No Mark...they like canoodling alpine meadows in the summer!Chance would be a fine thing 8)
Robin lives in Switzerland, Mark, so I'm guessing not UK butterflies!
Interesting that the leading egdes of the front sets of wings are different... would this be the difference between male and female?
Robin, may I ask you to put your location in your sginature box so it shows on all your posts?
No Mark...they like canoodling alpine meadows in the summer!
No Mark...they like canoodling alpine meadows in the summer!
Chance would be a fine thing... still David & I are off to Austria in June ;D :-* ;D
thanks, Robin!
Which is male and which is female then? Seems the one at the front is more pushy!
Added my signature Maggi
No Mark...they like canoodling in alpine meadows in the summer!
Chance would be a fine thing... still David & I are off to Austria in June ;D :-* ;D
Where there's life there's hope, eh, Carol?? ;D
Appropriately in a sunflower, Apollo (Parnassius apollo) but I have to confess I did a web search to check!
The first butterfly I photographed was one of these, in the Pyrenees.
Where there's life there's hope, eh, Carol?? ;D
You've got it Maggi! We've got flights from Aberdeen via Amsterdam to Vienna. ..... ;D
Which flight is this and where's it going? I need some sun.....We're flying to Vienna and then up to Kaprun but not until 6 June... don't fancy wading through snow drifts anymore
Appropriately in a sunflower, Apollo (Parnassius apollo) but I have to confess I did a web search to check!
The first butterfly I photographed was one of these, in the Pyrenees.
The humming bird hawk moth reminds me of a time in Austria when I was sitting on a balcony trying to photograph one. It always moved just as I pressed the button and I wasted a lot of film but got plenty of petunia pictures :(. Digi cameras are so much cheaper.
That's Butterbur, or a Swiss equivalent? Petasites hybridus or P. albidus.;D Thanks so much for identifying the Butterbur in the forest, David, - it's extraordinary watching them grow out of the forest floor like fungi, almost overnight. It is not mentioned in my flora book of wild alpine flowers - wonder how it got its name?
Here's a little puzzle for you if its still rainy.
I entered this pic in a competition. First I had to find a name for the butterfly. It could be one you have seen locally. Do its wings reflect the sky?
Mirror blue ... or in the case of Lancashire ... mirror murky grey? ;D
Butterbur is very common round here where it grows under trees alongside rivers. It is one of the first wild flowers to come out. I don't know how it got its name but that also applies to many common plant names.
Ah but I've got an answer for you...
The name Butterbur is supposed to have been given it because formerly these large leaves were used to wrap butter in during hot weather. ;D ;D
Anne, it's wonderful to have that connection with how plants were named - was tickled pink you knew it! Now roll on the hot weather so I can try wrapping my Swiss butter in the leaves - but not sure when the real leaves appear? ::)
Anne, it's wonderful to have that connection with how plants were named - was tickled pink you knew it! Now roll on the hot weather so I can try wrapping my Swiss butter in the leaves - but not sure when the real leaves appear? ::)
Anne possibly did know the answer as well :) Leaves appear after the plant has flowered.
The ground is generally moist and humus rich but with deciduous trees like alder, willow and birch.
Here's a little puzzle for you if its still rainy.I would say common blue (Polyommatus icarus)? Too much blue near the body for the adonis blue. I would be extremely surprised to see apollos much before June anywhere in the Alps. I saw them in July in the Italian Alps in 1988. I have bred them in the greenhouse on Sedum album. The larvae over-winter fully formed but still inside the egg.
I entered this pic in a competition. First I had to find a name for the butterfly. It could be one you have seen locally. Do its wings reflect the sky?
Here's a little puzzle for you if its still rainy.I would say common blue (Polyommatus icarus)? Too much blue near the body for the adonis blue. I would be extremely surprised to see apollos much before June anywhere in the Alps. I saw them in July in the Italian Alps in 1988. I have bred them in the greenhouse on Sedum album. The larvae over-winter fully formed but still inside the egg.
I entered this pic in a competition. First I had to find a name for the butterfly. It could be one you have seen locally. Do its wings reflect the sky?
Here's some pics of Parnassius apollo in the greenhouse in 2003 and the small apollo (P. phoebus) in 2004. The female apollo has much more translucent wings.
'talking of which what is best to add to an raised alpine bulb bed which is sinking in the snow melt? '
A mixture of humus and grit with added bonemeal.
Here's a little puzzle for you if its still rainy.
I entered this pic in a competition. First I had to find a name for the butterfly. It could be one you have seen locally. Do its wings reflect the sky?
Robin for the two quote option, copy and paste into the quote box provided by clicking on the "yellow bubble" icon second right from the options above the text box.
Thanks for the 'quote' unquote help Maggi.....
I know so few butterflies and moths it is ridiculous.... but since I'm writing anyway.... I think that black and red chap may be a Burnet Moth ???
Rampion was (apparently) cultivated as a kitchen herb. Herbalists proposed its use for 'inflamation of the mouth' and 'throte wartes'. BUT I'm not sure it was this species they refer to ???
Amazing what you find on the internet!
Here are two more phyteumas seen in the Valais
Phyteuma orbiculare - a meadow plant
Phyteuma globularifolia - a mountain plant ... and tiny!
]Finally a little puzzle for you ....
Where did I see this traffic jam from my window? :)
Finally a little puzzle for you ....
Where did I see this traffic jam from my window? :)
Where did I see this traffic jam from my window? :)
I thought so too, Carol, thinking the people in red were dressed in costume...are they looking at sheep or goats? I have tried zooming in but it's all blurry.... that sculpture behind is a clue has got me on another track...
Great two-tone goat.... very stylish!
Robin, can we see a picture of Jazzy, please? Lots of petlovers around here!!
I thought so too, Carol, thinking the people in red were dressed in costume...are they looking at sheep or goats? I have tried zooming in but it's all blurry.... that sculpture behind is a clue has got me on another track...
Definitely goats, the folk in red are walkers complete with rucksacks and cameras... possibly and organised group all in the same sweatshirts? [Not that this is any help in deciding where they are!] Yes Robin if we could get a descent look at the sculpture it would give us a clue... Tony has managed not to show and signs or building names ??? I'm still sticking with Austria ;D
Carol could this be the sculpture? Although what beavers would be doing in the town centre is even stranger than two-tone goats!
Where did I see this traffic jam from my window? :)
I recognise those goats and so I would guess at Zermatt??
(and that was before I saw Robin's there's-often-a-clue picture from the Valais)
I think of beavers as having big, flat tails. Is it possible that these are marmots, more typical of the alps.
Actually the winner is Diane who recognised the two tone (blackneck) Valais goat and put two and two together and came up with Zermatt where goats caused a traffic jam as no other traffic is allowed there!
Maybe Diane will set the next puzzle? :)
Actually the winner is Diane who recognised the two tone (blackneck) Valais goat and put two and two together and came up with Zermatt where goats caused a traffic jam as no other traffic is allowed there!
Actually, my first thought was Saas Fee but I thought the architecture was wrong, so went for Zermatt. I never knew what sort of goat they were, and usually call them Ying-yang goatsQuoteMaybe Diane will set the next puzzle? :)
Good idea! I'll think about it
Yipee!
But meanwhile, here they are causing a different sort of traffic jam
and also in "King of the Mountains" style
sorry for the poor quality of old scanned slides
Slides of the two tone goats on the mountain are wondeful, Diane! Where were they taken?
Not a native Swiss, Diane, a Scottish interloper! Hence my delight in exploring all things Alpine. I think your garden looks full of treasures from your Blog and really enjoyed your myths and legends surrounding Mandragora officinarum. Next time we are in Italy I will look out for it on the scrubby hillside.Slides of the two tone goats on the mountain are wonderful, Diane! Where were they taken?
I thought as a native, Robin, that was your puzzle ;D
We were staying in Saas Fee and took the bus down the valley to Saas Almagell. Then walked up to Almagelleralp (a stiffish climb), then along the Höhenweg Kreuzboden which is an excellent flowery walk then down from Kreuzboden by cablecar. The goats blocked our way on a narrow path on the Höhenweg and we had considerable difficulty getting past
I was not so lucky at Kreuzboden. It snowed heavily the night before so high places were out of bounds. And on the way up to the top the gondola stopped with us out of view of humankind ..... long enough for us both to be crossing our legs :-X Returning to the flowery path we were greeted with rain :'(What a fabulous view, Tony, but the gondola experience sounds a little like 'touching the void'...I have a wonderful greenstone ring from Saas Fee - the stone is only found in the region and I will try and find its name....
It was nice the day before :P
I was not so lucky at Kreuzboden. It snowed heavily the night before so high places were out of bounds. And on the way up to the top the gondola stopped with us out of view of humankind ..... long enough for us both to be crossing our legs :-X Returning to the flowery path we were greeted with rain :'(
It was nice the day before :P
What a fabulous view, Tony, but the gondola experience sounds a little like 'touching the void'As we hung there it started to snow again ... we both (I was with a male friend) had the same thought ... can you guess what we were thinking (nothing to do with crossed legs this time!) :o
can you guess what we were thinking (nothing to do with crossed legs this time!)
David Gerald Shaw... :(Quotecan you guess what we were thinking (nothing to do with crossed legs this time!)
Who's going to be first to suggest sharing body heat :o
Stuck on the mountain would have been better - I think ???
When we told our wives the tale they both agreed with what we were thinking.
Stuck on the mountain would have been better - I think ???
When we told our wives the tale they both agreed with what we were thinking.
Encased in the gondola inside a giant frozen snowball - suspended and bobbing on an whitened cable like a huge ice lolly?
Stuck on the mountain would have been better - I think ???
When we told our wives the tale they both agreed with what we were thinking.
Encased in the gondola inside a giant frozen snowball - suspended and bobbing on an whitened cable like a huge ice lolly?
The mind bogglith :o
I'm trying to get inside Tony's head?????!!!!! Otherwise I'm feeling clueless.....
We stayed calm and were glad to be alone in the gondola .... now can you think who (we) would be glad was NOT sharing our experience? ::)
Looks like Helianthemum sp., but I can't think of a connection because no apollos feed on it?I've been searching for other connections with the Apollo butterfly and thought maybe laying of eggs but no - seems it likes Fumarialeae, Scrophularaceae, Crassulaceae genus but not Cistaceae...cannot find another photo like this plant in Valais Alpine Plants so am working on the village below!!!!!
Oh dear - this scientific approach is all Greek to me ;)Ye Gods! ::)
Oh dear - this scientific approach is all Greek to me ;)
Good!
Apollo - God of the Sun
Has he only one name?
And what about the yellow flower - has this other names?
Ok - the race is nearly over (but if you knew what I do for a living you'd appreciate the irony there ;D)
You started the thread with Apollo and Helianthus .... but I'm sure Helianthus and Helianthemum are both derived from the same greek god. You have been so close to the answer Icarus would be proud of you :P
You seem to have gone an extra mile - Apollo and Helios were my connection - I thought you might take a short cut to the answer having started the thread with that combination.Ok - the race is nearly over (but if you knew what I do for a living you'd appreciate the irony there ;D)
You started the thread with Apollo and Helianthus .... but I'm sure Helianthus and Helianthemum are both derived from the same greek god. You have been so close to the answer Icarus would be proud of you :P
I hope I get out of this labyrinth soon ::) ::)
Helios - is the Greek sun god and the sun itself?
Offspring =
These "children of the Sun" were sometimes referred to as Heliades in Greek mythology and literature.
Not a 'Bookie' are you Tony?David, if I didn't know better I'd say you got that from the horses mouth :D
No more puzzles for a while ???
Busy day today Tony :-XDavid - I dont Knowhere you get that idea big fella. Thanks for thinking of me. Whats the state of play down among the cornish sett? I'm off on holiday next week, not a eurotrek or the himalayan trail for me, no my will is to stroll down a cloudy lane to chelsea harbour.
It didn't worry the Bookies too much.A nice quiet day at the office - I gave you a dozen well fancied options and none was a winner :-[
If I'd backed that horse it would have come in last! :-\ It's not that I'm not superstitious, as that's bad luck, it's just that when my ship comes in I'll be at the airport! :(
It didn't worry the Bookies too much.A nice quiet day at the office - I gave you a dozen well fancied options and none was a winner :-[
Pity I had to be stuck indoors on such a nice day though :(
It didn't worry the Bookies too much.One of my friends had a fiver to win on Mon Mome! :o
So, was it your wives that you were glad were not also stuck in the gondola ? ???Maggi - you know me too well!
Maggi - you know me too well!
They would both have been deeply unhappy which would have disturbed our quiet contemplation of the meaning of life.
One of our customers had £100 on it "because my little girl calls me Mom-Mom" ... for the uninitiated Mon Mome won the Grand National (UKs most famous horse race) at odds of 100/1.It didn't worry the Bookies too much.One of my friends had a fiver to win on Mon Mome! :o
Apart from the sleep bit (far too cold) you're about right.Maggi - you know me too well!
They would both have been deeply unhappy which would have disturbed our quiet contemplation of the meaning of life.
By which you mean you settled down to wait and fell asleep? :D
....on the internet or mountain top it's always a pleasure for like minds to meet
- the puzzling thing is why it took me so long to make the link!I think that all that lovely clear mountain air may have made you too dizzy !! ;)
A quick web search suggests you saw Adonis vernalis.
Have you found this web site
http://www.wsl.ch/land/products/webflora/floramodul2-en.html
Swiss web flora - clicking on the mapping regions takes you to a species list for each one. I find it very useful.
Simply glorious Robin. I hope you weren't left TOO dizzy, but worth it I'm sure, specially for those of us safely in the lowlands. :)
Actually a great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima). Omnivorous, eating vegitation and other grasshoppers.
An easy puzzle to begin with ... I just require the location????Grey and hairy - somewhere hot 8)
An easy puzzle to begin with ... I just require the location?
An easy puzzle to begin with ... I just require the location?
Men can multi-task ... I can drink Guinness and watch football ...
... now it's your turn to set the next puzzle! :D :D
Unfortunately I've nothing to hand that would be a worthy successor so must pass for now ;)
First thoughts - Crocus nevadensis, a stab in the dark but last night I had Echium sp and Lanzarote but having never been there I kept mum :-X Tonight I'll risk appearing a fool (which as anyone who knows me will realise is a role I often play ;))
... I am stuck between the cherry trees and the mountain
First thoughts - Crocus nevadensis
... I am stuck between the cherry trees and the mountain
RR, the crocus is not BETWEEN the trees and the mountain
And no cherry blossom, it's too early, and too late for the crocus.
Are we looking at El Torcal? Once again I've not been there but .....
Oh dear!
Just found this thread, and it's sooooo funny,
and it's way past my bed time - The Magic Roundabout must have finished .....
How about this:
I've visited a few Botanic Gardens in my time.
In one country I think I visited every Botanic Garden they had.
I guess I could feed you Botanic Gardens,(from the same country), and you could try and guess the country (and city?)
I'll start with the most difficult one - probably the third or fourth largest city in this country.I'll give you successive new Botanic Gardens in this country
until it's too obvious. As this one is so obscure, I give the view looking the other way (!)
(Sorry, can't do Robin's sense of humour).
Are we looking at El Torcal? Once again I've not been there but .....
We are! Well done, Tony. I was sitting in a hot tub at the Hotel El Torcal in order to take the picture.
It's February, so the blossom is almond and olive and the eponymous crocus is sadly not to be found at this season. This picture is the wallpaper on my computer so I often have to tell people where it is.
There's more on this area here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=275.16 (http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=275.16)
I'm totally stunned with that!!!
I thought it would be impossible, but you are right - it's Trondheim Botanical Garden.
Norway has the dubious honour of being my No. 2 favourite country,(after Luxembourg).
For the others - here is Bergen and Oslo Botanic Garden....
Your wish is my command!Are we looking at El Torcal? Once again I've not been there but .....
We are! Well done, Tony. I was sitting in a hot tub at the Hotel El Torcal in order to take the picture.
It's February, so the blossom is almond and olive and the eponymous crocus is sadly not to be found at this season. This picture is the wallpaper on my computer so I often have to tell people where it is.
There's more on this area here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=275.16 (http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=275.16)
Great puzzle Diane, makes me want to go there and have the hot tub experience with a view - after a hike in the mountain, of course. Can we see a photo of the crocus in question?
I'm not impressed boys and girls. ;)I did say I do not get out much ... and I meant it! Especially Norfolk. Long story but ill health (not mine) and now children mean that I have a lot of catching up to do .... Perhaps I should visit other gardens before I get mine in order :o
Tony is definitely at the bottom of the class as one of them is in NORFOLK !!!!!!!!!
I worry about hard core alpine folk !
I might try my 'Famous Gardens of Scotland' ....that could be most embarrassing ;D ;D ;D
In between the postings did someone post a gorgeous little grey leaved rock plant to find a name for or was it just my imagination....again! ??? Please repost as it's driving me crazy not having an answer to a puzzle!!!! ::)
Quote from: Ragged RobinGreat puzzle Diane, makes me want to go there and have the hot tub experience with a view - after a hike in the mountain, of course. Can we see a photo of the crocus in question?Your wish is my command!
The name is applied to this white form collected in the area. Likes a warm dry summer rest. I have lost mine to virus :'(
The connection to Easter?
Well done Paul. No the fly is a distracter, but perhaps after the answer too ;)
Isn't there a Fritillaria called a chocolate lily?
So, it's not an aubergine then?!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
(The eggplant to all our non-U.K. based members).
Ready for another little puzzle? Species name and native to where?Looks like the nettles in my garden ... we shoot trespassers you know ;D
Well, it is one of my favourite plants ;) Lovely pictures, Cliff. Is Glaucidium palmatum leucanthum the same as I grow as Album?
Here is an easy one :)Bring me sunshine 8) in your smile :) bring me laughter all a while ;D
Bring me joy, bring me sunshine, bring me love!!! ;DHere is an easy one :)Bring me sunshine 8) in your smile :) bring me laughter all a while ;D
In this world where we live there should be more happiness :D
So much joy you can give to each brand new bright tomorrow ;)
::) Just thinking about your not so easy puzzle.......
Sorry! It was not meant to be a clue, I just had to finish the song ::)
The flower is not ericaceous but could be said to have short fat hairy legs :o
like this?
Go on then ... Pulsatilla vernalis? Hairs don't look right on the stems though, Tony? When you mentioned me, I immediately thought; 'Old Man of the Mountains'!!! ;D ;D ;D
Go on then ... Pulsatilla vernalis? Hairs don't look right on the stems though, Tony? When you mentioned me, I immediately thought; 'Old Man of the Mountains'!!! ;D ;D ;DAmazing what happens if you take a day off for a Wedding Anniversay. Just think how many hirsuite wrong answers would have been offered if I'd been gone for a week? :D
I thought I knew what 'Little Ern' is, but there are more plants with suchPulsatilla alpina ssp apiifolia?
hairy stems.
Here is the one I was thinking of and it's having yellow flowers.
If it is not the same, Tony may say what it is ;D ;D
Wengen area ... Kleinne Scheiddegg perhaps, looking towards north face of the Eiger ... small knoll near the broken fence by the tiny pond which is home to the one-legged, one-eyed albino frog called Lucky?Close but the wrong end of the famous belvedere.
small knoll near the broken fence by the tiny pond which is home to the one-legged, one-eyed albino frog called Lucky?
small knoll near the broken fence by the tiny pond which is home to the one-legged, one-eyed albino frog called Lucky?
Good Lord! What constitutes bad luck to a frog? ??? ??? ???
Being coerced into making spawn movies?
small knoll near the broken fence by the tiny pond which is home to the one-legged, one-eyed albino frog called Lucky?
Good Lord! What constitutes bad luck to a frog? ??? ??? ???
Being coerced into making spawn movies? :D
I though that frog rana way?with its latin lover?
Diabolical puns flying around here.... I fine you ALL large bars of best chocolate! ;D
Paul is hot ;D
I thought I knew what 'Little Ern' is, but there are more plants with suchI know its been a long time but is yours Asarum pulchellum Luit???
hairy stems.
Here is the one I was thinking of and it's having yellow flowers.
If it is not the same, Tony may say what it is ;D ;D
I know its been a long time but is yours Asarum pulchellum Luit???Tony, I came to the wrong solution (Pulsatilla stem) because the attachment from the stem
To make it very easy here is a flower
Yes it is Diane, but with the flower it was rather easy.To make it very easy here is a flower
I lost the plot of this but the picture shows the definitely hairy Saruma henryi - an anagram of Asarum so Tony was nearly correct.
I took this picture last week in our garden.I think you hit your thumb with a hammer when you were mending a fence .... it looks very sore! :P
Probably too easy for many of you all, but maybe I am wrong.
Any guess?
Indeed, I do have two left hands, so might be a possibility... ;D ;DQuoteI took this picture last week in our garden.I think you hit your thumb with a hammer when you were mending a fence .... it looks very sore! :P
Probably too easy for many of you all, but maybe I am wrong.
Any guess?
Today a puzzle from me :A quill....of a hedgehog ???
we found this by walkings in the mountains of Sicily before some years 8)
any ideas ::)
Great minds think alike, Ashley? :D
Cliff,This discussion gave me the idea. So it had to be an Irish winner ;) Rheum palmatum
I like my rhubarb, particularly good crop this year and lots of rhubarb recipes though I don't think Luit's is one of the edible varieties; Rheum palmatum or some such.
Paddy
To make it very easy here is a flower
I lost the plot of this but the picture shows the definitely hairy Saruma henryi - an anagram of Asarum so Tony was nearly correct.
Can I do another from this: Whose favourite plant was Saruma?
And completely unrelated: what other genera have been made up as anagrams?
I lost the plot of this but the picture shows the definitely hairy Saruma henryi - an anagram of Asarum so Tony was nearly correct.
Can I do another from this: Whose favourite plant was Saruma?
And completely unrelated: what other genera have been made up as anagrams?
Robin ,I like that one Hans. Really neat!
no problems ....you mean Diane and not Anne ....
Sory no idea what is Saruma !
But I know a genera which is a anagram :
LOBIVIA ( it is a cactus genera) - and it is the anagram from BOLIVIA
....my mind is obviously totally scrambled :o
Robin,
Saruma henryi is named after Dr. Augustine Henry. Just me messing and guessing.
Paddy
As promised yesterday here 2 more pictures of Rheum palmatum Hartwood Purple.Cliff,This discussion gave me the idea. So it had to be an Irish winner ;) Rheum palmatum H
I like my rhubarb, particularly good crop this year and lots of rhubarb recipes though I don't think Luit's is one of the edible varieties; Rheum palmatum or some such.
Paddyeartswood Purple.
Hardly believed it was difficult but I saw daily developments. It's so amazing to see how fast these plant are growing.
Here is picture nr. 3, for in case it would be necessary. I give a picture of the whole plant tomorrow.
That's the house alright, John. I didn't think it was so late that it was introduced as I thought it had been around for far longer though, to be honest, it has never impressed me and after growing it for interest sake for a few years I removed it.
Robin, was I correct?
Paddy
As promised yesterday here 2 more pictures of Rheum palmatum Hartwood Purple.Cliff,This discussion gave me the idea. So it had to be an Irish winner ;) Rheum palmatum H
I like my rhubarb, particularly good crop this year and lots of rhubarb recipes though I don't think Luit's is one of the edible varieties; Rheum palmatum or some such.
Paddyeartswood Purple.
Hardly believed it was difficult but I saw daily developments. It's so amazing to see how fast these plant are growing.
Here is picture nr. 3, for in case it would be necessary. I give a picture of the whole plant tomorrow.
I changed the name because I wrote it wrong first. I looked in the plantfinder yesterday but could not find it there, so had to
search the label near my plant.
I found out that "Hart" is from a certain Michael Hart, who ever he is. He did introduce some plants with the name "Hartwood"
Is there anybody who knows more?
It was very windy (again) today but the pictures are reasonable though.
Rheum palmatum Hartwood Purple
Alas, no reoom in my garden for such a plant. :'(
I seem to remember they showed that the whole village economy was built on growing rhubarb in cellars by candle light and had been for generations - ;)
I seem to remember they showed that the whole village economy was built on growing rhubarb in cellars by candle light and had been for generations - ;)
Probably replaced by a less efficacious crop now, Robin! ::) :o :o :P Wow man! :D
look at the lack of interest when Francis Drake tried to popularise smoking spuds.......... ::) :P
Invincible Cliff!look at the lack of interest when Francis Drake tried to popularise smoking spuds.......... ::) :P
I don't know, Maggi ... King Edwards are a top selling cigar! :D
Somewhere in the Midlands, in one of Rick Stein's TV programmes about the best of British produce, I seem to remember they showed that the whole village economy was built on growing rhubarb in cellars by candle light and had been for generations - nowadays being shipped to Europe and all over the place ;)
Somewhere in the Midlands, in one of Rick Stein's TV programmes about the best of British produce, I seem to remember they showed that the whole village economy was built on growing rhubarb in cellars by candle light and had been for generations - nowadays being shipped to Europe and all over the place ;)
It's not Midlands, RR it's in Yorkshire, The Rhubarb Triangle. Up until quite recently, more than 90% of the world's rhubarb was grown there in quite a small area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhubarb_Triangle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhubarb_Triangle)
...I've lead a sheltered life, what can I tell you! :-X
But I know a genera which is a anagram :
LOBIVIA ( it is a cactus genera) - and it is the anagram from BOLIVIA
Forced labour?Somewhere in the Midlands, in one of Rick Stein's TV programmes about the best of British produce, I seem to remember they showed that the whole village economy was built on growing rhubarb in cellars by candle light and had been for generations - nowadays being shipped to Europe and all over the place ;)
It's not Midlands, RR it's in Yorkshire, The Rhubarb Triangle. Up until quite recently, more than 90% of the world's rhubarb was grown there in quite a small area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhubarb_Triangle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhubarb_Triangle)
Oh Diane, you obviously know your onions :PBut I know a genera which is a anagram :As well as Saruma/Asarum, there's at least another anagram in a genus that I can think of - here's a clue (sorry for picture quality)
LOBIVIA ( it is a cactus genera) - and it is the anagram from BOLIVIA
Oh Diane, you obviously know your onions :P Allium - Muilla perchance?
Diane, should we all know this person?
However, I don't think we have fully finished with Saruma as to whose favourite plant it was. I'm sure Henry was flattered to have a plant named after him but it wasn't him I was thinking of. But my puzzled mind also leads me to wonder if he was the same Henry of Hepatica henryi and Lilium henryi?
BTW the word for the colour that is 'pink' (what was it called before?)...
As for the asarum puzzle - I give up! When are we going to read the answer?If there is an answer at all? ::)
Paddy
While we are still puzzling over the blue bells, here what I spotted from the car as I was approaching Dunblane from Doune.Anthony, whatever you saw must be so small (may be a caterpillar?) or may be I need new glasses 8) but not sun glasses ;D
Here is a picture of the whole plant then:
Here is a picture of the whole plant then:Salvia pratensis?
Please, time now to reveal all
Aha. No wonder we didn't know it. ::)QuotePlease, time now to reveal allAjuga incisa might come from Japan.
Right pic, but wrong name. The pic Luit has is not Claytonia virginica. It is, however, what I have photographed. :) It is a native annual that is found in damp woods. Spot the bluebells.
Not usually thought of as an alpine though it is found at high altitude in its native land. This cultivar has very attractive young foliage.Looks very much like a Solanum tuberosum??
I eat them, but never studied them ;D ;D ;D
BTW, is "tattie" Scottish for potatoe? ;)Yes, Luit.... and 'Red Dukes ' are very popular around here ......
That didn't puzzle you for long, Luit. Red Duke of York is one of my favourite tatties. It can be eaten as an early potato or allowed to grow big and can be baked or used for chips. It's only fault is it is very dry and can break up if not cooked carefully.
No prizes for the name of the flower, but why did I take the pic?
Anthony,No law of trespass (well, none that is enforceable) in Scotland. We have freedom to roam anywhere we choose. Land owners have wasted fortunes trying to stop people accessing land. This is just the latest way to try and stop climbers. Previously they have used engine oil and grease in the hand holes.
So the landowner is just creating an extra large handhold for them? ;D
So your friend just goes onto anyone's land and rock climbs without permission? Here, that is called trespassing and as far as I know you could be charged.
No law of trespass (well, none that is enforceable) in Scotland. We have freedom to roam anywhere we choose.
Nearly - but you'll get it with the next pic.
Is there an Orange tip caterpiller on the Cardamine?
I suppose the next picture will be of your dog with a bleeding leg... ::)What? ???
Anthony,What? ???
Could the photograph be for the sake of the horse?
Paddy
Raining outside since 16.00 pm, so maybe time for a puzzle.Can it be eaten? ( without poisoning the eater!!)
I saw this at the Weekly Flowershow last Monday. Any guesses?
Raining outside since 16.00 pm, so maybe time for a puzzle.A double, green monster of a Lilium? If so, then I want one! ;D
I saw this at the Weekly Flowershow last Monday. Any guesses?
The bulbs, yes :-\ ;DRaining outside since 16.00 pm, so maybe time for a puzzle.Can it be eaten? ( without poisoning the eater!!)
I saw this at the Weekly Flowershow last Monday. Any guesses?
Another look does suggest a lily, with those little white tufty bits at the tips.
Or a banana flower bud?
I for myself had never seen such a thing before, but seeing Arisaema's answer, there seems to be a market for it ::) ::)
A quick puzzle....An Onion?
What is this the flower of? It is a bit under 1cm wide. Probably fairly easy for some of those reading this, and darn near impossible for others. I wouldn't have known what it was until I photographed it. 8)
At least it got people thinking a little!!
I go for Sempervivum.
I'll let others provide the puzzles from now on.
Cortederia Plume after a bad night.I wondered that, Michael, but is the one in the pic not too "fat"? Maybe another grass head.... greatly magnified?
Definitely natural. Maggi will tell you. ;DOf course I'm perfectly natural, Anthony.... why would anyone want to FAKE my look? :o ;D
Life's a beach! ::)
Life's a beach! ::)In that case: Posidonia oceanica
Thank goodness - so after restless nights and puzzling days Luit was the wise one who gave us the answer :PYes, well done to Luit. ;D
Wicked puzzle Anthony ;)
The God of the sea is a clue from me, but this will put you out of your misery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidonia_oceanica
This species is found only in the Mediterranean Sea, occupying an area about 3% of the basin (corresponding to a surface area of about 38,000 km²), representing a kind of key marine coastal ecosystem.
A sign of a nearby occurrence of Posidonia is the presence of masses of decomposing leaves on beaches. Such plant material has been used for composting, but this is currently prohibited by Italian laws that restrict the use of marine algae and plants for this purpose.
The God of the sea is a clue from me, but this will put you out of your misery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidonia_oceanica
Interesting fact from the link Anthony gives is that the ball of fibre is called an "egagropili" ... isn't that a wonderful word?
I found this statement from the wiki page puzzling.....QuoteThis species is found only in the Mediterranean Sea, occupying an area about 3% of the basin (corresponding to a surface area of about 38,000 km²), representing a kind of key marine coastal ecosystem.
A sign of a nearby occurrence of Posidonia is the presence of masses of decomposing leaves on beaches. Such plant material has been used for composting, but this is currently prohibited by Italian laws that restrict the use of marine algae and plants for this purpose.
Does anyone know why the authorities have placed this ban on composting this material? ???
Well done!! Mine certainly is an exfoliating rock - spheroidal weathering (onion-skin) involving basalt rock in a road cutting on the Sani Pass.Fascinating to learn this.....I did like the Elephant's eye theory, though! ;D
Does anyone know why the authorities have placed this ban on composting this material? ???Is there anyone who understand authorities? ::) ::)
Does anyone know why the authorities have placed this ban on composting this material? ???Is there anyone who understand authorities? ::) ::)
Does anyone know why the authorities have placed this ban on composting this material? ???Is there anyone who understand authorities? ::) ::)
Whilst we were in Mallorca, the winds brought in lots of sea grass (that in the picture is loose and washed up near the harbour) onto the tourist beaches. It was made into huge hay-stack sized piles.Does anyone know why the authorities have placed this ban on composting this material? ???Is there anyone who understand authorities? ::) ::)
Ah, well, you have perhaps got the whole answer there, Luit!
Reading the sign shown by Anthony, I wonder if the Italian rules are to protect the sands from excess erosion by the removal of the foliage? My initial thought was that it was a prohibition on the composting, but pwerhaps the target is the prevention of the removal of the materials?
Well done!! Mine certainly is an exfoliating rock - spheroidal weathering (onion-skin) involving basalt rock in a road cutting on the Sani Pass.
Well done!! Mine certainly is an exfoliating rock - spheroidal weathering (onion-skin) involving basalt rock in a road cutting on the Sani Pass.Extraordinary.... never seen such a thing, so my thought was that it must be a petrified/fossilised bubbling hot mud pool :P :-X
My puzzle for a wet Sunday morning here in East Lancashire ... ???Just a guess: Physoplexis comosa ?
It's certainly one of those three, Mark! :D
Cliff, is it a sting of a bee or wasp?Good grief! I hope not.... the beast would be huge, wouldn't it? :o
Clue time : The image was captured at Rodney Bay (?). ;) :D
Is the bat a Horseshoe Bat, Anthony?
The bat and the bird
Did it have a patch of violet-blue feathers on its breast Cliff?
Great puzzle Cliff!
But hard to expect this sort of birds in Lancashire on a wet Sunday morning ;)
:o 8) ;) A mere chance, Cliff, your puzzle was the catalyst ;D
Thanks folks!
The bat and the bird
I honeymooned once in Rodney Bay where I remember seeing hummingbirds for the first time and learning the answer to the above..
Arty puzzle - real or fake?
I read as meaning a first honeymoon.... had to ask how many other honeymoons you've had, Stephen? ::)
...that beard of yours isn't blue, is it? :o ;)
Here is a puzzle from me :Black Truffle?
What is this ?
Hans 8)
Robin,
Eryngium?
Paddy
Black Truffle?
I have said before that Barbara is a very experienced and clever Fungus hunter! 8) 8) :) ;)QuoteBlack Truffle?
Yes Anthony ;D ;D ;D
this is a Tuber melanosporum !
Hans
Probably the Green Doctor Bird (Sericotes holoserieus), as that is the only green hummingbird (according to James Bond) that is found on St. LuciaDid it have a patch of violet-blue feathers on its breast Cliff?
Sorry Anthony - too long ago to remember.
Puzzle 3...a meercat's claw :-\This is the closest I've been to a meercat this year!
Probably the Green Doctor Bird (Sericotes holoserieus), as that is the only green hummingbird (according to James Bond) that is found on St. Lucia
I have the very book ('Birds of the Caribbean' by James Bond), which I bought in 1992 for a holiday in Jamaica.Probably the Green Doctor Bird (Sericotes holoserieus), as that is the only green hummingbird (according to James Bond) that is found on St. Lucia
Well done, Anthony!! On my visit to St. Lucia I bought a copy of Birds of St. Lucia by James Bond. Creator of 007, Ian Fleming, a keen birdwatcher, adopted the name James Bond from a book on Birds of the Caribbean....
Anyone know what this plant is, it should be easy.
Angie it's more like I spend way too much time online
No wonder you came to Scotland for good food, Luit! ;DJummie!! :D :D
Do you have custard on them?
Not an iris - a paeonia then?
Paddy
Not an iris - a paeonia then?
Paddy
She's one smart cookie, is Roma! 8)
No wonder you came to Scotland for good food, Luit!
Do you have custard on them?
[She's one smart cookie, is Roma!
A chocolate chip one at that!!!
?
Ding!
Well done. R. humeana with a dirty brownish purple flower.
I dug it out of the garden yesterday because every year its flowering time happens when we get a period of sunny weather. The flowers on last a day or two. It took me a couple of hours to seperate out 10 plants. I did break off and crack a few fingers.
Nearly mine too because I was using a nail to try and move fingers apart. What are the fingers called anyway?
Is it a pic of the little rosettes that sometimes form on a stem of encrusted saxifrage flowers?No
No, it's not.Correct, no, it's not
Aeonium? Paddy
Well I'm up all right (it's 10 past 10am on the 30th Dec at present) but not up to it, obviously. The brain isn't working properly yet. :(
Some sort of Kalanchoe?
I would have cheerfully suggested rosulate viola :-\ ???
Plantago rosularis Bowles VarietyYou mean people GROW that ? Now that is a REAL puzzle! :P
QuotePlantago rosularis Bowles VarietyYou mean people GROW that ? Now that is a REAL puzzle! :P
After several early lessons learned the hard way I now have a mantra .... 'Easy from seed makes it a weed'QuotePlantago rosularis Bowles VarietyYou mean people GROW that ? Now that is a REAL puzzle! :P
After several early lessons learned the hard way I now have a mantra .... 'Easy from seed makes it a weed'
Seems like this is the difference between plantago and rosulate viola. :)
QuotePlantago rosularis Bowles VarietyYou mean people GROW that ? Now that is a REAL puzzle! :P
Oh no, it GROWS itself ;D ;D
Tony gets the prize for inventiveness, but Giles gets the prize for skill! Well done, it's Plantago rosularis Bowles Variety.
I was thinking of some contorted clue with a Bowles connection, but didn't need it.
Then it must be Edgeworthia - hope mine has survived!
I hear Akebono is much less hardy.
This is possibly why Anthony
‣ Frost hardy to Frost tender - Plant can withstand temperatures to -5°C (23°F) but might only tolerate as low 5°C (41°F)
Hence my concern!!
Cheers John, I am hopeful but it doesn't look too happy at the moment, perhaps warmer weather will perk it up!
Maybe Edgeworthia really is a puzzle.....
...I don't know if it's one of those things where there have been multiple introductions from different parts of its range, and these introductions differ in their hardiness.
Bean says it didn't prove hardy at Kew, but they have several well established plants, both as a wall shrub and in an open bed at Wisley.
My biggest plant is in a pot, and I put it in a frost free greenhouse at night if its going to be cold, as it browns quite badly, yet I have several seedlings, which are kept in the greenhouse all of the time, which are still in full leaf.
It's a puzzle ;)
Maybe Edgeworthia really is a puzzle.....
...I don't know if it's one of those things where there have been multiple introductions from different parts of its range, and these introductions differ in their hardiness.
Bean says it didn't prove hardy at Kew, but they have several well established plants, both as a wall shrub and in an open bed at Wisley.
My biggest plant is in a pot, and I put it in a frost free greenhouse at night if its going to be cold, as it browns quite badly, yet I have several seedlings, which are kept in the greenhouse all of the time, which are still in full leaf.
It's a puzzle ;)
Maybe Edgeworthia really is a puzzle.....
...I don't know if it's one of those things where there have been multiple introductions from different parts of its range, and these introductions differ in their hardiness.
Bean says it didn't prove hardy at Kew, but they have several well established plants, both as a wall shrub and in an open bed at Wisley.
My biggest plant is in a pot, and I put it in a frost free greenhouse at night if its going to be cold, as it browns quite badly, yet I have several seedlings, which are kept in the greenhouse all of the time, which are still in full leaf.
It's a puzzle ;)
I can't speak to Edgworthia, but lots of smaller plants and bulbs seeem to have seedlings which are much hardier than their parents.Another of life's mysteries!
Genetic variation which allows species to adapt to changes in the environment.
I can't speak to Edgworthia, but lots of smaller plants and bulbs seeem to have seedlings which are much hardier than their parents.Another of life's mysteries!
Brian - Is this because the leaves are damaged or bark is split?
A friend has used his best botanical knowledge and research skills to arrive at a Coriandrum sativum flower.
If so, very Portuguese (though not so much my part of Portugal ...).
Are we right?
We thought it might be a bit too white for coriander ....A friend has used his best botanical knowledge and research skills to arrive at a Coriandrum sativum flower.Very good try, Chloe, but it's wrong I'm afraid...
If so, very Portuguese (though not so much my part of Portugal ...).
Are we right?
As for Maggie's attempt, well I see where you're going, but sorry also wrong... :D
Reminds me of Burnet Saxifrage.
Reminds me of Burnet Saxifrage. No size reference, so could just be Hog weed (Heracleum sphondylium)?
Apart from Maggie who had the totally wrong branch of the tree of life, all had the correct family!stuff and nonsense....now Stephen showed the white form
QuoteApart from Maggie who had the totally wrong branch of the tree of life, all had the correct family!stuff and nonsense....now Stephen showed the white form
......it's a baby I tell you!
Ardverikie House
John, Loch Laggan is just south of Loch Ness, so you must have seen another Scottish Baronial style house - I think that style was very popular. Strangely enough, while Googling to check how to spell Ardverikie, I discovered that the man who built the house was Sir John William Ramsden who also owned most of Huddersfield including the plot of land that my house was built on.
Lesley, there were 7 series all together finishing in 2005. They have been rerun recently on ITV3 but are all out on DVD. I think the later series were not as popular as there were a lot of changes in cast members, but as my favourite cast member was the scenery, I didn't mind :)
If you Google 'Monarch of the Glen' you can find sites giving details of locations used in the programme and you can even rent a holiday cottage on the estate if you want!
we were on the A86 come from Perth and having turned west at Dalwhinnie. Does that sound like the right area?
And Maggi, how did you remember that pic in that thread?
...... by your investigative abilities, your powers of recall .....It's a sign of a convoluted mind , Cliff. :-X
"Needs to keep warm"
Needs to keep warm growing so high up.
Cliff - Gruyere is not a green cheese ... even when 3 weeks old! I did not expect you to have trouble identifying such a special and swiss plant ;)
Sharon, Mark,
Yes, I grew Amsonia some years ago and this photographs certainly reminds me of it.
Well, Mark, is Sharon correct?
Paddy
Well, it couldn't possibly be an Asclepias could it Mark? ::)
So, it's not a Vincetoxicum (=weedy)
Cynanchum ascyrifolium
I was searching for Cynanthum and, of course, it didn't come up
And talking of pictures Markonions I just love the series of new avatars. Having recently drawn a collective hiss of disapproval from an audience in a crocus talk when I made a snide comment about the green markings on snowdrops moving about at night and from year to year .... ;D ;D ;D (The rest of the audience took a deep intake of breath while I checked for emergency exits backstage ::))
A railroad tunnel... ? Avalanche shed over a highway?
Errr, well, a tunnel, cave or ice cave... ????
River in ravine?
I have a strong suspicion that this is in connection with a glacier- a view in an ice cave with stairs (glacier cave)- a cable car or alpine railway nearby somewhere in the alps, probably not too far away from our Ragged Robin (Valais). Probably totally wrong, but lets's have a go anyway....
It seems there's a puzzle within a puzzle then... why blast through a mountain to make a dead-end road... ???I once found a dead end road near Benasqe in the Spanish Pyrenees. The highway just stopped at the bottom of a mountain. I later discovered that the plan was to bore a tunnel through to France, making it much quicker and easier to cross the border. However one side withdrew their support ... I think it was the French, worried that the much lower prices in Spain at the time would see all the natives crossing the border undermining the local economy on the french side ...
It seems there's a puzzle within a puzzle then... why blast through a mountain to make a dead-end road... ???Lori, beyond the tunnels a deep valley with a river opens out and there is a very old village up there and Alpine meadows that used to be cut off completely in the winter, above that Lake Salanfe.......
So that you have a way back, Lori!! ??? ::) ;DIf there's an Army Corp of Engineers over there, I might believe it... ;D
Lori, beyond the tunnels a deep valley with a river opens out and there is a very old village up there and Alpine meadows that used to be cut off completely in the winter, above that Lake Salanfe.......Ah, then it is only driveable to a certain point but continues as a trail...
Can I start a new puzzle?
This is also a puzzle for me and I don't have the answer.
The Greatorex doubles were named, almost completely, after characters from the writings of William Shakespeare. However, there is one Greatorex double named, "White Swan", certainly not one of the well-known Shakespearean characters.
Can anybody shed any light on this name?
I know there is an hotel in Stratford-on-Avon called "The White Swan" and it occupies a building which was extant during Shakespeare's lifetime though, apparently, used as a bakery at that time.Paddy
Perhaps, students of literature might be able to shed light on this choice of name by Mr. Greatorex.
Can I start a new puzzle?
This is also a puzzle for me and I don't have the answer.
The Greatorex doubles were named, almost completely, after characters from the writings of William Shakespeare. However, there is one Greatorex double named, "White Swan", certainly not one of the well-known Shakespearean characters.
Can anybody shed any light on this name?
I know there is an hotel in Stratford-on-Avon called "The White Swan" and it occupies a building which was extant during Shakespeare's lifetime though, apparently, used as a bakery at that time.
Perhaps, students of literature might be able to shed light on this choice of name by Mr. Greatorex.
Paddy
Can I start a new puzzle?
This is also a puzzle for me and I don't have the answer.
The Greatorex doubles were named, almost completely, after characters from the writings of William Shakespeare. However, there is one Greatorex double named, "White Swan", certainly not one of the well-known Shakespearean characters.
Can anybody shed any light on this name?
I know there is an hotel in Stratford-on-Avon called "The White Swan" and it occupies a building which was extant during Shakespeare's lifetime though, apparently, used as a bakery at that time.
Perhaps, students of literature might be able to shed light on this choice of name by Mr. Greatorex.
Paddy
I may well see Richard Hobbs tomorrow evening at a meeting and I will ask him for you Paddy.
The Greatorex doubles were named, almost completely, after characters from the writings of William Shakespeare. However, there is one Greatorex double named, "White Swan", certainly not one of the well-known Shakespearean characters.
Paddy
Did no-one notice Tony's beautiful pun in Reply#47? well I didn't myself, at the time. :DI thought, "reply 47... in a thread this long.??...a mistake, or else Lesley's been catching up again! "
Maybe Sempervivum Oddity?
Rudi
Okay Rudi, you were close.
Sempervivum 'Troll Toes'.
johnw
Sempervivum 'Troll Toes'.
I'm a semp fan, but I've not heard of this aptly named oddity. What can you tell us about it?
The photo came from Philip MacDougall.
I thought so too. Perhaps it's only poison ivy, which I believe is a Rhus species?
I think this one is dead easy but I took the photo ;DAh.... it's a plant, eh? Well, that rules out the slightly burned pitta bread answer then. :-\
Big clue..... it's a plant.
It's a bit early too I think.
That would have been a rum answer Maggi ;) ;) ;)
Gail .....you comes nearer :
Amaryllidaceae is right :D
:o Gail !!!;D
you are the winner !!!
Gail ,
I know under Kew is listet Haylockia in Zephyranthes ....but here :
http://www.amaryllidaceae.org/Habranthus/index.htm
is it under Habranthus ....
Don't know if it's called in English like this: Elfenbank, but grows on dead trees.
One for the "Muso's" ;DBrilliant, David..... I love it!!
One for the "Muso's" ;DIs nobody taking you up on this one, David........ ::)
I don't want to go to Chelsea even though it's a good year for the roses. Some of them are beyond belief, almost like indoor fireworks. Security has to be good though so watch your step because accidents will happen. Still, if like me, you can't stand up for falling down, you can always rely on watching the dectives or even oliver's army with alison would be a brilliant mistake. But what's so funny about peace, love and understanding.
That's the one ;DActually it's not a crab spider.
At what Costello though David? ;D
One for the "Muso's" ;D
I don't want to go to Chelsea even though it's a good year for the roses. Some of them are beyond belief, almost like indoor fireworks. Security has to be good though so watch your step because accidents will happen. Still, if like me, you can't stand up for falling down, you can always rely on watching the dectives or even oliver's army with alison would be a brilliant mistake. But what's so funny about peace, love and understanding.
The word "muso" is used here for persons of a musical/music loving persuasion, but of a type that is certainly neither classical nor pop, maybe sort of folksy, better bands, the kind that in Dunedin at least are likely to play in the early hours of the morning in dark and grotty pubs and clubs. Locally written music mostly, of which there is much in Dunedin and NZ generally. Think of a sort of musical version of "Flight of the Conchords."
So David's puzzle leaves me totally bewildered, not that that's so infrequent nowadays. ???
One for the "Muso's" ;DIs nobody taking you up on this one, David........ ::)
I don't want to go to Chelsea even though it's a good year for the roses. Some of them are beyond belief, almost like indoor fireworks. Security has to be good though so watch your step because accidents will happen. Still, if like me, you can't stand up for falling down, you can always rely on watching the dectives or even oliver's army with alison would be a brilliant mistake. But what's so funny about peace, love and understanding.
"muso" is an affectionate (?) term for a musician ....... can't believe it's unfamiliar to the English native- speakers ::) ??? :-X
Though, of course, I have spent a lot of time around musos!
Rudi,
How fantastic that you grew Prunus serrula from seed! What did you do to germinate it, and how old is the plant in your photo?
Carlo,
I sowed the seeds immediately after delivery in 1991, kept the pot together with other alpine seeds uncovered
in the garden and brought it under glass after germination. Cannot remember how long it lasted, but there appeared
several seedlings from which I kept the most promising one.
The word "muso" is used here for persons of a musical/music loving persuasion, but of a type that is certainly neither classical nor pop, maybe sort of folksy, better bands, the kind that in Dunedin at least are likely to play in the early hours of the morning in dark and grotty pubs and clubs. Locally written music mostly, of which there is much in Dunedin and NZ generally. Think of a sort of musical version of "Flight of the Conchords."
So David's puzzle leaves me totally bewildered, not that that's so infrequent nowadays. ???
Not an English word then?
Better put things right, right away. The gentleman (I must have been thinner then) is Howard Pfeiffer (ie?) from the US of A, a charming man with some outrageously funny stories to tell. Wish I could remember them all. The event was "Alpines '81" also at Nottingham, so 29 years ago.
I've wondered too, what happened to him or what he's now doing. Pat Seymour from Canada was another who's vanished so far as I know. Maybe Carlo B would know something of Howard. And there was Tom Stuart from NY. Where is he?
Drat! I got that wrong....... I thought the gentleman ( never having met him!) was Jim le Compte, hence the aciphylla "clue" ..... the juniper was J. recurva coxii !!
Maybe it has delusions of gander?
I see where you get the Hawaian Goose idea, Anthony..... so if all three are water fowl, then my idea for the middle one being one of those fancy chickens Gail keeps is way out.....I did used to have fancy ducks too - I had a pair of Bali ducks (called Dilly and Dally) which are the crested version of an Indian runner duck, sadly the female got run over and the male succumbed to a respiratory infection. This is Dally.
Wasn't a good runner then Gail :PThere is no escape from lunatic drivers sadly!
Picea breveriana?
Picea abies f. virgata?
Picea abies f. virgata?
A picture taken tonight flower just showing Commelina dianthifolia grown from seed exchange.
A picture taken tonight flower just showing Commelina dianthifolia grown from seed exchange.
It was Graham's guess that put me on the right track.A picture taken tonight flower just showing Commelina dianthifolia grown from seed exchange.
Lovely Commelina, the bud is very photogenic 8)
post 1033.....You're all so clever..I'm amazed!!!!
Sure you'll find this one in no time...
No Orostachys either, Oleg, sorry!You call that a hint? ??? :)
I extend the hint: Neither Lesley nor Mark will ever need that plant...nor will Oleg, Maggi or me, but to a lesser extent...
For the species name? Nope...try again: a far more common and hardy plant of the same family...undestructible, alas....I understand Zephirine. Veratrum
Thank you ladies! :-[
I extend the hint: Neither Lesley nor Mark will ever need that plant...nor will Oleg, Maggi or me, but to a lesser extent...
And replied too fast too, gentlemen...please forgive me,
My goodness, Graham... that's an easy one right enough... obviously a Zoob from the planet Zorb.... I can clearly see his little tentacles........ ::)
Must be a Veratrum, maybe V. formosanum or V. nigrum.
Very amazing plant... and picture :D
I have now added this (the Veratrum) to my ever-increasing "plants I must grow" list. :D
Yes the cows leave it untouched in the field, but here is a picture showing that you can touch it without harm ;D ;DVery amazing plant... and picture :D
Yes it is an amazing plant, but just to warn that all parts are highly toxic.
Graham
Luit, fantastic specimen of Veratrum nigrum. What sort of soil and moisture conditions are best for this plant, the photo shows gravel on top, but I assume that is just a top-dressing.Mark, I grow it here in sandy soil, the same as all bulbs are cultivated here in the area. The topdressing is more for the show, but they like rooting in cool soil, I believe.
Arisaema griffithii (or something else really weird like it)
The farmers round here have just sprayed their potato crops with some fiendish defoliant. Why? ???
The farmers round here have just sprayed their potato crops with some fiendish defoliant. Why? ???
I believe this is done on potatoes grown as seed crops: there is some evidence that defoliation increases the number of "eyes" on the tubers, increasing their quality for use as seed potoatoes.
Would you recognize that unexpectedly hairy fellow? ;)Ermmmm.... it's not my husband; he's a hairy fellow but that is not Ian....... :-\
This is gonna be sooooooo difficult and I expect the only person to get it will be the bug masterAnimal.
You might have to start with the game Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
Unless they're seedpods, in which case forget my first answer!! ;D ;D ;DThis is gonna be sooooooo difficult and I expect the only person to get it will be the bug masterAnimal.
You might have to start with the game Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
Looks more like a rugby ball.Nah, they're never green.... but I would believe anything of American ( and Australian) football! ::)
Would you recognize that unexpectedly hairy fellow? ;)
Yes Maggi you're correct - animalRemind me of flatworm egg capsules Mark.
Zephirine, would it grow in the Swiss Alps do you think? Wild geranium love it there.Yes, I do! (G. soboliferum is reputed hardy to USDA zone 4)...provided you can give it enough and regular moisture. It hates it when it's dry.
:o :o :o :o Filthy creepycrawly !!! ;D
A more pleasant puzzle picture flowering today in my garden.Agapanthus praecox 'Flore Pleno'? (Mine is just about to open)
There is an international traveller called the flower pot snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus). It feeds on ant larvae and termites and its maximum length is 16.5 cm, so it's not big. Originally from Africa, it has been introduced to many other regions including the Americas and Australia. Guess how! ::)
ooops - McMark
I'm really surprised that you answer me ....
Quoteooops - McMark
I'm really surprised that you answer me ....
Will McMark have the answer - is there an onion link?
Maggi, you've given it away in the name of the pic.... ;)
Maggi, you've given it away in the name of the pic.... ;)
I don't think so, Wim.... I don't know the answer but I made the title of the pic "puzzle HJ" for "puzzle by Hans Joschko" when I saved the pic to repost it! ;D
Probably some fiendish double pink leucojum?Yuck... I do hope such a thing does not exist!
come on ..I wait for the RIGHT answer ::)oh! Is this a clue? :-\
I remember a posting showing a wax flower that we all thought was real but can't remember if it was from Italy ::)
Is it a Wrightia?Dunno.... what IS a Wrightia!??
Graham
Luit ....sorry but I dont know what is Calystegia ...sorry ....Hans, when I might see it at the show, then a Begonia, but these are seldom shown.
I had really a lot of hope for you ....you are a most expieried plantsman ...and you see always a lot in Lisse flowershow ....
>:( ...but who has eaten our chocolate ???
Hans you are a "cheat" ;D Your Thalictrum, as mine, is blue shaded but pink in your puzzle :-\ ;D ;D ;D
Re-Fiddlehead: the opposite end and you're halfway there....
No, none of the Cucumbers, so you're safe and can carry on guessing. Here's the entire picture:
For pickling or relishes I wonder? ::)
You are also invited to dinner!Now, these cousins are Medicago types, are they not? ???
Here are two other cousins which can be used in the same way (together with our mystery plant):
Something tail? - I want to say horsetail but it doesn't look anything like the horsetail plants I know although I see they were used since ancient time for medicinal purposes including hair loss!
Now, these cousins are Medicago types, are they not? ???
Thanks.... not that I'm any the wiser....... :-\Now, these cousins are Medicago types, are they not? ???
Yes
Fossilised plant section?
Just popped in since several days. Most of the week occupied by visitors in the house.
I think we should better ask first if it's a Macro picture ::)
OH HO! You guys are sneaky.... never though of that..... could be background of polystyrene (styrofoam) sheet, too, eh? Mmmmmm?...........Just popped in since several days. Most of the week occupied by visitors in the house.
I think we should better ask first if it's a Macro picture ::)
Possibly sitting on kitchen roll, Luit? ???
Hi all ,
It seems Graham is on the right track ....but we dont live in a cave ;D ;D
Paddy : no fungus
Robin : mhhhhhh ...
Luit : it is no macro
Ranunculus : I dont understand you
Maggi : yes the backround is styrofoam
Hans 8)
Dave : no coral
Graham : I have not Travertine ....but something what have to do with calcy ....
How about rhizocretions - fossilised plant roots....... from a fossil soil.........
Rhino excretions makes you think of coprolite.I've been thinking that since the beginning, but didn't like to mention it....... :-[
Rhino excretions would be liquid and emanate from pores or the kidneys. Don't look like kidney stones to me?How about rhizocretions - fossilised plant roots....... from a fossil soil.........
Or rhino excretions.....(Sorry, I'm no good at puzzles ???)
Hi all ,But I did..... :'( ;D ;D
Ranunculus : I dont understand you
Hi all ,But I did..... :'( ;D ;D
Ranunculus : I dont understand you
Always when I dig in our garden I find this pieces ....so my idea was to make a puzzle
Anthony,
good, the second is maybe Nicandra physaloides?
Cliff....that's the sandwich I dropped 10 years ago. Glad you found it buddy. I'm starving !!!!!!
Looks like a wad of stuffing from a jacket. Have you determined whether it's organic or synthetic?
You mean you've put up this puzzle withouit knowing the answer yourself? ??? That's rude. ;D
But don't you think that that one is SEMIverticillatus Cliff? The one you'll receive (if it arrives with my small plant order) will be the NZer verticillatus and yellow.
We were at the old Four Seasons Nursery at Forncett on Saturday for a Hardy Plant Society Social. I was amused by this which I am sure will be an easy puzzle for you
Who is this forg Maggi? and why would Kermit need a hairnet? Puzzles upon puzzles ;D
Brian,
I'm a bit surprised to see grapes growing so far north.
Since when are the grapes grown in your region?
How does the wine taste?
Oh oh!
It seems I've closed another knowledge gap ??? ;D
Many thanks for the fine wine lectures, Brian, Maggi, Diane and Mick.
David, what is a cissy? ::)
Can't find a translation.
It is well known that I am a complete sucker for any nurserymans description which says "as rare as hens teeth' or 'no one will guess what this is' so here is one of the latter, it stands at about 75cm and is probably six years old. Not exactly a show stopper but an interesting plant from South America
What I know about any of the groundsels could be written on the head of a very small pin. :-X
Truly remarkable.... but I was thinking of using one of these........
Really, you are all knowing! It's amazing what they can write on the head of a very small pin these days ;):
http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/blog/1029081 (http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/blog/1029081)
Indeed it is, well done Mark. Grown from Plant world seed Baccharis 'Sea Foam':
Collected on our 1994 Chile Expedition (RB94142) and new to cultivation is this dwarf South American equivalent to a New Zealand olearia. A compact evergreen shrublet bearing neat, diminutive, toothed leathery leaves. In July countless small 'shaving-brush' flowers smother its dome, before they become 'snowballs', turning the entire plant white. No-one will guess what this is!
I bought it as I like olearia, but I have to say it is not a patch on them!
Yes I agree with you there Maggi, I'd rather have given that one house room! Mark the B.magallenica is listed as 30cm tall, mine is well over that so more likely to be one of the others - I note that there are 55 in Chile!!
Mark I have just had this reply from Ray Brown:
"The baccharis I collected was unidentified, hence the silly name I applied to it. There are lots of weedy ones but this is a bit more interesting as there are male and female plants to get seeds I think and only one is really attractive! My bush is 15 year old now and still going at 3 ft high!"
Stephen, this salad looks wonderful!
A little salad I put together at the weekend in connection with an internet gardening forum meet here in Trondheim at the weekend. Name 10 species in this picture and how many are there altogether in the salad?
I've been given a book to read by a colleague. It is called "Glasgow Dreamer" by Ivor Cutler (I reckon he's a cousin on the Rev. I. M. Jolly ;)). The dedication inside the book reads: "To vowels, the lubrication that stops consonants from sticking together like boiled sweeties in a paper bag*
* example in Czech of what happens if you don't use them: strč prstskrz krk. (Trans: Stick the finger through the neck.)"
How do you pronounce "strč prstskrz krk"? :o
... Of the same ilk and stature as the magnificent Chic Murray ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFgaNSJe_w
... Of the same ilk and stature as the magnificent Chic Murray ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFgaNSJe_w
Why are the Scots so good at whimsy?
You are good! Do you have it in your garden?
Grown for its oil in Africa, used as a flavour to curries in India and a bird seed in Europe and North America
Why is it referred to thistle seed in US?
The rest was 5 min 'googling' ;D
There are so many synonyms for Nyger...and I thought it was the correct english word.
I was in St. John's, Newfoundland in mid-November. My hotel room overlooked the entrance to the harbour - circa 07:00. What on earth is under that tarp covered in huge tires?
johnw
I was in St. John's, Newfoundland in mid-November. My hotel room overlooked the entrance to the harbour - circa 07:00. What on earth is under that tarp covered in huge tires?
johnw
That will be Todd's seed order awaiting delivery. :D
John:
Is that the Bay of Fundy. Highest tidal change in the world, I believe.
I was thinking of St. John, NB. Spent a couple of weeks there years ago.
I think the folks are referred to as St. Johner's.
maybe garbage (for landfill?) or some recycling material?
Tyres? ;D ;D ;D
Coal? No, that's too easy. Pod people...one of them looking just like you?
Not seen one before, Anthony? How did you get to NZ then? :PPaddled his own canoe?
Not seen one before, Anthony? How did you get to NZ then? :PPaddled his own canoe?
..... or walked on water ;D
...Davey ...the first part of your answer is right ( sigh ) - but not the second :PIs it latifolia.
Dichromena latifolia with HypoestesAn attractive combination, Hans, but a surprising one to me... I thought the Dichromena needed to be damp all the time? :-\ The Hypoestes wants to be dry and warm, no?
Without a shadow of a doubt, these are spiders. Pay no attention to Brian; he's just spoofing.I knew it! [attach=1]
Paddy
You would never have grown these in Blackley, Alan ... even with dear Sherba's assistance!!!
I hope you're right Brian, because if those are critters with legs, I'm outta here! :P :-X
Without a shadow of a doubt, these are spiders. Pay no attention to Brian; he's just spoofing.
Paddy
Brian......Gymocalycium calochlorum proliferum.....Well done!
You have to be looking for more eyes than that Angie! 8) Insects have 5 and spiders from 4 to 8! :o
happened to spy this mysterious entity growing on the edge of a large plastic pot.
Who know where we went for our holidays? Not sure if the picture shows it too well, but both ends of this reservoir have a dam.Bridlington? ;D
happened to spy this mysterious entity growing on the edge of a large plastic pot.
Dog vomit slime mold?
Who know where we went for our holidays? Not sure if the picture shows it too well, but both ends of this reservoir have a dam.
That's easy for you to say, Cliff! ::)
Bridlington? ;DWrong, Mr Grainger (not even close ;D ;D )
Tauernkrafwerke?Wrong, Mr Booker, the dams at Kaprun are at the same end of the reservoir, these were at opposite ends. But just for you, I'll give you another clue ..
Bridlington? ;DWrong, Mr Grainger (not even close ;D ;D )Tauernkrafwerke?Wrong, Mr Booker, the dams at Kaprun are at the same end of the reservoir, these were at opposite ends. But just for you, I'll give you another clue ..
So somewhere between Iceland and Spain? ;D
Who know where we went for our holidays? Not sure if the picture shows it too well, but both ends of this reservoir have a dam.
Dog vomit slime mold?Doesn't sound like a fun destination to me :P
Tauernkrafwerke?Why is it relevant what type of music Diane was listening to on her hols? ::)
Diane ,No, Hans, no Ranunculus glacialis there ;D
could it be the lakes of Covadongo ? Hans
???.....
Sorry Cliff ...but I have really no knowledge where this Ranunculus grow ....
what are these?
what are these?butterfly or moth eggs
I tiny clue, please ;D
Angie :)
They are vegetable.
A blackberry on LSD? ;)
QuoteThey are vegetable.
Thank goodness for that.... I was thinking it was something with compound eyes! :o :-X
Oh no, even bruised I think I would recognise you, Cliff. :-* :-* :-*QuoteThey are vegetable.
Thank goodness for that.... I was thinking it was something with compound eyes! :o :-X
As opposed to something with pounded eyes? ;D
Well I suppose as it's you Mark, it wouldn't be the Bat Plant by any chance?no.
Corn-cockle seeds?http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/images/sbml/Agrostemma_githago_nsh.jpg
Richard,
I think it exterminated from the fields more by the use of 'trieur'(=devices used in grain mills who winnow/clean the grain from other seeds) and less of chemical weedkillers.
;D You could become SCATTER , Sowing Corncockle Action Team Tempting Ecological Restoration
Richard I guess we could become guerilla gardeners by sowing corncockle seeds where we see distubed ground
I don't think this will puzzle you for very long.
Paddy
I don't think this will puzzle you for very long.
Paddy
Is it a Wollemi pine?
Is it a Wollemi pine?
QuoteIs it a Wollemi pine?
My guess too.
Hmmmm.... Mr Sayer is now an Australian Citizen, living in Sydney.... my money is on the bear..... ::)
Yes, you are right ;) It is new to me and I wonder if anybody has any experience with it?
I was speaking to friend, yesterday, who'd just returned from the US. They had visited Phoenix and flown to New York and were astounded to find the person sitting next to them had a small dog in their hand luggage! I think that takes the biscuit for stupidity, but I'm not quite sure where the stupidity lies? ???Small dogs, usually under 8kgs in weight, are permitted in the cabin on quite a large number of airlines, it seems. There seem to be few American airlaines that forbid them on internal flights.
I think that takes the biscuit for stupidity,
Lovely Carol
As this Flower Show has the intention, that mostly bulbous plants or parts of them are shown here,We don't know the scale of the item, of course.... but I'm thinking it is quite small. ::)
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.... 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:
can you hear the Craigton Cog Wheels whirring on this puzzle? ;DNeeding some oil probably? ;D
can you hear the Craigton Cog Wheels whirring on this puzzle? ;DNeeding some oil probably? ;D
Maybe this is of help: some are edible and some grow in Europe and some in the tropics
the famous British Film that this building starred in.
Yes, I'm sure he'd know!Quotethe famous British Film that this building starred in.
Get Carter?
Well done Rob.I'm sure not many people knew that!
I'm prepared to say that I'm sure a LOT of people didn't know that! Never ceases to amze me what the Forumists know 8)Well done Rob.I'm sure not many people knew that!
Luit,No Arisaema, Paul!
Arisaema fits that clue, but I don't think that helps. ;D I'd also thought obscure truffle species, but they aren't bulbous/tuberous. ::)
Only Dioscorea I've seen have the caudex like elephant feet or fat tortoises.... but I know there are others ... and several in Chile........so I'm going for Dioscorea... and Ian says he hasn't got a better suggestion!Good thinking Maggi. 8) 8) :-* It’s indeed a Dioscorea and in this case the tuber is of Dioscorea reticulata.
If necessary my next clue would have been “Yammii” ;D ;D ;D
Aha!I was told that this tuber grows underground.
So, this begs the question, is the tuber in the photograph an underground tuber or a "air potato" ?
Neither does a Truffle, Maggi, but think how sought after THEY are!!?? :o
Nice to have you back posting Robin.It is indeed, Robin... we're pleased to hear from you... even with your tragic tale of the tired truffle...... ;)
Looking forward to your walks, photographs and comments.So I do too 8)
Paddy
Thanks Luit, wil be back at Lisse soon!Robin does this mean you will visit the Show? That would be a nice surprise :D