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NOW SOLVED: Guess what this is 5

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John

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NOW SOLVED: Guess what this is 5
« on: August 16, 2011, 10:22:08 PM »
A tad more difficult but Oron is excluded. He can of course make remarks but let others have a go first! Species too please.
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2011, 02:19:22 PM »
OK where's Oron when you need him. Presumably potting his bulbs which I should be doing.
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 09:17:24 PM »
Perhaps I need to add another images here?
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2011, 09:58:25 PM »
red cabbage
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2011, 10:04:27 PM »
One of these impossible, spotty ones from John. Yes, some help may be useful, but I'll try an Arum sp. again
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2011, 10:14:23 PM »
Nope, both wrong.
« Last Edit: September 03, 2011, 11:47:00 AM by oron peri »
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2011, 10:37:47 PM »
 Sorry you will have to try again Jorun.
« Last Edit: September 03, 2011, 11:48:16 AM by oron peri »
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2011, 05:48:08 PM »
I have no idea.
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2011, 05:22:00 PM »
It's definitely one for Oron.
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2011, 06:15:00 PM »
With this tesselation i can think only of an Anacamptis/Orchis, maybe papilonacea.
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« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2011, 07:26:26 PM »
Wrong family!
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2011, 07:41:19 PM »
Is it Colchicum again? agrippinum?
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« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2011, 08:51:06 PM »
Fritillaria?
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« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2011, 10:24:01 PM »
Nope to the last two.
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Re: Guess what this is 5
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2011, 04:05:48 AM »
I would have said Arisaema or Amorphophallus but both are absent from the Middle East
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