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Post by nightowl on Dec 6, 2007 10:11:53 GMT
Fly Orchid?  |
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Post by Tig on Dec 6, 2007 10:23:35 GMT
Nope
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 10:30:37 GMT
Coeloglossum viride?
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 10:35:37 GMT
A little out of my comfort zone  but here goes: I am quite rare, but can be found in Yorkshire ;D I am usually found on north facing deep grassy slopes. I have a deep reddish-brown flower! xx Tig Dense-flowered Orchid? |
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Post by Tig on Dec 6, 2007 14:59:20 GMT
 Nope - but have you got a picture of one Plocket ;D x Tig
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 15:24:39 GMT
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Post by Tig on Dec 6, 2007 20:39:38 GMT
Oh Plocket - the things I learn on this board - anyway I am an orchid - just not any of the ones mentioned so far ;D x Tig
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Post by nightowl on Dec 6, 2007 21:13:06 GMT
Did you know that the word orchid literally means "testicle"? ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Shrubrose on Dec 6, 2007 22:57:18 GMT
Yes, as in 'orchiditis' meaning an inflammation of (complication of mumps) Ouch  |
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Post by Tig on Dec 6, 2007 23:34:00 GMT
<naughtygirlssmiley> -  Tig |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 8:49:41 GMT
What a way to start the day!!! ;D
I'm struggling now to think of orchids! Lady-slipper orchid?
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Post by Tig on Dec 7, 2007 9:42:23 GMT
What a way to start the day!!! ;D I'm struggling now to think of orchids! Lady-slipper orchid? I think I can award that one to you P - although I had it written down as 'Lady's Slipper Orchid' ;D x Tig |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 10:54:14 GMT
Oh you are too kind Tig!!! That's the only orchid I know - I had to search orchid information to get to the "dense flowered orchid" and then you doubted me!!! ;D
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 11:05:24 GMT
Ok! I'm a vine and my roots are used to flavour drinks.
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Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 11:44:39 GMT
Sarsaparilla?
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 11:48:33 GMT
YES!!!
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Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 12:10:14 GMT
Ok, I belong to the same family as Tomatoes and Potatoes, but I am far better known for my mystic and magical properties. Much used in ancient rituals, I am poisonous! |
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Post by Tig on Dec 7, 2007 12:10:28 GMT
Oh my favourite drink - and I wasn't about to guess  x Tig Deadly nightshade? |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 12:13:48 GMT
Deadly nightshade?
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Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 12:18:13 GMT
Same family again... but no, not that. I am said to scream when dragged from the ground!!!  |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 12:23:47 GMT
mandrake!
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Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 12:26:44 GMT
Yes! Over to you P |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 12:27:53 GMT
Eeeek! I'll get thinking!
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 12:29:49 GMT
I've killed a God!
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Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 12:55:50 GMT
And you accused me of being cryptic!!!  Mistletoe? |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 15:18:28 GMT
;D ;D ;D YES!!!!!
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Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 15:58:00 GMT
A tall sedge, common in the Nile Delta, where would history be without me?
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Post by Weeterrier on Dec 7, 2007 16:24:52 GMT
Papyrus?
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Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 17:13:03 GMT
Off you go Wee ;D
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Post by Weeterrier on Dec 7, 2007 17:52:22 GMT
I'm almost sorry I won. OK, back soon, off to stir a pot on the cooker
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but here goes:
x Tig
