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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 2:48:17 GMT
These pictures were sent to me in an email...I don't know who took them. I also don't know what the plants are but thought our gardeners would enjoy guessing. We can all enjoy their beauty though. I will post them 3 at a time to make it easier if you want to refer to one (eg 'post 3 number 2')
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 2:52:11 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 2:55:35 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 2:57:53 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 3:00:19 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 3:04:22 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 3:06:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2014 3:08:34 GMT
These are amazing, questa and yes, I think Australia wins the prize for weird and wonderful flowers. I recognise lupins and passionflowers and there are several orchids in there (love the monkey face). Wonderful.
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 3:11:47 GMT
Group 8
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 3:14:05 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 3:16:23 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 3:27:22 GMT
Lizzy...you are quick off the mark...thanks. I doubt many of these are Ozzie plants, unless grown by specialists using overseas stock. They have that tropical feel, don't they
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 3:31:48 GMT
This one tried to hide but I can count to 30 and it took some time to find her
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2014 3:36:53 GMT
OK, there are irises, and lilies of the valley, borage and a rose. All very hybridized. And you're right, perhaps not Australia, but I'm sure a lot of them are from S. Africa originally.
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Post by fumobici on Mar 1, 2014 3:59:51 GMT
My guesses-- Datura/Angel's Trumpet Primula/Primrose Scabiosa perhaps? Dahlia Bearded Iris Lily of the Valley Borage Allium Passifloa/Passionflower Peony Amaryllis Lupine Camellia And obviously some orchids. Not too sure about a couple of those, I've grown all the ones I've taken a guess at. Bit scary posting a reply with pictures when I can't find a preview feature to see if I've stuffed up the formatting...
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 1, 2014 4:37:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2014 4:39:17 GMT
Good call on the primrose, fumobici, I had to take a second glance at the leaves. Could the red berries be some kind of kousa dogwood? Or type of arbutus? That other tree looks positively prehistoric.
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Post by questa on Mar 1, 2014 6:37:54 GMT
My next door neighbour has a big datura and it seems a lot more 'trumpetty' than this. This looks like it would open fairly flat and his droops downwards, like a bell. Maybe a different spp?
I love the ballerina orchids 2-2.
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Post by patricklondon on Mar 1, 2014 15:46:12 GMT
The leaf on this one looks very like a philadelphus/syringa/mock orange, but I've certainly never seen flowers like that This one is an auricula - I've not seen one ball-headed like that, but I remember Ala Titchmarsh trying to interest TV audiences in the idea of reviving the Victorian craze for " auricula theatres"; A very elaborate sweet pea..? My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2014 16:35:50 GMT
That one is Vigna caracalla, AKA Corkscrew vine"
I agree with Bixa about the fritillaries although am not positive.
The salvia is a hybrid of Salvia coccinea,they come in not just red, but pure whites, pinks and as shown the pink and white variety.
Very beautiful pictures. I adore the monkey faces!!!!
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Post by lugg on Mar 1, 2014 18:35:40 GMT
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Post by fumobici on Mar 1, 2014 19:57:06 GMT
I just *knew* I was on shaky ground with the Amaryllis ID. As for this: I thought it looked like a dogwood with its very cornusian leaves and four petal flowers (note to precisionistas and pedants--they're probably not true petals are they? Probably bracts or tepals or god knows what ), but wasn't even close to sure, then I just now remembered I have a Chrome extension, app or whatever they are calling these this week that allows doing a search from image by a simple right click menu item. Having traversed that wheelchair accessible hoop, it is evident this is a "Magic Dogwood" - Cornus florida subspecies urbiniana per the following link-- www.strangewonderfulthings.com/159.htmSo, "just" an interesting cultivar/variety/subspecies (see note above [taxonomy makes academic departmental politics look like spin the bottle]) of a wonderful and venerable old garden stand-by I'm sure many of us have grown ourselves.
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Post by htmb on Mar 1, 2014 20:13:06 GMT
And it's MEXICAN, no less. It sure is pretty.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2014 21:57:37 GMT
Without an up close of the leaf and stem structure of many of these many specimens it does indeed make it more difficult to ID. What plant may resemble another, unless you can see the foliage combined with the bloom it can become a real guessing game.
I immediately knew the mysterious sweet pea looking bloom as I had posted a variety of it growing here in the the thread Vines Glorious Vines a couple of years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2014 9:19:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2014 9:23:56 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 3, 2014 12:51:00 GMT
A friend who is a horticulturist wrote...
"The only one I take issue with is Dragon blood tree...coz that aint it! I have Dracena draco here and have known the tree all my life..."
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Post by tod2 on Mar 4, 2014 17:07:39 GMT
Oh Questa, I can't believe the beauty of these flowers! Amazing in every way is all I can muster... Thank you so much for bringing us to the edge of paradise.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 9, 2014 23:10:27 GMT
A friend who is a horticulturist wrote... "The only one I take issue with is Dragon blood tree...coz that aint it! I have Dracena draco here and have known the tree all my life..."
Okay, bad guess on my part, but I have now identified it correctly: Beaucarnea recurvata. I've grown the ponytail palm & had it get pretty tall, but nothing like the one in Questa's photo, nor did I know it flowered like that.
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Post by tod2 on Dec 8, 2015 10:41:08 GMT
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