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Guess what this is 32: NOW SOLVED

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John

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Guess what this is 32: NOW SOLVED
« on: February 21, 2012, 07:10:56 PM »
I won't make this one too hard so not a super close up.
« Last Edit: February 22, 2012, 10:08:38 AM by Alisdair »
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John
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Re: Guess what this is 32
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2012, 09:59:41 PM »
Scilla, perhaps S. maderensis?
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Mike
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I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England
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John

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Re: Guess what this is 32
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2012, 10:11:15 PM »
Oh well that was too easy. Yes. I grew these from seeds a good few years ago and they take up a lot of room.
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Re: Guess what this is 32
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2012, 10:13:08 PM »
Or Scilla hyacinthoides?
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Re: Guess what this is 32
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2012, 10:13:44 PM »
OK, too late and not correct
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MikeHardman

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Re: Guess what this is 32
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2012, 10:27:42 PM »
Good-o!

Strange: your photo makes me think of steeplejack scaffolding
...along these lines
Funny the way the mind works!
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Mike
Geologist by Uni training, IT consultant, Referee for Viola for Botanical Society of the British Isles, commissioned author and photographer on Viola for RHS (Enc. of Perennials, The Garden, The Plantsman).
I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England
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John

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Re: Guess what this is 32
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2012, 11:27:52 PM »
Similar but softer!
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John
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess what this is 32
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2012, 10:07:58 AM »
Correct spelling is Scilla madeirensis.
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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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