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What is this 46

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JTh

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What is this 46
« on: May 12, 2013, 10:12:10 AM »
Here is an easy one. Obviously from a flower, but which one?
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2013, 03:59:00 PM »
Oenothera? Or maybe Calylophus?
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2013, 06:24:03 PM »
I made a mistake when I gave this riddle number 45, it should have been 46, which I have now corrected-

This was of course far to easy, so to accept the identity, you have to be more specific, Fermi, give me the species, please.
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2013, 09:36:03 PM »
Oenothera fruticosa?
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2013, 10:41:44 PM »
Not quite right.
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2013, 09:21:12 PM »
Oenothera macrocarpa?
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2013, 11:49:55 PM »
Not that one either, Alice
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2013, 08:48:13 PM »
Oenothera lamarckiana?
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2013, 10:13:45 PM »
Try again!
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2013, 08:09:51 AM »
How about O. biennis ?
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2013, 08:50:26 AM »
Sorry, wrong.
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2013, 11:03:14 PM »
Is it O. speciosa?
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2013, 11:03:07 AM »
Of course it is, John. The rest of you were fooled by the yellow centre in the otherwise very pink flower. It is a very easy perennial, drought-tolerant, and quite showy with the masses of flowers it produces from sping until the end of the, but it  spreads very easily, so I suppose it should be called invasive. It is easily weeded, though.
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2013, 06:37:15 PM »
Last April we were in western Crete on the coast and this was growing sheltered only by the low wall. Quite impressive and possibly a happy coastal plant?
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Re: What is this 46
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2013, 10:03:13 AM »
Now that's what a call sly, Jorun!
Looks like a lovely plant, one for the wish list.
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