Guess what this is 21 NOW SOLVED

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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 21
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2011, 06:14:04 PM »
Canna?
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« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2011, 06:27:58 PM »
No but it is shaping up!
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« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2011, 12:24:30 AM »
Zantedeschia?
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« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2011, 09:15:41 AM »
T.p ?
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« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2011, 10:13:23 AM »
He said it wasn't a Tropaeolum though....
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Re: Guess what this is 21
« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2011, 11:47:58 AM »
I meant Tigridia pavonia
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« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2011, 12:10:38 PM »
Ahhh!
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« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2011, 11:57:29 PM »
No, no, no, no!
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« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2011, 09:53:29 AM »
Another bit of the flower then!
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« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2011, 12:57:59 AM »
No more ideas on this one then?
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« Reply #25 on: December 30, 2011, 01:30:17 PM »
Zingiber? rubens?

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« Reply #26 on: December 31, 2011, 11:34:14 AM »
At last you are now in the right family. But no Melvyn.
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« Reply #27 on: December 31, 2011, 02:12:37 PM »
OK, one more go then, Zingiber officinale ?

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« Reply #28 on: December 31, 2011, 02:55:46 PM »
A couple of wild guesses, Etlingera sp. or Amomum sp.?
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« Reply #29 on: December 31, 2011, 03:05:02 PM »
Nope.
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