NOW SOLVED: Guess what this is 12

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John

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NOW SOLVED: Guess what this is 12
« on: September 11, 2011, 09:53:33 PM »
I'm starting to lose track of the numbers! Shrub or small tree.
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #1 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?
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2011, 09:11:42 AM »
_____ pu.
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2011, 10:56:08 AM »
Quercus  suber????????????
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #4 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?
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #5 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?
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2011, 01:34:25 PM »
___ _rri_ ?
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #8 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.
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #9 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.
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2011, 01:07:27 PM »
....and here is the name too..Euphorbia pulcherrima.
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #11 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.
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2011, 05:04:15 PM »
It must be the one we saw in Crete last year?
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Re: Guess what this is 12
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2011, 07:00:41 PM »
Yes it is Jorun.
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