Puzzles

[Anthony Darby]

Coaliflower?

[Paul T]

I've seen wood fungus like that, and also seedpods that resemble that (although there is usually a bit more of a "seam" where the two halves join).  Other than that, no closer identity. 

[ChrisB]

Lovely Carol

[Anthony Darby]

Need to see it from other angles.

[daveyp1970]

is it fossilized beech cotyledons.I am sure i have seen an African plant that resembles that but for my life can't think of the genus.

[Lvandelft]

As this Flower Show has the intention, that mostly bulbous plants or parts of them are shown here,
you’ll have to think a bit different.
And... this part is not dead at all 

[Lvandelft]

Lovely Carol

 

[Maggi Young]

As this Flower Show has the intention, that mostly bulbous plants or parts of them are shown here,
you’ll have to think a bit different.
And... this part is not dead at all 

We don't know the scale of the item, of course.... but I'm thinking it is quite small. 
The hole in the middle  suggests that there has been a stem arsing from that point.... so my guess is... some kind of Anemone corm/tuber?

[Anthony Darby]

I'm sure you'll get Cyclamen spp. tubers as weird as this?

[Lvandelft]

We don't know the scale of the item, of course.... but I'm thinking it is quite small. 
The hole in the middle  suggests that there has been a stem arsing from that point.... quote]

It is about 10 x 15 cms.
Maggi, you amaze me once more, getting rather close. But I doubt if you ever saw it 
I can tell you that the flowers are small and greenish.
Here is a close up:

[Maggi Young]

Luit, I'm sure I never saw the puzzle subject before... it's not the sort of thing one would forget!

I'm just going to fetch Ian, to show him.....

added some moments later......

.... well that didn't help much... he thinks some sort of ranunculaceae.... but that's a good as we  can get!

[Maggi Young]

This is  fun... got the BD thinking more.......he says there is a problem with anemones etc NOT having stems that go through the bulb (unlike Frits. for example - which is why I thought it was a 'lumpy underground storage organ'!) .... we still think it is a 'lumpy underground storage organ' of some kind...  can you hear the Craigton Cog Wheels whirring on this puzzle? 

[daveyp1970]

Can anybody name the famous British Film that this building starred in.

[Lvandelft]

  can you hear the Craigton Cog Wheels whirring on this puzzle? 

Needing some oil probably? 

Maybe this is of help: some are edible and some grow in Europe and some in the tropics

[Maggi Young]

  can you hear the Craigton Cog Wheels whirring on this puzzle? 

Needing some oil probably? 

Maybe this is of help: some are edible and some grow in Europe and some in the tropics

Maybe this is of help?  Errr..... no