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ID salvia please

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pamela

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ID salvia please
« on: November 18, 2012, 02:33:15 PM »
I planted this Salvia 2 months ago from a cutting which I was given somewhere along the line. I have no idea what it is. It's flowering now.  Can anyone help please?
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Re: ID salvia please
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2012, 07:48:27 PM »
Pamela
This is really odd, is the color true or does your camera change it?

I suspect it to be hybrid but need a better photo in order to see if flowers are hairy etc...
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Alice

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Re: ID salvia please
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2012, 12:46:25 AM »
Are the buds whitish? Yes please, some clearer photos of the leaves, the flower and the shape of the inflorescence.
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Re: ID salvia please
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2012, 11:29:26 AM »
Could it be Salvia shannoni?
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pamela

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Re: ID salvia please
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2012, 05:35:58 PM »
The flower is not hairy and very tiny. Each tiny bloom is 3cms.   It's is really very strange. I thought it might be S. chiapensis but the flower is not hairy. Then I thought it could be S. dorisiana or S. involucrate.  But on looking at web pictures I dont think it any of those.      John, I cant find a picture of S. shannoni.    Oron, it is the true colour. as sort of magenta pink I would say. Typical of winter flowering salvias.  Is it a Salvia at all??   I would like to solve this little problem!
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Re: ID salvia please
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2012, 06:25:47 PM »
I think the tube is too long for S. shannoni, so rule that out.                     
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