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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Hans J on July 23, 2013, 01:53:53 PM
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I have not found a other topic for puzzles in 2013 so I open here a new topic
Who know this plant ?
A little help : it is not a cacti ;)
Have fun
Hans
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Solanaceae, maybe Solanum pyracanthum?
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sigh sigh sigh ...to easy ....
...Ashley - you are 100% right !
Do you grow this plant too ?
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Well done, Ashley! I had no idea ..... what a remarkable plant .
Nasty, dangerous looking thing - but what a beautiful construction.
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I don't grow it Hans but it's a spectacular (& scary) thing.
So many Solanaceae are well armed, physically and pharmacologically. They must have evolved in rough neighbourhoods ;D
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Looks like the sort of plant that I sit on whilst trying to photograph something else. :-\
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I don't grow it Hans but it's a spectacular (& scary) thing.
So many Solanaceae are well armed, physically and pharmacologically. They must have evolved in rough neighbourhoods ;D
;D - very likely!
I've read that this plant is resistant to deer atack - surprise surprise! Though I would have thought that members of the solanaceae were safer from being eaten by deer because of their toxicity rather than needing great spines all over their leaves.... :-\
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Saw it for sale in the US and friend was trying to convince me to buy one to bring home!! Could you imagine customs finding that
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I'm not giving any clues.
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Look like Bluebottle stingers from washed up on beach ,Gordon Julian tasmania
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Yup, aka Portuguese Man o' War. found on Muriwai beach, west of Auckland. There were dozens of them. These were trapped in grass at the top of the beach and had dried to a crisp. On my first visit I wore my Clarks sandals, which have magnetic clasps. The titanomagnetite sand stuck to the magnets and it was the devil to remove it all!
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This caused a bit of a second look. This was after some rain.
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Hmmm, did someone overdo the dusting with "flowers of Sulphur"? ;D
Or are the pines shedding pollen already?
cheers
fermi
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I suspect this was one of the culprits? The pollen was on every road and pavement I crossed for miles around. Before it rained, my cars was covered!
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:) That looks like an arboreal Lachanalia - which I am pretty sure it is not!! What is it?
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Looks like an Acacia to me
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When visiting the nursery Hokonui Alpines earlier in the week I found this luscious mulch. Can you guess what it is? Previous images from the nursery which I've posted from time to time will give a clue. It is fine and soft, sweet-smelling and a really wonderful stuff for round the likes of trilliums and other cool-loving plants. Solution if no correct guesses within a week. :)
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Composted guanaco/llama droppings?
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Roma was correct. It is Acacia longifolia, the Sydney Golden, or Long-leaved Wattle.
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Maybe decomposing Pampas Grass - Cortaderia selloana/richardii ?
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You're in the right country - or geographical area anyway - Cliff and Richard. :)
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Shredded alpacas???
;D
cheers
fermi
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I said it was sweet-smelling. ::)
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Macerated tecophileas? Aaaaaagh!!! :o :o :o :'( :'( :'(
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Looks like the contents of my vacuum cleaner after I've used the dining room as my packing shed. ::)
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Composted Bracken or Ferns
Jean
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Do I detect some rather sad attempts at humour in there? :-\
Does anyone remember this picture? I can't work out when I took it, but a few years ago now. It is Azorella trifurcata but is no more, instead a lovely shredded mulch. Perhaps your suggestion is closest Jean so you win the prize. A free alpaca will be setting off from the SA pampas within days and can be expected to reach Dunblane at, well, some future date. They make lovely pets with delightful faces so you will enjoy his/her company and will be able to shear the wool for warm woolly jersies. :)
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Well I never : shredded Azorella trifurcata as a mulch! :o
Any of us who have viewed the Hokinui plantlists will have been impressed and Lesley has told us many times of her unsurpassed admiration for the work of Louise and her brother at this most excellent NZ nursery but now we discover that the place even has a better quality of mulch!! 8) Fantastic!
I'm somewhat surprised that the resulting mulch from this plant is both soft and sweet smelling - wonderful what we can learn here, it really is!
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Maggi I think if the mulch were properly dried and then filled into a mattress cover, it would make a jolly comfortable bed to lie on. :)
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any ideas what this could be ?
:D :D :D
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Something crunchy based on raspberry and chocolate flavours and so, quite delicious. ;D
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I'm not sure if it's possibly to eat ::)
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Ruscus? Smilax? Maianthemum? I think something like this kind of plants
Ciao
Alberto
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you are right Alberto :D
Maianthemum bifolium
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We visited a friend in Macedon and found this plant doing an impression of a sea anemone!
cheers
fermi
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It would be nice if the flower were anemone centered too.
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A paeony?
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I suspect one with some tenuity to it. ;D
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;D ::)
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Isn't it rather early in the UK to be up and looking at this?
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Insomniacs of the world unite! ;)
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I suspect one with some tenuity to it. ;D
Paeonia tenuifolia as suspected!
cheers
fermi
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my Solanum pyracanthum ( shown as puzzle before some weeks ) is flowering now :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=10876.msg284420#msg284420 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=10876.msg284420#msg284420)
Hans 8)
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Yesterday I found a strange but interesting looking creature in my garden bed.
An insect - an egg - or something else? Any guesses?
Gerd
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Remind me a bit of carpet beetles (Anthrenus sp.).
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Remind me a bit of carpet beetles (Anthrenus sp.).
Sorry Anthony - no beetle!
Gerd
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Yesterday I found a strange but interesting looking creature in my garden bed.
An insect - an egg - or something else? Any guesses?
Gerd
How big are they Gerd?
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How big are they Gerd?
To make it a little bit easier - these seeds of M.. l.. are
about 10 mm x 7 mm.
Get it now! ;)
Gerd
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To make it a little bit easier - these seeds of M.. l.. are
about 10 mm x 7 mm.
Get it now! ;)
Gerd
No!
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Sorry - seems to be too difficult :(
These were seeds of Mirabilis longiflora - a species from the southern US.
Nice scented white flowers with a long tube which appear in the late afternoon.
Not hardy here in my region - but according the seller it has a large rhizome which
can be stored indoors in winter.
Gerd
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That was an excellent puzzle- really puzzling! 8)
I would never have thought that the plant would make such "alive" looking seeds. Thank you Gerd!
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Mirabilis jalapa grows here, but the seeds are jet black.
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Found this dead bush cricket on the floor in our local Bunnings DIY store. Definitely not native.
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Good Lord! I wonder does MAF know about him? Could be an Aussie Ashes player crept in there to die in anonymity? :)
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Turned into ashes and ground into the dust ;D
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Or batted over the boundry for 6. ;D
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It wouldn't take much detective work to suggest it was Chinese in origin, and that's without looking at the beastie itself. ;D