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Guess what this is 27

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John

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Guess what this is 27
« on: January 22, 2012, 11:44:30 AM »
Slightly unusual though I suspect someone will know it. I've not cropped too much this time to make it less difficult. Flowering now with me!
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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2012, 11:01:49 AM »
I can't imagine you have red salvias flowering with you now?
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John

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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2012, 11:35:58 AM »
No I don't but Salvia roemeriana has only just finished flowering!
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Melvyn

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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2012, 02:41:27 PM »
Monarda?
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JTh

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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2012, 02:53:13 PM »
What's in bloom where you are does not help much, could be anything. Lobelia cardinalis or one of the other scarlet lobelias?
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John

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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2012, 03:59:06 PM »
Not Monarda and this time for me it is flowering later than before. It was outdoors until the frosts and then came in under glass.
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John

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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2012, 04:01:01 PM »
Many years ago I grew this plant from a cutting from the Chelsea Physic Garden. This plant was from wild seed given to me by Harry Hay.
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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2012, 04:37:25 PM »
So this probably means that it must be from bulb of some kind?
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John

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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2012, 08:07:53 PM »
No it is not!
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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2012, 02:56:01 PM »
A red salvia?
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pamela

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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2012, 07:48:21 PM »
Salvia dombeyi?
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« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2012, 08:14:08 PM »
Salvia coccinea?
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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2012, 12:32:26 AM »
No, and no.
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pamela

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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2012, 10:07:15 AM »
This is intriguing!  Can you show a close up of the whole stem please?
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Re: Guess what this is 27
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2012, 10:39:17 AM »
I suggested Lobelia cardinalis or one of the other scarlet lobelias a while ago, which I did not get an answer to, is this one out?
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