Puzzles

[mark smyth]

Yes Maggi you're correct - animal

[Maggi Young]

Looks more like a rugby ball.

Nah, they're never green.... but I would believe anything of American ( and Australian)  football! 

[Graham Catlow]

Would you recognize that unexpectedly hairy fellow? 

Zephrine,
Is it a Penstemon?
Graham

[zephirine]

No, Graham, not a penstemon. But it's another well known genus where I had never seen such hair on the petals!

[Gunilla]

Could it be a Dianthus ?

[Maggi Young]

I think the key to Zeph's "watzit" puzzle is in the colour.......unfortunately that's as much as I do think.....


 Mark: are your black "seeds" Flatworm Eggs?

[Lesley Cox]

I'm thinking egg sacs of something anyway. I find very similar things under trays in my tunnel sometimes, but they are glossier than Mark's. Some kind of black beetle, I think.

[zephirine]

No dianthus either, Gunilla...
The colour is linked to this specific species, Maggi, yes. I'd better enlarge the watzit picture to make it easier, maybe...

[Anthony Darby]

Yes Maggi you're correct - animal

Remind me of flatworm egg capsules Mark.

[Ragged Robin]

I thought maybe 'Geranium'    Then clicked......

http://zephirine38.over-blog.com/

 

Fabulous images Zephirine!

[fleurbleue]

Well done Ragged Robin  Mine is less hairy Zeph, I was just looking at it,  closely 

[zephirine]

ROTFL...I thought the french language would prevent you from finding it.
Well done, Robin!  . And dear Fleurbleue, you were out of the game, anyway, this time!
Yes, it is G. soboliferum 'Starman'.
Fleurbleue, in fact I noticed that the hair is mainly visible when the flower has just opened. I believe it falls later as the flower matures...
By the way...Would anyone know why it was called "soboliferum"? My latin dictionnary says "soboles"= suboles= shoots or offsprings..This Geranium seems to have a few new shoots sprouting around the original crown, but not more (or even less) than a number of others...and no babies dangling in the air like chlorophytum, lol...
Just wondering! (female curiosity, I guess..)

[Ragged Robin]

Could I win some seed someday  ;
Pourrais je gagne une certaine graine un jour 

(Zephirine, I love the way you write in French, I could learn a lot from your blog - my french is not so creative  )

[zephirine]

Wouldn't you prefer to win a "sobol" next year, dear Robin? (I'm not sure it will have time to set seeds, since it started blooming so late this year).
Congratulations on your french, anyway! Being able to read and understand my (bad) jokes certainly is an achievement!

[Ragged Robin]

Thank you so much for your generous offer, Zephirine, would it grow in the Swiss Alps do you think? Wild geranium love it there.