLVED

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lastmanonthebus.com

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Re: guess what this is 20
« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2011, 09:23:15 AM »
Sorry. No.
Will show flower on Saturday
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« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2011, 11:25:19 AM »
Is it a Bromeliad then?
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« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2011, 11:40:39 AM »
Sorry. No again.
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« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2011, 04:32:12 PM »
Hi John
Sorry again
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« Reply #19 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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« Reply #20 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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« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2011, 09:18:39 AM »
An Orchis seedpod?
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« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2011, 11:59:58 PM »
That was my first thought Oron but I was wrong!
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« Reply #23 on: November 10, 2011, 03:32:06 PM »
A Salvia? 4 sided stem... could be.
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« Reply #24 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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« Reply #25 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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« Reply #26 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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« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2011, 10:28:13 AM »
Sorry Alisdair, no
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« Reply #28 on: December 02, 2011, 10:36:07 AM »
Is it a Salvia splendens cultivar?
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« Reply #29 on: December 02, 2011, 08:53:46 PM »
Perhaps a Salvia madrensis ?
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