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Guess what this is 44

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JTh

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Guess what this is 44
« on: April 12, 2013, 06:41:41 PM »
I believe it is my turn to provide another 'Guess what'
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David Bracey

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2013, 08:22:42 PM »
Verbena bonariensis floret-
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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2013, 09:41:52 PM »
Sorry, no.
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2013, 09:39:47 AM »
A delicious-looking newly baked cake!
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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2013, 09:52:40 AM »
The crust wasn't perfect, though
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David Bracey

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2013, 10:42:38 AM »
An upside downside  cake.!
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Alice

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2013, 05:29:30 PM »
Looks like a sponge - the marine, not the culinary variety...

Celosia?
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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2013, 06:07:11 PM »
Absolutely not
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Joanna Savage

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2013, 06:20:43 AM »
Some sort of pine cone? That looks like a pine twig in the background.
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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2013, 06:53:23 AM »
Fraxinus flower?
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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2013, 07:49:54 AM »
Sorry, not correct
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Alice

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2013, 10:23:03 AM »
Male, pollen-bearing cone? Abies?
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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2013, 09:36:42 PM »
I am afraid it is nothing from an Abies.
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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2013, 07:10:49 AM »
Cupressus sempervirens?
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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2013, 06:23:30 PM »
Sorry, not correct.
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