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What is it 84? (I think!) NOW SOLVED!

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John J

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What is it 84? (I think!) NOW SOLVED!
« on: June 01, 2017, 07:47:09 AM »
We haven't had one of these for a long time so maybe it's time to get the little grey cells working.
« Last Edit: June 06, 2017, 09:13:37 AM by Alisdair »
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John J

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Re: What is it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2017, 09:03:16 AM »
No wild guesses? No-one feeling at home with this?
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David Dickinson

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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2017, 10:53:33 AM »
Made me think of a white Dianella
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John J

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Re: What is it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2017, 04:44:15 PM »
Sorry, David, not even close. Perhaps looking skywards to the East might help. ???
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"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 it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2017, 10:44:53 AM »
Calycanthus 'Venus'?
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John J

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Re: What is it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2017, 04:48:54 PM »
Jorun, on the right track for the common name as Venus is a celestial body. Could that possibly be a grass track?
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"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)

Hilary

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Re: What is it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2017, 07:33:07 PM »
It looks like a white Turk's cap lily to me but I can't work out the cryptic clues
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John J

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Re: What is it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2017, 04:41:41 AM »
It's very much smaller than that, Hilary. The clues were meant to help not bamboozle.
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"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)

Joanna Savage

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Re: What is it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2017, 05:16:27 AM »
Star of .......? Bethlehem? But a grass track?
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Hilary

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Re: What is it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2017, 05:39:13 AM »
Solanum nigrum
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

David Dickinson

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« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2017, 06:25:30 AM »
I have never looked at the flowers of Nandina domestica before. Perhaps I should have. Never knew it was called "Holy" or "Heavenly Bamboo" either.
Now, I think, I have understood the clue about feeling at home, looking east etc. Or maybe I haven't?
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Hilary

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Re: What is it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2017, 07:13:29 AM »
He said THE CLUES WERE MEANT TO HELP NOT BAMBOOZLE
Did I miss this clue?
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Most of my plants are succulents which need little care
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John J

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Re: What is it 84? (I think!)
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2017, 07:27:28 AM »
Sorry, Hilary. David picked up the majority of the hints. Not wild, feeling at home, ie domesticated (domestica). Looking east and upwards - the plant comes from the east, look up into the heavens. Similarly Venus being a celestial (heavenly) body. The grass track - bamboo is in the grass family. I know that Nandina isn't but I did stipulate the common name. I thought that the bamboo in bamboozle might be picked up. Well done, David.
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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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