Bob H
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Unknown Plant Name??
Can anyone identify this plant? It just bloomed and I have no information on it, sun, shade, plant name, etc.
Unknown Plant...
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Bob H
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Who is the plant expert out there?
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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David K
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Mexitron, Pappy Jon, Jack Swords are some names that come to mind.
This is in San Diego, at your house, yes?
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TMW
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DK I thought you had the new Baja Plant Guide.
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Bob H
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Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Mexitron, Pappy Jon, Jack Swords are some names that come to mind.
This is in San Diego, at your house, yes? |
The plant was purchased at a flea market in Key West, FL for 50-cents and now resides in Miami. I told my buddy that there are some pretty smart
people on the Baja Nomad board that may be able to identify it. They purchased it because they really liked it's red stem, but then all of a sudden
the blooms appeared.
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David K
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Quote: | Originally posted by TW
DK I thought you had the new Baja Plant Guide. |
I do... and that's not a 'Baja plant'...
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It looks like it might be in the "Poppy" family but regardless it appears in need of some fertilizer (nitrogen).
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haven't a clue, but want to get in post number 1000 before the new year, so my guess is it's a red flower.
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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David K
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One more!
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Quote: | Originally posted by David K
One more! |
miscounted. okay, is this number 1000??? red flower with green leaves, not Baja native...
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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congrats, amigo!!!!!!...screw the red flower; you reached a grand!!!
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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Its an Acanth (Ancathacaea family member) I think---similar to a Ruellia...I'll see if I can narrow it down...
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Bob H
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Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Its an Acanth (Ancathacaea family member) I think---similar to a Ruellia...I'll see if I can narrow it down... |
Great info Mexitron... THANKS!
I bet there are 100s of varieties, huh?
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Okay, think I have it---not an Acanth---a botanist friend pointed out the nectar spur at the base of the flower as atypical of that tribe. Finally
occurred to me where I've seen those spurs---its actually Impatiens balsamina--- a tropical relative of the annual Impatiens you find in gardens
everywhere. At least that's my best guess...
Comes in many different colors:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/156/#b
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Bob H
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Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Okay, think I have it---not an Acanth---a botanist friend pointed out the nectar spur at the base of the flower as atypical of that tribe. Finally
occurred to me where I've seen those spurs---its actually Impatiens balsamina--- a tropical relative of the annual Impatiens you find in gardens
everywhere. At least that's my best guess...
Comes in many different colors:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/156/#b |
Mexitron, my friend in Miami thanks you very, very much!
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Mexitron to the rescue !
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