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What is this 55? Now solved!

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John J

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What is this 55? Now solved!
« on: November 30, 2013, 03:36:46 PM »
Now we have the grey cells up and running let's keep them awake.
« Last Edit: December 03, 2013, 10:14:41 AM by Alisdair »
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)
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Fleur Pavlidis

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Re: What is this 55?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2013, 04:22:42 PM »
Begonia leaf?
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John J

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Re: What is this 55?
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2013, 06:36:48 PM »
Sorry, no, Fleur, nothing so ordinary.
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)
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JTh

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Re: What is this 55?
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2013, 07:04:19 PM »
Saxifraga stolonifera?
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John J

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Re: What is this 55?
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2013, 05:43:22 AM »
Sorry, Jorun, but no. I'm probably cheating a bit as it isn't really a mediterranean plant being from the tropical east apparently.
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)
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Miriam

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Re: What is this 55?
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2013, 09:26:48 AM »
Gynura aurantiaca?
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John J

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Re: What is this 55?
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2013, 10:24:14 AM »
Good try, Miriam, botanically a miss but geographically pretty much a bulls-eye.
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)
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JTh

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Re: What is this 55?
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2013, 02:37:25 PM »
You make it difficult for those of us who have not lived in Asia.

Next try: Hemigraphis alternata
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John J

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Re: What is this 55?
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2013, 05:08:11 PM »
Despite that fact, Jorun, you are doing alright, well done. Someone here in Cyprus seems to think it is a good idea to start bringing in container loads of plants from Thailand. Ones like these are popping up all over the place. I tend to have a go with them just to see how long they will last or how well they will fare under water-wise mediterranean conditions so that I can speak from experience when people ask me about them.
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)
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JTh

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Re: What is this 55?
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2013, 07:12:31 PM »
It was a very wild guess, however, I can’t say I know the plant.

I agree, it’s amazing what they try to sell us, it is just as crazy here. Yesterday I saw Calocephalus brownii (or rather Leucophyta brownii) for sale in a small supermarket nearby, probably not ideal for our Norwegian climate either.
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