We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
Caps lock is activated.
News:
Click Here To Visit The SRGC Main Site
Home
Forum
Help
Login
Register
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
»
Plant Identification
»
Plant Identification Questions and Answers
»
Puzzle
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Down
Author
Topic: Puzzle (Read 2907 times)
Hans J
Gardener and Gourmet
Hero Member
Posts: 4165
Country:
Puzzle
«
on:
September 17, 2007, 08:02:08 PM »
Hi @ all ,
here is a little puzzle :
Knows anybody here this plant
( psssst be quiet Bernie )
Enjoy
Hans
Logged
"The bigger the roof damage, the better the view"(Alexandra Potter)
Hans J
Gardener and Gourmet
Hero Member
Posts: 4165
Country:
Re: Puzzle
«
Reply #1 on:
September 17, 2007, 09:16:57 PM »
not only one answer
a little help : it is not from Africa
Logged
"The bigger the roof damage, the better the view"(Alexandra Potter)
Maggi Young
Forum Dogsbody
Global Moderator
Hero Member
Posts: 44766
Country:
"There's often a clue"
Re: Puzzle
«
Reply #2 on:
September 17, 2007, 09:26:06 PM »
No answer, Hans, but , you see, seventeen people have been looking... and thinking!
Because of what has been the subject of conversation in other pages, I would make a guess for this to be a very rare Brazilian amaryllid... but... 1) you have said you do not grow it and 2) I think the leaves are too wide and fat. So...
I have no answer, either
Logged
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Hans J
Gardener and Gourmet
Hero Member
Posts: 4165
Country:
Re: Puzzle
«
Reply #3 on:
September 17, 2007, 09:38:30 PM »
Mhhhhhh Maggi - you are on the rigth way !
It is a Amaryllidaceae - yes
and it is a plant from South America ...but not from Brasil like Worsleya - it is from Peru !
come on
Logged
"The bigger the roof damage, the better the view"(Alexandra Potter)
Carlo
Hero Member
Posts: 913
Country:
BirdMan and Botanical Blogger
Re: Puzzle
«
Reply #4 on:
September 17, 2007, 09:42:35 PM »
I'm going for Rauhia peruviana (or multiflora depending on who you talk to).
Carlo
Logged
Carlo A. Balistrieri
Vice President
The Garden Conservancy
Zone 6
Twitter: @botanicalgarden
Visit:
www.botanicalgardening.com
and its BGBlog,
http://botanicalgardening.com/serendipity/index.php
Hans J
Gardener and Gourmet
Hero Member
Posts: 4165
Country:
Re: Puzzle
«
Reply #5 on:
September 17, 2007, 09:50:23 PM »
Hi Carlo
you are the winner !
I think you will may be grown it in your botanical garden!
This plants are really rare - they are named after a german botanist :
Prof. Werner Rauh - he has worked in Heidelberg .
I had the luck to meet him before many years when he gives lectures for Cacti people - he was also a big specialist for the flora of Madagascar .
Logged
"The bigger the roof damage, the better the view"(Alexandra Potter)
Maggi Young
Forum Dogsbody
Global Moderator
Hero Member
Posts: 44766
Country:
"There's often a clue"
Re: Puzzle
«
Reply #6 on:
September 17, 2007, 09:58:10 PM »
Well done, Carlo! I was going to suggest Eustephia... that's from Peru, isn't it?
Logged
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Hans J
Gardener and Gourmet
Hero Member
Posts: 4165
Country:
Re: Puzzle
«
Reply #7 on:
September 17, 2007, 10:30:13 PM »
Maggi ,
if you look here you will find all Amaryllidaceae :
http://www.amaryllidaceae.org/index.htm
Eustephia grows not only in Peru ,it is also in Bolivia and Argentina
( E.juyjuyensis)
Logged
"The bigger the roof damage, the better the view"(Alexandra Potter)
Carlo
Hero Member
Posts: 913
Country:
BirdMan and Botanical Blogger
Re: Puzzle
«
Reply #8 on:
September 17, 2007, 11:47:29 PM »
Dr. Rauh is quite famous amongst the "fat-plant" people (another group I am quite fond of). These are the caudiciform succulents that develop quite attractive swollen root systems that can be raised and displayed like gnarly old trunks. I have a collection of small, but growing specimens, and like them as much as the orchids that I grow.
I do NOT grow Rauhia peruviana (yet), but do grow another of his namesakes, Aloe rauhii, a BEAUTIFUL dwarf aloe that has been in bloom much of the summer on a windowsill...
Logged
Carlo A. Balistrieri
Vice President
The Garden Conservancy
Zone 6
Twitter: @botanicalgarden
Visit:
www.botanicalgardening.com
and its BGBlog,
http://botanicalgardening.com/serendipity/index.php
Maggi Young
Forum Dogsbody
Global Moderator
Hero Member
Posts: 44766
Country:
"There's often a clue"
Re: Puzzle
«
Reply #9 on:
September 18, 2007, 10:57:18 AM »
Hans, great link, thank you.
Carlo, you had my hopes rasied for a moment there, "fat-plant people (another group I am quite fond of)"
but now I see I was jumping to the wrong conclusion.
Logged
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Up
« previous
next »
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
»
Plant Identification
»
Plant Identification Questions and Answers
»
Puzzle
Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal