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Anthony Darby

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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #60 on: March 14, 2012, 07:28:58 PM »
I like Aristolochias. Looking for seeds of A. trilobata.
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #61 on: March 23, 2012, 07:24:35 PM »
any ideas what this is ?

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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #62 on: March 23, 2012, 07:41:31 PM »
So pretty! I think these are what we call in the UK "cob nuts" or "filberts".... a type of hazlenut/ corylus ?
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #63 on: March 23, 2012, 09:25:53 PM »
Corylus colurna?
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #64 on: March 23, 2012, 09:29:53 PM »
aka Turkish hazel?
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #65 on: March 24, 2012, 07:36:49 AM »
 :D yes ...very clever members  :D

it is Corylus columa or Corylus colurna ( I dont know what is the correct name )

Hans 8)
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #66 on: March 24, 2012, 08:15:27 AM »
Hallo Hans,

according to the International Plant Name Index (IPNI), it is Corylus colurna.

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Corylaceae Corylus colurna L.
Sp. Pl. 2: 999. 1753 [1 May 1753]
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #67 on: March 24, 2012, 08:19:51 AM »
Hello Maren ,

many thanks - thats helpful !

I have looked in a lot of websites but it was not clear

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Anthony Darby

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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #68 on: March 24, 2012, 09:25:14 AM »
I can't tell the difference without my glasses on, so perhaps that's one explanation?
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #69 on: March 27, 2012, 10:57:11 AM »
What's wrong here?
« Last Edit: March 27, 2012, 10:59:50 AM by Anthony Darby »
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #70 on: March 27, 2012, 12:44:01 PM »
Allium (?) flowers on a succulent?  Methinks they do not connect.
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #71 on: March 27, 2012, 09:10:50 PM »
I may be wrong but I cannot think that one of Anthonys teasers will be so obvious. Usually much more subtle 8) 8)
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #72 on: March 27, 2012, 09:16:15 PM »
Quote from: ronm on March 27, 2012, 09:10:50 PM
I may be wrong but I cannot think that one of Anthonys teasers will be so obvious. Usually much more subtle 8) 8)
Subtle? Darby? Don't you mean obscure? ::) ??? ;D
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #73 on: March 27, 2012, 09:33:14 PM »
I would say Geldbaum (Money-tree) or Crassula ovata.
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Re: Puzzles 2012
« Reply #74 on: March 27, 2012, 10:24:27 PM »
Onions flowers on Crassula argentea.  ::)

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