Posted by Richard Wright on November 22, 2007, 2:19 pm
This plant is coming up in a Sydney flower garden.
http://www.box.net/shared/static/gdzf2ncm01.jpg
Can anybody give me a lead to its ID? I can't even begin to recognise
the family.
Posted by rainman on November 22, 2007, 2:59 pm
wrote:
> This plant is coming up in a Sydney flower garden.
>
> http://www.box.net/shared/static/gdzf2ncm01.jpg
>
> Can anybody give me a lead to its ID? I can't even begin to recognise
> the family.
Impatians, sometimes called Balsam.
Posted by Richard Wright on November 23, 2007, 5:06 pm
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:19:51 +1100, Richard Wright
>This plant is coming up in a Sydney flower garden.
>http://www.box.net/shared/static/gdzf2ncm01.jpg
>Can anybody give me a lead to its ID? I can't even begin to recognise
>the family.
Thanks to posters on sci.bio.botany I got the lead to Clarkia
unguiculata.
http://www.birdmom.net/WildflowersOrange/Clarkia,Elegant,DblCU.jpg
Posted by HC on November 23, 2007, 5:17 pm
It looks like Impatiens (Balsam) to me!! The leaves in the second photo
are different.
Bronwyn ;-)
Richard Wright wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:19:51 +1100, Richard Wright
>
>
>>This plant is coming up in a Sydney flower garden.
>>
>>http://www.box.net/shared/static/gdzf2ncm01.jpg
>>
>>Can anybody give me a lead to its ID? I can't even begin to recognise
>>the family.
>
>
> Thanks to posters on sci.bio.botany I got the lead to Clarkia
> unguiculata.
>
> http://www.birdmom.net/WildflowersOrange/Clarkia,Elegant,DblCU.jpg
Posted by David Hare-Scott on November 23, 2007, 11:39 pm
> It looks like Impatiens (Balsam) to me!! The leaves in the second photo
> are different.
> Bronwyn ;-)
That's what I thought it was.
David
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> http://www.box.net/shared/static/gdzf2ncm01.jpg
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> Can anybody give me a lead to its ID? I can't even begin to recognise
> the family.