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Post by andy on Jun 7, 2010 15:32:23 GMT
I'm getting there...I think - well maybe not - it isn't some kind of Clianthus is it?? RF Nope. It's a tropical climber and extinct in the wild (so i was told by a very knowlegeable college lecturer) Before i knew what it was, i had one in the palm house i used to look after. As it didn't look too happy, i threw it away  I was then told by the above lecturer just how rare it was !!!!  |
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Post by Tig on Jun 7, 2010 15:49:33 GMT
Hens teeth sprung to mind - I bet you wished you'd kept it!!  Strongylodon macrobotrys (jade vine)? |
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Post by andy on Jun 7, 2010 17:10:37 GMT
Hens teeth sprung to mind - I bet you wished you'd kept it!! Strongylodon macrobotrys (jade vine)? That's the fella |
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 7, 2010 17:33:58 GMT
Rats, just spent an hour looking through all my books and Tig beat me to it.
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 7, 2010 17:35:40 GMT
Me too - just got it after Tig had posted....now then what is she going to come up with...
RF
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Post by Tig on Jun 7, 2010 18:39:34 GMT
I had seen Andys flower somewhere before, but can't remember where!  Here is the next 'mystery'  x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 9, 2010 11:44:15 GMT
OB - where are you....any ideas as to what this is - apart from pretty.
RF
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Post by andy on Jun 9, 2010 12:20:15 GMT
That looks like a Bergenia flower...if not, what about Peltophyllum peltatum ?
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Post by Tig on Jun 9, 2010 12:56:39 GMT
Not a bergenia or the other one (which I had to google  ), smaller than either of those ... |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 9, 2010 13:14:01 GMT
Is it some kind of Primula perhaps??
RF
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 9, 2010 16:58:14 GMT
Ok , lets begin by eliminating some things. Is it in the Saxifraga family?
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Post by Tig on Jun 9, 2010 17:45:57 GMT
Not a primula RF, according to my research it is in the verbenaceae family  |
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Post by Dutchy on Jun 10, 2010 12:28:28 GMT
Not an asparagus with a pretty dress then ;D
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Post by Tig on Jun 10, 2010 14:08:46 GMT
;D (nor are they teeny little hats for the ladies to wear to the races ... )
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Post by Dutchy on Jun 10, 2010 16:56:33 GMT
Hm me thinks some one at Ascot missed a chance then.
Still no clue
I did think primula but as you said not of that family.
Still looking in between things.
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Post by Dutchy on Jun 10, 2010 17:00:52 GMT
Verbena lilacina is much more lilac and the center is pointier hm  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 12, 2010 15:01:20 GMT
Well I am on my second book.....
RF
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 13, 2010 11:32:41 GMT
There are only about 3,000 species so narrowed down a little.
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 13, 2010 11:37:00 GMT
Still got no Buttons, so cannot edit the above. I know what it is, but do I post an answer or not? Or shall I give a clue for someone else?
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Post by Tig on Jun 13, 2010 18:54:57 GMT
Of course you should post OB - put them out of their misery ;D
x Tig
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 13, 2010 19:41:09 GMT
Well, I reckon it is Lippia nodiflora, Frogfruit.
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Post by Tig on Jun 13, 2010 19:42:47 GMT
That is it OB (also known as phyla nodiflora I believe ) and I bought one for 15p the other week in the rescue section of Wilkies ;D x Tig |
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 14, 2010 7:36:39 GMT
Photo coming up, as and when!
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 14, 2010 14:31:30 GMT
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Post by Tig on Jun 14, 2010 14:50:33 GMT
First thought was dandelion ;D
I'm sure you don't grow any of those though OB....
So I'll try krigia biflora?
x Tig
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 14, 2010 16:08:45 GMT
Not that. Same family though.
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 15, 2010 11:56:47 GMT
I take it that we are talking about the Asteraceae family - can you give me a couple of years to find all the yellow ones pretty please...
RF
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 15, 2010 16:50:55 GMT
Just to help, you would not normally see this in flower.
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Post by Tig on Jun 15, 2010 23:50:30 GMT
That really helps OB |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 18, 2010 14:03:57 GMT
Any chance of another clue OB??
RF
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I was then told by the above lecturer just how rare it was !!!! 
), smaller than either of those ...
