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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1035 on: July 21, 2010, 06:46:08 AM »
No, sorry, Lesley!  ;D
And I think you don't need that plant, anyway...
« Last Edit: July 21, 2010, 06:53:41 AM by zephirine »
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1036 on: July 21, 2010, 03:11:04 PM »
An orostachys sp.?
« Last Edit: July 21, 2010, 03:42:52 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1037 on: July 21, 2010, 03:51:46 PM »
Quote from: zephirine on July 21, 2010, 05:38:40 AM
post 1033.....You're all so clever..I'm amazed!!!!
Sure you'll find this one in no time...


I'll have a guess.... I think this picture is showing an unusual aspect to this flower.... taken from directly above, so  we are not seeing that the inflorescence is much longer than it seems...... ::)  I think this may be the budding head of a Kniphofia... maybe Kniphofia buchananii  ??? :-\
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1038 on: July 21, 2010, 07:53:28 PM »
No Orostachys either, Oleg, sorry!
But Maggi, you have guessed the main point: yes, the picture is taken from right above the flower! Not a Kniphofia though...and not that long either, in fact....
Noone has the right family either...
I extend the hint: Neither Lesley nor Mark will ever need that plant...nor will Oleg, Maggi or me, but to a lesser extent...
It's a species, not a cultivar.
« Last Edit: July 21, 2010, 07:55:09 PM by zephirine »
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1039 on: July 21, 2010, 08:06:50 PM »
This is proving an intriguing puzzle... thanks, Zephirine..... I'm sure you have given us a great clue......  :-\  ??? ??? ;D
« Last Edit: July 21, 2010, 09:27:54 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1040 on: July 21, 2010, 08:30:24 PM »
Poaceae? Reminds me of Phalaris canariensis...
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1041 on: July 21, 2010, 08:36:40 PM »
My first reaction was an Allium, and after the hints ... But which one?? If it is, impossible for me to guess!
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1042 on: July 21, 2010, 08:42:06 PM »
No poaceae, no Allium...sorry, folks!
The clue refers to the plant's common name, in fact, Maggi....
The genus is very well known, and the species not really unknown either!
« Last Edit: July 21, 2010, 09:26:10 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1043 on: July 21, 2010, 09:18:21 PM »
Quote from: zephirine on July 21, 2010, 07:53:28 PM
No Orostachys either, Oleg, sorry!

I extend the hint: Neither Lesley nor Mark will ever need that plant...nor will Oleg, Maggi or me, but to a lesser extent...

You call that a hint? ??? :)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1044 on: July 21, 2010, 09:37:02 PM »
need as in they have some already or need as in don't like it - like a double flower?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1045 on: July 21, 2010, 09:49:24 PM »
A variegated Sedum perhaps... :-\
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1046 on: July 22, 2010, 04:42:45 AM »
No Sedum either, Nicole!  ;)
OK, forget about that clue, Lesley... ;D ("need" because the reason why this plant was used in the old times is absent in NZ and Ireland)
Let's try something else...
It belongs to a genus of very tough plants, and most of them are spiny, but not this one...
Does that make a better clue?  ;)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1047 on: July 22, 2010, 06:40:42 AM »
Just found this and reading about the clue my first thought was some Ornithogalum or better Urginea, but this genus is not so well known I think.
But tough etc. it might be some Aloe?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1048 on: July 22, 2010, 06:53:52 AM »
None of these either, sorry  8) ...not even the family...
But with you Aloe, you have something, there, about the species name....which refers to one of its cousins!
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1049 on: July 22, 2010, 07:04:24 AM »
Agave??
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