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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #30 on: January 13, 2009, 10:09:24 PM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on January 13, 2009, 09:18:09 PM

Speak for yourself Otto. I DO get compliments streaming in from around the globe. Frequently!
So far as photos are concerned, between the ages of 10 and 60ish, I managed to avoid any at all, so there aren't many to choose from.

 Well, it so happens I have THIS one....
Lesley, aged around 11 years...
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #31 on: January 13, 2009, 10:40:48 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on January 13, 2009, 10:09:24 PM
Quote from: Lesley Cox on January 13, 2009, 09:18:09 PM

Speak for yourself Otto. I DO get compliments streaming in from around the globe. Frequently!
So far as photos are concerned, between the ages of 10 and 60ish, I managed to avoid any at all, so there aren't many to choose from.

 Well, it so happens I have THIS one....
Lesley, aged around 11 years...
Hasn't changed much at all! ;D It's all in the eyes!
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #32 on: January 13, 2009, 10:56:40 PM »
Oh Hell Maggi, what did you want to do THAT for? It's been all down hill since then. :) On reflection I must have been 12 or 13 as the Napier tartan was school uniform at Timaru Girls' High school.
« Last Edit: January 13, 2009, 10:59:08 PM by Lesley Cox »
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #33 on: January 14, 2009, 07:34:53 PM »
Youth is wasted on the young Lesley :P
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2009, 10:54:43 PM »
Very true David, but perhaps that's why we have a second childhood - or some of us do - so that we can take advantage of all we've learned as we aged. ;D
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #35 on: January 19, 2009, 06:54:52 PM »
Philesia? If i was a dog i bet my tail woud wag each time i hearthat name :) :)

Quote from: ArneM on January 12, 2009, 02:34:01 PM
Philesia magellanica is the only member of the genus Philesia and belongs like Lapageria rosea to the Philesiaceae family but I don't know if they are distantly related to camellias, although they have the same preferences for e.g. the type of soil.

Arne, Camelia is a dicot and Philesiaceae is classified onto the monocot clade, what makes you think they are related ???
Well at some point they could be related, but those relations are very distant, like a lion and a octopus.

Some authors merge Philesiaceae onto the Liliaceae family, and treat it like a subfamily (Philesioideae). The same thing with Luziriaga (Luzuriagoideae). I personally do not care that much with taxonomy, cause that wont take these plants their unique beauty!

Quote from: Lesley Cox on January 14, 2009, 10:54:43 PM
Very true David, but perhaps that's why we have a second childhood - or some of us do - so that we can take advantage of all we've learned as we aged. ;D

That's true Lesley, there is always something that makes us feel young!!!

But what matters the most is the inside, and not the appearances :D
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #36 on: January 19, 2009, 08:50:03 PM »
Quote from: Michael on January 19, 2009, 06:54:52 PM
But what matters the most is the inside, and not the appearances :D
And just as well, too. ;D
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #37 on: January 25, 2009, 09:14:08 AM »
A Moraea i found here in bloom today.

Unfortunately i have no idea of it's species name.

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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #38 on: January 25, 2009, 09:56:57 AM »
Dave,

It's Herbertia lahue.  Lovely little thing, isn't it?  They last for such a short time, but you get so many flowers over such a long period if you remove the seedpods as soon as possible after the flower closes.  That way they don't waste effort on seed, and produce more flowers.  Depends whether you want seed of course.... 'cause if you do then you'd better leave the seedpods on.  ;)
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #39 on: January 25, 2009, 07:32:45 PM »
And from South America, not South Africa.
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #40 on: January 26, 2009, 05:23:27 AM »
Ha  so that's why i couldn't id the species name of the Moraea .

Thanks Paul--i've just arrived home from a trip over to Fiordland and will head out and deadhead the Herbertia  before i start formating the 170 pics i took today.

Cheers dave.
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #41 on: January 29, 2009, 08:22:55 PM »
Don't know where to put this, but as it wa seen in TV in New Zealand I put it here.
Maggi will know where it belongs.
I saw it in Holland on the news, and LOL...

Bad escape attempt caught on CCTV

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/bad-escape-attempt-caught-cctv-2455367/video?vid=2455450

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You will need to open the volume button.
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #42 on: January 29, 2009, 08:29:28 PM »
Obviously the criminal fraternity in New Zealand  are just as stupid as they are here,I suppose that's why they got caught in the first place.
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #43 on: January 29, 2009, 08:59:51 PM »
I can't make the link work properly for me but no matter, we've seen it on TV news a number of times and had a good laugh. One newsreader said he was putting it on as his screensaver so he'd get a laugh every time he turned his computer on. What idiots. ???
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Re: January 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #44 on: January 29, 2009, 11:35:38 PM »
the report we got was that when they were charged with escaping one pleaded guilty and the other one didn't!
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