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Guess what this is 23: NOW SOLVED

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John

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Guess what this is 23: NOW SOLVED
« on: November 29, 2011, 11:25:48 AM »
A plant with attitude!
« Last Edit: December 31, 2011, 12:59:54 PM by Alisdair »
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John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.
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Re: Guess what this is 23
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2011, 04:49:14 PM »
:)
Nice one, John!
I think it's a Peperami hybrid :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m-DMeQYlyw&feature=related
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Mike
Geologist by Uni training, IT consultant, Referee for Viola for Botanical Society of the British Isles, commissioned author and photographer on Viola for RHS (Enc. of Perennials, The Garden, The Plantsman).
I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England
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John

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Re: Guess what this is 23
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2011, 09:28:10 AM »
I have to say that I haven't come across one! So I can't have photographed it.
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John
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John

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Re: Guess what this is 23
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2011, 01:00:26 AM »
OK here's a clue. It is seasonal.
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John
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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 23
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2011, 12:28:54 AM »
Christmas Star - Euphorbia pulcherrima? Photo stolen from Wikipedia
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John

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Re: Guess what this is 23
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2011, 11:36:42 AM »
Yes another one solved.
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John
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess what this is 23
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2011, 12:59:24 PM »
Well done Jorun, virtue rewarded!
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 23: NOW SOLVED
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2011, 01:17:51 PM »
Well, without John's last hintI would not have been able to guess this one.
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