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Paul T

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #720 on: December 30, 2009, 09:36:28 AM »
Giles,

I ummed and aaahed as to whether to say anything in the first place.  I shouldn't have posted at all.

And you're time scale is WAY off.  It is currently only 8:35pm here, so way before bedtime.   ;)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #721 on: December 30, 2009, 09:58:41 AM »
mmm I guess I was wrong then...  :-\
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #722 on: December 30, 2009, 09:59:22 AM »
I scratch my head (no wonder there is so little hair left) and drag from the depths the idea that it is a seed pod of a tree...
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Brian Ellis, Brooke, Norfolk UK. altitude 30m Mintemp -8C

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #723 on: December 30, 2009, 10:06:56 AM »
Yes, getting there...
Cone of an Australian Plant.
In this case a trashy trinket made from the above.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #724 on: December 30, 2009, 10:13:15 AM »
Yes, somewhat polished.  ;D  Not quite as big and bad as it's natural form. 8)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #725 on: December 30, 2009, 10:17:55 AM »
Not Banksia is it?
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Brian Ellis, Brooke, Norfolk UK. altitude 30m Mintemp -8C

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #726 on: December 30, 2009, 10:53:09 AM »
I second Brian.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #727 on: December 30, 2009, 10:56:48 AM »
I'm impressed!
I bought a pot at Kew made from a Banksia cone a few years ago; here it is:
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #728 on: December 30, 2009, 11:12:06 AM »
Wonderful structures aren't they?  Distinctive too ;)
Thanks Giles.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #729 on: December 30, 2009, 11:21:58 AM »
Great cones, those Banksias.....very decorative...... Ian was given one a few years ago, adapted to be a pen holder but the pen it came with soon disintegrated and we've never found another which fits the blooming thing! :P
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #730 on: December 30, 2009, 11:57:13 AM »
Very impressive cones, most attractive, thank God the little grey cells are still there!
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Brian Ellis, Brooke, Norfolk UK. altitude 30m Mintemp -8C

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #731 on: December 30, 2009, 12:22:28 PM »
Quote from: Diane Clement on December 29, 2009, 10:57:25 PM
Tony gets the prize for inventiveness, but Giles gets the prize for skill!  Well done, it's Plantago rosularis Bowles Variety.  
I was thinking of some contorted clue with a Bowles connection, but didn't need it.

Sorry, a bit late reading this thread.

This is quite commonly grown over here, but I've only ever heard it called Plantago major "Rosularis" (googling Bowles variety, I see it's a synonym). However, it was known long before Bowles' time - I discovered to my astonishment that it was cultivated as long ago as 1629!. See the picture below taken in Chelsea Physic Garden in London! I have a little thing for this species and have 7 or 8 of them (well, they are edible!)

« Last Edit: December 30, 2009, 12:24:58 PM by Stephenb »
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #732 on: December 30, 2009, 02:42:39 PM »
If that one was too easy, I'll leave you with this:
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #733 on: December 30, 2009, 03:06:24 PM »

At this time of year that IS easy.... it's one of Santa's reindeers' horns! ;D
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #734 on: December 30, 2009, 04:32:07 PM »
Definitely a plant  8)
Some older wood.
(It's a branching pattern-thing).
Can tie it in knots.
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