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Anthony Darby

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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2009, 09:56:53 AM »
Gosh. How do you get hold of some of these curly-wurlies? :o
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2009, 12:11:08 PM »
This one is a bulbous plant despite its appearance...
Bongardia chrysogonum.
Leaves often are stunning, particularly when young.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2009, 12:17:16 PM by Oron Peri »
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2009, 06:13:56 PM »
Quote from: Gerdk on January 08, 2009, 10:43:27 PM
Here is Cyrtanthus smithiae from the Eastern Cape

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very lovely and with twisted leaves. Is it now in flower?
Do you keep in your cold house?
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2009, 08:53:36 PM »
Quote from: aruby on January 09, 2009, 06:13:56 PM
Quote from: Gerdk on January 08, 2009, 10:43:27 PM
Here is Cyrtanthus smithiae from the Eastern Cape

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Gerd,
very lovely and with twisted leaves. Is it now in flower?
Do you keep in your cold house?



Thank you, Armin. The pic is from summer 2008.
The bulbs are in the basement now (dry and cold).

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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2009, 02:06:43 PM »
Hey that Gethyllis would make a lovely brooch if it could be copied in silver, the hairs might be problematic though. I has certainly brightened up my grey day, -2C now and it was -5C in the greenhouse last night.  It has hovered around that for over a week now, it will be interesting to see what succumbs.
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2009, 04:31:25 AM »
I thought it could be knitted by a skillled knitter, in pastel coloured, finest angora wool. :D
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2009, 08:40:43 PM »
Here is Gethyllis linearis, without flower :



And Drosera erythrorhiza, carnivorous foliage for tuberous sundew !

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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2009, 11:08:24 AM »
Identify, please.
Greece, Khalkidiki, near sea beach
Photo Roland Tsandekidis
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2009, 10:11:04 PM »
WONDERFULL Yuri !!!!
I would suggest Ornithogalum sp. but I really hope someone will be able to identify it !!!
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2009, 04:50:27 PM »
Another photo with bulb
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2009, 05:53:25 PM »


It is very similar to Ornithogalum neurostegium but I'm not sure it extands to Greece?
If someone has the Flora Graeca it would help.
the color, shape of the leaves and the existence of hairs make me think of that.
Another thought is a form of O. fimbriatum.
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Any way the curley, blueish color leaves appear in many hot coastal and desertic areas bulbs, there are also a few Allium sp. with similar leaves.
« Last Edit: March 04, 2009, 06:24:41 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2009, 07:01:39 PM »
Wow! Lovely foliage! Who needs flowers? 8) Hopefully we shall see more of this plant, and perhaps seed in the Seed Exchange?
« Last Edit: March 04, 2009, 07:07:07 PM by Anthony Darby »
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2009, 10:21:00 PM »
Yuri,
The background lichen is just as fascinating as the leaves.
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2009, 09:55:11 PM »
Seems to be growing in amongst Polytrichum moss, and the white lichen could be a Cladonia sp.?
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Fine Foliage... curly or spiralled leaves
« Reply #29 on: June 11, 2009, 10:57:10 PM »
Quote from: Yuri Pirogov on March 03, 2009, 11:08:24 AM
Identify, please.
Greece, Khalkidiki, near sea beach
Photo Roland Tsandekidis
The mystery resolved. It is an Ornithogalum:
http://www.plantarium.ru/page/image/id/16061.html
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