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Street market plant ID'd by Oron as Ornithogalum dubium

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Kriti Mountain Girl

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Street market plant ID'd by Oron as Ornithogalum dubium
« on: March 30, 2014, 06:15:54 PM »
Can anyone identify this plant bought in a street market in Timbaki, Crete on Friday?
« Last Edit: March 31, 2014, 08:50:18 AM by Alisdair »
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JTh

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Re: Identification Please!
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2014, 07:19:17 PM »
I believe you have forgotten to add a photo.
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Trevor Australis

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Re: Identification Please!
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2014, 11:12:00 PM »
 ;D Yes, you do appear to have forgotten to add the picture!!!
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oron peri

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Re: Identification Please!
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2014, 07:44:11 AM »
It is Ornithogalum dubium
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Kriti Mountain Girl

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Re: Street market plant ID'd by Oron as Ornithogalum dubium
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2014, 01:28:25 PM »
Thank you Oron. My first time using the forum; hence my initial problems posting a photo!
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Re: Street market plant ID'd by Oron as Ornithogalum dubium
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2014, 02:59:54 PM »
Don't worry, Kriti, even long time users make mistakes ;D
Thanks for posting this pic - this orange ornithogalum is a favourite of mine but I haven't grown it for ages.
When I did grow it I found it had the unusual habit of skipping a year- maybe conditions just weren't right for it to come into growth.
Eventually they just didn't come back at all :'(
cheers
fermi
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Re: Street market plant ID'd by Oron as Ornithogalum dubium
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2014, 04:10:47 PM »
Kriti,
What a fantastic street market you must have in Timbaki!
Ours,here in Korinthos, never has anything exciting in the way of plants.
I love your flower
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Alisdair

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Re: Street market plant ID'd by Oron as Ornithogalum dubium
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2014, 06:48:39 PM »
Yes, you are lucky with that street market! I'm carefully nurturing a pot of seedlings that are now just a couple of years old but I think I'll have to wait for years before I get even a single flower, let alone such a lovely show as your plant.
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David John Thomas

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Re: Street market plant ID'd by Oron as Ornithogalum dubium
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2014, 08:15:43 PM »
I find all people with that success to be lucky.
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