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Who is it?

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oron peri

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Who is it?
« on: August 12, 2012, 03:35:00 PM »
OK,

Its my turn for some quizzes...

Who is that?
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HansA

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Re: Who is it?
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2012, 08:13:18 PM »
.....n. ...o.a..a ?  ::)
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Re: Who is it?
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2012, 08:45:50 PM »
.n....e  c......i.  ?
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Re: Who is it?
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2012, 09:08:21 PM »
Brava Alice !!!            Bravo Hans !!!Anemone coronaria, a color form which is common on Cyprus.
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Re: Who is it?
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2012, 09:18:26 PM »
Lets try another one...
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Alice

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Re: Who is it?
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2012, 12:50:12 AM »
Very pretty anemone. I don't think I have come across it in Greece. The more common colours are pink and mauve and the white ones have darker filaments.
The quizzes are getting harder and harder. I will have to get the grey cells really working to figure out what the red curtain is.
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Miriam

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« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2012, 10:18:29 AM »
Arum, Biarum?
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Re: Who is it?
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2012, 11:37:03 AM »
No,  Wrong family..
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HansA

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« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2012, 01:35:00 PM »
mmmm, no Arum or Biarum... maybe Dracunculus vulgaris (or Eminium)?
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« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2012, 02:01:27 PM »
No, no no and no...

The color is a deep, blood red. [ thats a big hint...]
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« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2012, 03:14:45 PM »
Arbutus andrachne.
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« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2012, 04:52:10 PM »
Hemerocallis?
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« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2012, 04:58:45 PM »
NO & No

Maybe its too difficult so i'll give another hint: It is the deepest red in the Mediterranean.
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Re: Who is it?
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2012, 05:51:55 PM »
Haemanthus  coccineus?
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Re: Who is it?
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2012, 07:37:31 PM »
Alice,
Haemanthus is not native to the Mediterranean.
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