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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 3, 2011 3:32:54 GMT
I think you're absolutely right, Fumobici. Its common name sounds like an insult a little kid would yell.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 5, 2011 3:06:06 GMT
I thought I had asked what this thriving weed was, but apparently not. It looks exactly like our Cow Parsnip, K2.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 5, 2011 6:18:50 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2011 5:53:35 GMT
Well, I got an answer to my last little mystery in #75, although you all were strangely silent on the subject. Anyway, it bloomed & is indeed an oxalis. Now I'm dithering. It's rather pretty & I have nurtured it this far, but I know its perniciousness all too well. But on to bigger and better things. Look at this beauty I got yesterday. The vendor only knew a completely useless common name, so I'm relying on you all for a good ID.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 16, 2011 9:01:26 GMT
Oxalis of course! Doh..............
But I have no idea what this is.....
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 12, 2011 16:42:26 GMT
I got this plant from a lady I know, shortly before I left on vacation. She swore that it's an Aloe, but ..... At any rate, when I got home the other day, I was delighted to see it was blooming, & blooming rather spectacularly for such small flowers: Here's the plant, still as I bought it, in the bottom part of a 2-liter pop bottle: So graceful!
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Post by palesa on Aug 12, 2011 18:22:14 GMT
It looks like Bulbinella to me.
If it is, it is really good for burns, cuts, sores, itches, rashes etc. you just squeeze the 'juice' from the leaves.
I always have bulbinella growing outside my kitchen door
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 17, 2011 12:16:50 GMT
I reckon young Palesa could well be right....
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Post by palesa on Aug 17, 2011 16:47:06 GMT
I reckon young Palesa could well be right.... *sigh* someone called me young
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 17, 2011 18:58:13 GMT
(works every time.....)
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 17, 2011 20:47:33 GMT
From my vantage point, which is also Mick's vantage point, you're a mere slip of a lass, Palesa! Also from my vantage point, you're a genius, as you pointed me in the right direction with that plant identification. At first I doubted, even with Mick's corroboration, since I couldn't find any Bulbinellas that resembled mine more than superficially. However, with the help of your clues about medicinal uses & the fact that you're from South African & know home remedy uses for the plant, made me think it might be S.African, too. Thus googling led me to this: factoidz.com/the-bulbinella-herb-plant-and-its-medicinal-uses/thence to this: www.healthyliving-herbs.co.za/index.php/herbs-a-to-z/68-bulbinellathence here, for sure ID based on comparing the pics: davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/453/It's interesting that my plant lady said it was an aloe. She was wrong, but the medicinal uses are the same.
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Post by myrt on Aug 18, 2011 7:34:56 GMT
I thought I had asked what this thriving weed was, but apparently not. It looks exactly like our Cow Parsnip, K2. Lots of the plants on this thread are a mystery to me at first sight but I do know that this is Giant Hogweed, as Fumobici says. The main obvious difference between this plant and Angelica is that Angelica has a different coloured stem - tinged purple and without the spots on Giant Hogweed stems. Its smaller relative, Hogweed, has a ribbed stem. All are superbly beautiful plants though (although Hogweeds smell bad..).
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Post by myrt on Aug 18, 2011 7:47:02 GMT
And I wouldn't discard the Oxalis, Bixa. Even if it's seen as a weed it's a gorgeous one... Even pernicious weeds are good if they're beautiful. Now Nettles, that's a different case entirely..........I can never believe anything good of them...
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 18, 2011 7:49:33 GMT
From my vantage point, which is also Mick's vantage point, you're a mere slip of a lass, Palesa! Also from my vantage point, you're a genius, as you pointed me in the right direction with that plant identification. At first I doubted, even with Mick's corroboration, since I couldn't find any Bulbinellas that resembled mine more than superficially. However, with the help of your clues about medicinal uses & the fact that you're from South African & know home remedy uses for the plant, made me think it might be S.African, too. Thus googling led me to this: factoidz.com/the-bulbinella-herb-plant-and-its-medicinal-uses/thence to this: www.healthyliving-herbs.co.za/index.php/herbs-a-to-z/68-bulbinellathence here, for sure ID based on comparing the pics: davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/453/It's interesting that my plant lady said it was an aloe. She was wrong, but the medicinal uses are the same. It does have some resemblance to Aloe though, both plant and flowers, so it is understandable.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 27, 2011 2:03:28 GMT
Does anyone have any idea what this vine might be, please? I got it at the market today. The vendor says it needs to be between sun & shade & will grow like made. The little candy-looking things are quite solid!
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Post by tod2 on Aug 27, 2011 8:14:20 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 27, 2011 15:07:23 GMT
Wow, Tod ~~ how did you do that?! If it's not exactly that plant, you may well be on the right track. I looked up Dischidia, and it's related to Hoya. The differences I can see in my vine are that the flowers, such as they are, are four-petaled, not five. Also, the leaves on mine don't really seem to be succulent. I tried to get a pic of the end of the flower showing the four petals. Failed at that (plus the battery gave out), but did capture the strange furriness of the flowers and roughness of the leaves.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 27, 2011 15:39:13 GMT
Bixa - strange that it is related to the Hoya family as the leaves are so different! I have a young hoya slowly growing upward and hope to take some pics if it ever blooms. I love the way a 'honey' liquid drips off the flowers attracting the bees.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2011 4:26:03 GMT
Is that the famous tampax bush?
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 2, 2011 12:41:01 GMT
Is that the famous tampax bush? How does he manage to bring the lofty standards down so far.... Anyhow, it isn't Dischidia which are related to Stapeliads and definitely have 5 petals nor a Hoya but beyond that I have no idea.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 2, 2011 14:03:30 GMT
Done a quick check and it doesn't seem to be a native of Oaxaca.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 2, 2011 15:51:15 GMT
Thanks, Mick. Thank you, too, Tod. Even if that wasn't the right identification, it's good to have you on the case.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 2, 2011 18:48:49 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 3, 2011 1:54:08 GMT
It is! It is! It is! This is one of those really frustrating moments. As soon as I saw you'd written "manettia", distant bells rang in my head. This was something so forgotten, I didn't even remember ever knowing it. Well, obviously I never would have figured it out on my own -- you are a peach! It has so many names! almostedenplants.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=335Note: above site is in Merryville, La., birthplace of:You are my sunshine for IDing that plant ~~ thanks!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 3, 2011 17:57:57 GMT
aw... It was Mr Google really.... ;D
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Post by onlymark on Oct 12, 2011 15:41:54 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 12, 2011 15:47:30 GMT
Pelargonium, Aloe, Aeonium in that order.
Water and feed occasionally - they are pretty hard to kill.
give them good light.
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Post by onlymark on Oct 12, 2011 16:14:34 GMT
Lovely, thanks mick. They get good light but feeding..........? Not just water them then?
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 12, 2011 16:19:10 GMT
They'll live with just water but a bit of feeding will make them so much better - can you get a general garden feed in Amman?
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 12, 2011 16:59:09 GMT
Mark, you just moved. Did the last residents in your house leave those plants there? Lucky you! Mick, would the Aeonium be happier transplanted, which would give the same boost as feeding? Soon, maybe soon, Mark will be lured into the succulent section here.
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