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Maggi Young

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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #45 on: November 23, 2009, 09:33:44 PM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on November 23, 2009, 07:46:16 PM
Swaziland in Scotland eh? That's one for the books. ;D

 I wouldn't have thought that would surprise you, Lesley?  ::)
A dear old member of our Local Group who died last week has a mountain named after him in the Falklands, another local SRGC star has an african orchid named after him ( though lately it was dropped to a species not a genera, I think :'(  ) so why wouldn't  all sorts of foreign plants not have made their way here? If you have a big enough heat lamp, it's not so hard to replicate Swaziland!  :-\
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #46 on: November 23, 2009, 09:41:32 PM »
A post just appeared and disappeared , with this link in it as a possible id for this plant....


The text of the reply is shown below :

or could it be this http://www.bihrmann.com/CAUDICIFORMS/subs/xer-her-sub.asp    ......
strikes me a a possibility.... stubby cigars.... right size.....??????
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Lesley Cox

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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #47 on: November 23, 2009, 10:07:17 PM »
A really BIG heat lamp Maggi?

Rhododendron edgarianum was named after my mother's great uncle. (How's that for a non sequitur?)
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #48 on: November 23, 2009, 10:34:16 PM »
Maggie i posted the link but after looking close at the picture i think a different species i deleted it.Sorry
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #49 on: November 23, 2009, 10:37:04 PM »
I thought that might be the case, Davey, that you'd changed your mind........ but it looks at least similar, which I thought was interesting!  :D
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #50 on: November 23, 2009, 11:52:22 PM »
would you ever have thought it's a member of the Amarylid family
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #51 on: November 24, 2009, 12:21:31 AM »
I think so, from the flowers but certainly not from the stems and leaves. ???
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #52 on: November 24, 2009, 08:18:54 AM »
Quote from: Alberto on November 23, 2009, 07:11:46 PM
Cohan, Silver Hill, from South Africa, has the seeds. But the plants are not easy from seeds, as far as I have read.

Good growing.

Alberto


thanks, alberto, i will keep it in mind next time i look at their list...
maybe one of those that needs fire or liquid smoke or something to germinate?
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #53 on: November 24, 2009, 08:30:33 AM »
Maggi + Mark

Sorry but the information on the Bihrmann site is wrong - this is not a member of Amaryllidacae
Look on Kew :
Family: Velloziaceae 

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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #54 on: November 24, 2009, 10:57:20 AM »
Thanks, Hans, good reminder not to believe everything you read!


 BUT: Do you think that that plant might be Angie's plant??
  ???
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #55 on: November 24, 2009, 11:09:12 AM »
Maggi - I have no idea .....but I trust Alberto !!!

For me personal I would like more the cigars from Cuba  ;D ;D ;D and I could smoke them  8)

Angie : please look if there any banderoles ?
if there is written COHIBA or MONTECHRISTO or ROMEO&JULIA so please send it me  :D
« Last Edit: November 24, 2009, 11:14:16 AM by Hans J »
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #56 on: November 24, 2009, 11:21:26 AM »
Thanks Hans and just like the red top newpapers in the UK
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #57 on: November 24, 2009, 11:44:41 AM »
 :) Mark :

If you like to send me some cigars I would be glad for it ......they comes right for X mas !!!

Thank you Hans  8)
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #58 on: November 24, 2009, 04:55:12 PM »
Sorry to disappoint, no cigars but if I cant manage to get it to flower you are welcome  to put a light to it.
Lesley you will soon see a bright light in the sky and you will know its coming from Aberdeen.
Thanks to everyone I never thought anyone would be able to name the plant for me and I am so pleased, her I go again getting excited to think I might never get it to flower, might have to look at those brown cigars for years.
This forum is fantastic.
Away to my SRGC tonight with a grin on my face ;D ;D
Angie :)
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Re: unknown plant
« Reply #59 on: November 24, 2009, 07:08:07 PM »
 sigh

 :'( :'( :'(
Hans
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