Puzzles

[Graham Catlow]

Pity it wasn't a zoob though. Perhaps when someone discoveres a new plant they would like to call it a zoob.

Is my mind playing trick or do I remember from my childhood a sweet called zoobs or perhaps a cough lozenge. This may be giving my age away either because I remember them or that my mind is playing tricks on me

Just googled it but can't find anything.

Graham

[Graham Catlow]

Very amazing plant... and picture 

Yes it is an amazing plant, but just to warn that all parts are highly toxic.

Graham

[arisaema]

It really is a lovely plant! I'm still waiting for mine to start flowering, it must be closer to 10 years...

Here's another one that should be easy, at least for those who grow it

[TheOnionMan]

I have now added this (the Veratrum) to my ever-increasing "plants I must grow" list.

[Graham Catlow]

I have now added this (the Veratrum) to my ever-increasing "plants I must grow" list.

Do you want some seed Mark?
Thats if it sets seed this year.
Graham

[Graham Catlow]

Just found Zoobs - should have spelt it Zubes.
Still for sale so I'm not going mad and I could be younger than I suggested you may think I am.

Zubes Original Lozenges
Size: 36 g
For relief from sore throat, cough and cold symptoms. The warming vapour of Zubes lozenges help soothe your chest and throat and clear your nose.

Graham

[Lvandelft]

Very amazing plant... and picture 

Yes it is an amazing plant, but just to warn that all parts are highly toxic.

Graham

Yes the cows leave it untouched in the field, but here is a picture showing that you can touch it without harm 
But it is one of my favourite huge perennials!

[TheOnionMan]

Luit, fantastic specimen of Veratrum nigrum.  What sort of soil and moisture conditions are best for this plant, the photo shows gravel on top, but I assume that is just a top-dressing.

[Giles]

Arisaema griffithii (or something else really weird like it)

[Lvandelft]

Luit, fantastic specimen of Veratrum nigrum.  What sort of soil and moisture conditions are best for this plant, the photo shows gravel on top, but I assume that is just a top-dressing.

Mark, I grow it here in sandy soil, the same as all bulbs are cultivated here in the area. The topdressing is more for the show, but they like rooting in cool soil, I believe.
Here is a picture of a more mature plant which must be 20 years at least on the same place. It is surrounded by plants like Lysimachia punctata, which cover the surrounding soil.

[Lesley Cox]

I think the Veratrums in general like a lot of moisture as I have several, all in dryish places (my whole garden is dry) and though they grow and flower, they are only half the height of Luit's amazing plant.

[arisaema]

Arisaema griffithii (or something else really weird like it)

It is, A. dahaiense, a close relative of A. griffithii

[Maggi Young]

Both super pix, Bjørnar..... these plants are tailor made for puzzle pictures with their weird forms and fantastic markings.

[Lvandelft]

Here a new one. Rather easy for those who use it

[Anthony Darby]

Opium?