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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: hadacekf on September 13, 2016, 06:53:42 PM

Title: Miss-Named seed
Post by: hadacekf on September 13, 2016, 06:53:42 PM

I bought this seeds as Solanum melongena. (Aubergine – eggplant ). Please could someone ID this plant

Title: Re: Miss-Named seed
Post by: Gabriela on September 13, 2016, 07:12:57 PM

It looks like a Platycodon.

Title: Re: Miss-Named seed
Post by: Carolyn on September 13, 2016, 07:42:21 PM

I agree. Pretty flower, but not edible though!

Title: Re: Miss-Named seed
Post by: hadacekf on September 14, 2016, 07:05:08 PM

 Thank you Gabriela, It's a Platycodon grandiflorum var. apoyama.

Title: Re: Miss-Named seed
Post by: Gabriela on September 15, 2016, 01:19:48 AM

I wanted to say sorry I didn't bother to write the species name since it is only one; now I'm curious - never heard of this variety apoyama?

And I know it won't replace the aubergine, but you can revenge and made the roots into a salad  :)

Title: Re: Miss-Named seed
Post by: Maggi Young on September 15, 2016, 02:39:10 PM

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/243408/Balloon-flower-Apoyama-Group/Details (https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/243408/Balloon-flower-Apoyama-Group/Details)

Title: Re: Miss-Named seed
Post by: Gabriela on September 15, 2016, 08:37:51 PM

Thanks Maggi, this is one website I don't look too much at :-\ so it's a cultivar group not species variety.