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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #165 on: November 07, 2013, 12:35:24 AM »
Cymbalaria muralis (Ivy-leaved toadflax or Kenilworth Ivy) aka  Linaria cymbalaria
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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #166 on: November 26, 2013, 05:28:48 PM »
Aesculus pavia 'Atrosanguinea'
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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #167 on: November 30, 2013, 01:00:24 AM »
Lonicera nitida (box leafed honeysuckle)

Berries on a 10 mm grid.

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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #168 on: December 11, 2013, 02:36:09 AM »
Anemone leveillei

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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #169 on: January 01, 2014, 01:46:04 AM »
Thunbergia grandiflora - viewed from front and back on a 1 mm grid.

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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #170 on: January 07, 2014, 01:43:07 AM »
Lychnis chalcedonica

-on a 1 mm grid
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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #171 on: January 14, 2014, 02:48:21 AM »
Jasminum officinale - sometimes two berries per flower, one seed per berry. Photo of one freshly picked berry and two seeds, 14th January.

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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #172 on: January 28, 2014, 02:52:24 PM »
Some photos through from Lesley Cox

Charieis heterophylla
Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids - very fresh seed
Myosotidium hortensia
Tecophilaea cyanocrocus
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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #173 on: January 28, 2014, 05:42:38 PM »
 1) Tecophilaea seeds, without a scale, from Ian Young  http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2006/020806/log.html

 2) Tecophilaea seeds  with 2mm scale note from PBS website , pic by David Pilling 
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Tecophilaea
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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #174 on: January 29, 2014, 11:31:33 PM »
How odd! My seeds are a different shape from the PBS ones, of the Tecophilaea. Maybe it's to do with how tightly the pods were packed. I had two pods, one with 14 and the other with 15 seeds.
Mine had dried for about 4 days and the gloss was off them.
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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #175 on: February 02, 2014, 01:27:29 AM »
Clematis vitalba (less tails)

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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #176 on: February 03, 2014, 02:17:16 AM »
Primula sieboldii

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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #177 on: February 03, 2014, 11:51:18 PM »
From Lesley Cox:

Cosmos atrosanguineus- seeds and seedhead

Iris ensata
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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #178 on: February 10, 2014, 01:41:10 AM »
Geum urbanum (note the hooks)

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Re: Seed Identification : photos of named seed varieties.
« Reply #179 on: February 18, 2014, 01:46:10 AM »
Ananas comosus (pineapple)

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