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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2006 11:59:50 GMT
Medlar?
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Post by oldmoleskins on Dec 6, 2006 12:01:42 GMT
Nope.
OM.
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2006 12:12:43 GMT
Fig
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Post by oldmoleskins on Dec 6, 2006 13:59:37 GMT
Yep!! Fig. Well done!!
As you're already getting the Reader's Digests, I'll chuck in a coconut so you can entertain LittleP with your galloping horse impression during these long winter evenings.
OM
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2006 14:02:04 GMT
Blimey that was a good guess!!! So what insect pollinates it then?
I love coconut!!! ;D
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Post by oldmoleskins on Dec 6, 2006 14:06:28 GMT
Some sort of wasp, apparently... the Fig Wasp?
OM.
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2006 14:09:04 GMT
PML! Sounds about right!!!!!
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2006 14:10:01 GMT
What are scientists apprently trying to develop for lazy gardeners?
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 6, 2006 14:13:04 GMT
What are scientists apprently trying to develop for lazy gardeners? At a guess....dwarf grass that never needs cutting? |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2006 14:15:28 GMT
YES!!! Bonkers or what???  |
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 6, 2006 14:40:17 GMT
Seriously bonkers Plocket, as was that now banned chemical spray to restrict hedge growth.... wish I could remember what its called!
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2006 14:41:13 GMT
No good asking me - I'd never use the stuff!
Which tree is Coleridge describing in these lines? ‘I watch’d / Some broad and sunny leaf, and lov’d to see / The shadow of the leaf and stem above / Dappling its sunshine!’
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Post by sleepysunday on Dec 6, 2006 14:42:28 GMT
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 6, 2006 14:46:56 GMT
Did it get sold for use in gardens under another name sleepy? the name isnt ringing any bells.
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Post by sleepysunday on Dec 6, 2006 14:49:31 GMT
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 6, 2006 14:51:46 GMT
That might well be it, sleepy.  |
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 6, 2006 15:08:07 GMT
No good asking me - I'd never use the stuff! Which tree is Coleridge describing in these lines? ‘I watch’d / Some broad and sunny leaf, and lov’d to see / The shadow of the leaf and stem above / Dappling its sunshine!’ No idea I tried a search but got a site with none too savoury content! |
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Post by sleepysunday on Dec 6, 2006 15:11:31 GMT
Lime
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2006 18:58:52 GMT
Correct!!!
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Post by andy on Dec 7, 2006 6:56:26 GMT
Without referring to mr google........what does an "X" before a latin name mean and in between a latin name mean ? EG x cupressocyparis leylandii cottoneaster x exberyensis And....what does the ii as in Leylandii mean on a plant name.  |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2006 8:17:17 GMT
Erm... I think the x means the plant is a hybrid
As for the ii - I've no idea!
(Potential for looking a right ejit here!!! ;D )
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Post by andy on Dec 7, 2006 8:21:54 GMT
Certainly is a hybrid....but what types ? ;D
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2006 8:58:57 GMT
Dunno!!!  |
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Post by andy on Dec 7, 2006 9:14:38 GMT
The cross before the name indicates an inter-generic hybrid.....or a cross between two totally different plants....in this case, a cupressus and a chamaecyparis = X cupressocyparis. This is fairly unusual and there are very few examples. Another one is a X fatshedera....a cross between a fatsia and a hedera (ivy). Now the second type is an inter-specific hybrid and is much more common and is a cross between two different species of the same plant...ie the C. x Exberyensis is a cross between two different species of cottoneaster....maybe C. cornubia and C. salicifolia. The ii means that the plant is named after someone......Walisii, Davidii, Jamesonii, Elwoodii.....were named after messers Wallis, Davids, Jameson and Elwood. Botany lesson over  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 7, 2006 9:22:03 GMT
I knew that!
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Post by sleepysunday on Dec 7, 2006 9:55:51 GMT
Weellll... I 'may' be wrong, but I don't think so, however... I think the x means that it is a cross. So, in your second example a cottoneaster has been crossed with a exberyensis. With regard to the words ending in ii, again I am far from an expert but I understand that it is a plural reference to the genus or species So a single leylandii should really be a leylandius, or laylandia or something like that, but when we are talking about the species collectively we use the plural leylandii. We use two 'i's because the singular ending already has an i (be it ius or ia). So we remove the us or a and repalce it with an i. I believe it is gender specific as well ii being female ea being male or vicki-verki Hopefully someone who knows more or better will put me right, but that's what I've always thought. ____________________________ Oh, I see someone who does know more has already replied. OK, ignore this |
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Post by andy on Dec 7, 2006 10:08:55 GMT
Usually, what a specific name ends in depends on what the generic name ends in.....
eg skimmia japonica. If the skimmia had been spelt skimmius, then the specific name would be japonicus (if there was such a name). Escallonia macrantha could become escallonius macranthus etc.
This is often why latin names of plants (and animals) often sound comical to the casual observer and many jokes......eg homosapian fartalotian.
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 7, 2006 10:24:28 GMT
Thanks Andy, you explained that better than my books did I knew about the ii bit from a CB program I watched, but I admit I didnt know about what the x before the name meant.
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2006 10:39:15 GMT
I'll try and remember!!! ;D
In a famous anonymous portrait of Charles II, the king is being presented with which exotic fruit by his gardener, John Rose?
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Post by andy on Dec 7, 2006 10:53:45 GMT
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