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Title: NOW SOLVED: Guess what this is 12
Post by: John on September 11, 2011, 09:53:33 PM

I'm starting to lose track of the numbers! Shrub or small tree.

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: MikeHardman on September 12, 2011, 09:07:21 AM

Hmmm - panduriform leaves...  ...leads me in various directions.
Stab in the dark: is it a Magnolia relative?

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: oron peri on September 12, 2011, 09:11:42 AM

_____ pu.

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: David Bracey on September 12, 2011, 10:56:08 AM

Quercus  suber????????????

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: John on September 12, 2011, 11:05:28 AM

I suppose technically all flowering plants are Magnolia relatives but no not close. Not a quercus. If I understand Oron's suggestion, he may be right. See what else happens first?

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: MikeHardman on September 12, 2011, 11:53:34 AM

Hang on a mo'...
Which leaves belong to the tree in question - those on the left (pinnate) or right (panduriform) ?

While I'm here, I don't suppose it is in the Euphorbiaceae, is it?

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: HansA on September 12, 2011, 01:34:25 PM

___ _rri_ ?

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: John on September 12, 2011, 07:40:12 PM

Yes, yes, yes I think most of you have got it now. It was quite a give away showing the leaves really.

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: MikeHardman on September 12, 2011, 08:06:51 PM

That's a very impressive specimen, John!
I had no idea they could get that woody, having grown up with them just as fleeting Christmas pot plants in the UK.

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: John on September 12, 2011, 11:16:03 PM

Yes but I must give up any pretence that it is an unknown subject so here it is with a bit more including the inflorescences.

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: oron peri on September 13, 2011, 01:07:27 PM

....and here is the name too..Euphorbia pulcherrima.

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: John on September 13, 2011, 01:49:53 PM

Thank you, you are correct. A large old specimen on the north coast of Crete. I have seen this tree getting older as the years go by.

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: JTh on September 13, 2011, 05:04:15 PM

It must be the one we saw in Crete last year?

Title: Re: Guess what this is 12
Post by: John on September 13, 2011, 07:00:41 PM

Yes it is Jorun.