What is it 83?

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Fermi

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What is it 83?
« on: November 06, 2016, 03:16:02 AM »
Purple Coral? Amethyst lichen?
Pic taken this morning,
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Mr F de Sousa, Central Victoria, Australia
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Caroline

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Re: What is it 83?
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2016, 08:15:49 AM »
Petrea volubilis?  Wild guess, based on the scrawl of purple I saw down the road yesterday...
I am establishing a garden on Waiheke Island, 35 minutes out of Auckland. The site is windy, the clay soil dries out quickly in summer and is like plasticine in winter, but it is still very rewarding. Water is an issue, as we depend on tanks. I'm looking forward to sharing ideas. Caroline

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Fermi

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Re: What is it 83?
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2016, 12:16:53 PM »
Sorry, no.
Nothing that exotic around here,
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Mr F de Sousa, Central Victoria, Australia
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working as a physio to support my gardening habit!

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Fermi

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Re: What is it 83?
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2016, 05:04:32 AM »
No other guesses?
Mr F de Sousa, Central Victoria, Australia
member of AGS, SRGC, NARGS
working as a physio to support my gardening habit!

Joanna Savage

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Re: What is it 83?
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2016, 05:37:16 AM »
Fermi, how about posting another photo? Another view several days later?  I can't decide  whether there are many flowers or whether they are many parts of one flower? The colours look rather like those of a Bromeliad, but would Broms be flowering with you now?

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JTh

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« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2016, 07:29:58 PM »
I have never seen anything like that, but another  wild guess:  Loropetalum chinense
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Fermi

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Re: What is it 83?
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2016, 03:00:28 AM »
Wrong families!
Hint: Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae,
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Mr F de Sousa, Central Victoria, Australia
member of AGS, SRGC, NARGS
working as a physio to support my gardening habit!