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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 13, 2021 17:15:24 GMT
Here is the whole tree and the distinctive leaves. Some sort of chestnut?
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Post by htmb on Jun 13, 2021 17:23:05 GMT
Some kind of horse chestnut
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Post by patricklondon on Jun 13, 2021 18:28:20 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 13, 2021 19:37:15 GMT
Could it be Castanea henryi, which seems to have longer leaves than many of the other chestnuts?
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Post by fumobici on Jun 13, 2021 20:04:52 GMT
Castanea henryi seems to have alternate rather than palmate leaves. The tree looks quite similar to the Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnuts that were planted along streets here in large numbers, though ours have reddish-purple flowers. They make a wonderful street tree even if they are slightly messy.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 13, 2021 20:36:07 GMT
I can’t find a decent picture of henryi but it suggests a tree up to 80’ high. Yes, this could be a young tree but it just doesn’t strike me as a potential monster. I think we agree on chestnut but which one? It feels like a sweet chestnut but....
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 13, 2021 22:25:40 GMT
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Post by lugg on Jun 14, 2021 18:55:47 GMT
Given that you said you were sat under it yesterday and taking into account mostly our UK native horse chestnuts are past their flowering times and starting to set their conkers...... I think this may be the Indian / Himalayan horse chestnut which flowers later . ?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 4, 2021 19:47:44 GMT
... a vine that grows in my patio. It's a Mexican native, but I don't know either its common nor its botanical name. It has a lumpy tuberous root that pushes itself out of the ground, a fleshy but strong stem, and amorphously heart-shaped, very fleshy leaves. ... Its use is exactly as the use of topical arnica. There are people who claim it repairs broken bones, although that's hard to feature. Anyway, you just take a leaf and crush & smear it on the pertinent area. It works even better than arnica!
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 4, 2021 20:54:34 GMT
COuld it be a Dioscorea?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 4, 2021 23:20:23 GMT
That's not impossible, Mick, and I got excited when I read the suggestion. This plant has the big lumpy root tubers, its flowers are similar to that of Dioscorea, and it is a vine. When I started searching, though, I was put off by the fact that all of the pictures of the various Dioscoreas show non-succulent leaves with pronounced veining and almost always ending in a point. Also, I couldn't find any with the same kind of tumor-looking roots. But there are around 850 species of Dioscoreas, so I'll keep looking.
Thanks!
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Post by bjd on Nov 5, 2021 6:48:01 GMT
I have an app on my phone called plant.net. It's free, you can choose the area of the world where the plant you are checking for is located. You take a photo and the app identifies it -- sometimes with percentages of possibility. It seems to be based on users confirming id. You could try that, Bixa.
I have used it a few times and it's pretty accurate.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 5, 2021 8:52:56 GMT
Maybe look up Mexican caudiciforms and also check Bihrmanns caudiciform site. There’s a lot there.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 5, 2021 16:11:17 GMT
Thanks, Bjd -- I'll do that!
Great idea, Mick. I'll start searching Mexican caudiciforms. Thanks for the idea & for pointing me to Bihrmanns.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 6, 2021 6:46:27 GMT
I had quite a stroke of luck tonight & have identified my mystery vine. Where did this happen? Well, in a pizza restaurant, where else? That's not a joke. I ate at a pizza place where there were some plants for sale. Chatting with a lady there, I described my vine. She said, "That's suelda, or sometimes called suelda consuelda." Wow -- that's the name that was told to me years ago & which I have racked my brain to remember. Looked it up on the Latin America google site when I got home & thus got the botanical name -- Anredera cordifolia. As I clicked around making sure that I had the right i.d., I wound up at Bihrmanns caudiciform site, exactly where dear & knowledgeable Mick had told me to go. www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/subs/anr-cor-sub.ASPwww.gardenershq.com/Boussingaultia-medeira-vine.php
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 6, 2021 8:00:42 GMT
Glad I could help!
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Post by tod2 on Jan 27, 2023 8:51:15 GMT
These pretty little volunteer flowers come up all over the garden - Can anyone tell me the name. I also bought their cousins but see the label was torn off so don't know their name either!
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 27, 2023 9:26:25 GMT
My first thought was Impatiens.
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Post by tod2 on Jan 27, 2023 9:49:55 GMT
No Mick - They do resemble Impatiens but these are shade loving and have more woody stems. I will take a photo of the volunteers.
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Post by Rita on Jan 27, 2023 10:37:37 GMT
Looks like Phlox paniculata Tod
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 27, 2023 15:52:36 GMT
An internet image search suggests the name Mandeville Diamanta.
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Post by Rita on Jan 27, 2023 16:02:24 GMT
That has trumpet shaped flowers Kerouac.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 27, 2023 16:23:51 GMT
Not the images that I saw.
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Post by Rita on Jan 27, 2023 16:24:25 GMT
Ok. 😊
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Post by Rita on Jan 27, 2023 16:28:28 GMT
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Post by casimira on Jan 31, 2023 12:33:36 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 31, 2023 14:56:11 GMT
To me your plant looks exactly like vinca, Tod. This site has a photo that's almost a twin of yours. And this site has a ton of information and a list of different vincas. In the text there is the phrase full sun to partial or dappled shade, along with Flowers have a slender tube and five spreading lobes that are rose-pink, white, or white with a reddish eye. plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/catharanthus-roseus/It also references "woody plant".
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Post by lugg on Jan 31, 2023 20:41:52 GMT
I am going with a vinca too
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Post by Rita on Feb 1, 2023 8:10:28 GMT
Nah… the leaves aren’t right… can I see tiny seed pods in that photo?
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Post by tod2 on Feb 1, 2023 8:49:25 GMT
Yes! It is VINCA or also known as Periwinkle! The garden man at the nursery ID'd it for me and showed me a pot of red Vinca growing at the entrance to the garden shop.
I have some photos but am getting a 'Webserver is down' message so the photos wont load. GRrrrrr!
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