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Guess what?

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Alice

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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2012, 01:56:16 PM »
Kaempferia (K. rotunda)?
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Amateur gardener who has gardened in north London and now gardens part of the year on the Cycladic island of Paros. Conditions: coastal, windy, annual rainfall 350mm, temp 0-35 degrees C.
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JTh

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« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2012, 02:06:06 PM »
Etlingera elatior?
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Retired veterinary surgeon by training with a PhD in parasitology,  but worked as a virologist since 1992.
Member of the MGS  since 2004. Gardening in Oslo and to a limited extent in Halkidiki, Greece.
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John J

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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2012, 02:08:28 PM »
Spot on, Alice, Kaempferia rotunda it is.
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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)

Alice

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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2012, 03:28:18 PM »
Exciting little quiz, John. Thank you.
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Amateur gardener who has gardened in north London and now gardens part of the year on the Cycladic island of Paros. Conditions: coastal, windy, annual rainfall 350mm, temp 0-35 degrees C.
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess what?
« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2012, 07:25:35 AM »
Yes, that was a terrific quiz John, thanks! And brilliantly solved by Alice.
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
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