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Topic: Puzzles (Read 159072 times)
Armin
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Re: Puzzles
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Reply #510 on:
October 28, 2009, 10:18:46 PM »
Michael, I endorse Maggi - no it is not Pampas Gras. Hmm!
It is something which all of you alpine enthusiasts have certainly seen in spring... maybe nothing you would expect in autuum.
Now it should be easy.
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Lori S.
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October 28, 2009, 10:41:10 PM »
Salix
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Lori
Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Zone 3
-30 C to +30 C (rarely!); elevation ~1130m; annual precipitation ~40 cm
Armin
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October 28, 2009, 11:04:02 PM »
Lori, sorry for you - no Salix.
Maggi is getting closer "Maybe another
grass
head.... greatly magnified?"
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Michael J Campbell
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Re: Puzzles
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October 28, 2009, 11:05:10 PM »
Seed head of Dryas
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Michael J Campbell in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland
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Armin
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Re: Puzzles
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October 28, 2009, 11:10:19 PM »
Michael,
a very good guess
but still no hit
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Paddy Tobin
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Re: Puzzles
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October 28, 2009, 11:12:35 PM »
Not a pulsatilla at this end of the year?
paddy
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Paddy Tobin, Waterford, Ireland
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Lori S.
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Re: Puzzles
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Reply #516 on:
October 29, 2009, 01:53:13 AM »
An incredibly large, fluffy
Eriophorum
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Lori
Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Zone 3
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Armin
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Re: Puzzles
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October 29, 2009, 09:56:00 AM »
Lori, sorry again - no cotton gras
Paddy, congratulation for the direct hit with your 2nd quote !
Yes, it is the first bud of a Pulsatilla halleri subsp. rhodopaea. Unusual timing - as it should flower in March.
I do not know much of the distribution of this species, is it endemic to Greece ?
Seed germinated spring 2008 and was ex Karl Plaimer kindly shared by Thomas Huber. Many thanks!
Here the puzzle photo taken last week when we got the first frost and fresh photos from this morning.
I pray just for a bit of more sunshine
Many thanks for all who contributed to solve the puzzle - it was a great fun
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Reply #518 on:
October 29, 2009, 10:44:03 AM »
Great fun, I agree - such an extraordinary looking thing but now in context it looks even more amazing in the frost and with all that Fuzz
Thanks Armin
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Reply #519 on:
October 29, 2009, 11:13:52 AM »
Amazing!
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Puzzles
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October 29, 2009, 11:52:31 AM »
Whoa! You had me fooled there! I was thinking it was too fat and furry to be a pulsatilla seedhead.... never thought it might be a bud!
That was a very good puzzle!
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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Re: Puzzles
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Reply #521 on:
October 29, 2009, 02:23:57 PM »
OH, YES, I AM BRILLIANT!!!!!!!! LOL
I thought it was a pulsatilla as soon as I saw it but then thought it couldn't be at this time of year.
Armin, the photographs with frost are beautiful.
Paddy
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Paddy Tobin, Waterford, Ireland
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Reply #522 on:
October 29, 2009, 02:32:26 PM »
Many congratulations Armin, the frost shot is BEAUTIFUL! Well done young Paddy!
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Cliff Booker
Behind a camera in Whitworth. Lancashire. England.
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Re: Puzzles
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Reply #523 on:
October 29, 2009, 07:32:58 PM »
Lovely shots of a super plant Armin. The frost effects are very lovely. And well done Paddy.
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9
Armin
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Re: Puzzles
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Reply #524 on:
October 29, 2009, 08:52:14 PM »
Thanks to all for the lovely comments.
I'm glad you liked my puzzle and the photos.
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