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by HC Weber » Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:47 pm
I go for a 1-week-vacation and you may find out within this time my new quiz... it is an ornamental from Malta
Sorry about the ugly letters but the pic is still needed for another contribution

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by jackpot » Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:32 pm
wowww... heavy post reply

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by MWP admin » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:30 am
Personally, I was totally clueless

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by jackpot » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:13 am
well- 1st hint: here are flowers of one of it`s sisters!

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by greenhorn » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:39 pm
The "sister" looks a little bit like Tecomaria, a "cousin" of Jacaranda, but the fruits are more plane and the seeds too.
Is it a tree or a climber or what else???
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by MWP admin » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:26 am
For me its too difficult still... al these Genus names make me

However when the name is guessed, I will see if I can propagate it from some seeds becasue it looks pretty!
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by jackpot » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:46 pm
no Bignoniaceae (like Tecomaria)- it is a tree, which belongs to the Malvales group in the larger sense

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by RB » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:24 pm
I may have it in the garden - but I never looked so close!! Flowers similar, but I also forgot what the seed pod looks like- I grew this one from seed many years ago and now it is 2 storeys high.
If so quite a common tree.
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by greenhorn » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:19 pm
Something happened with my answer.
Here it is once more.
My second choice was Sterculiaceae, might be Brachychiton bidwillii for the "sister".
But I know the other sisters from pics only, and there was none with a fruit.
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by jackpot » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:25 pm
sorry- I forgot to announce that the pic with the flowers is not from Malta!
I am quite sure that you have a beautiful and interesting garden, but I am also quite sure that there is not the tree from pic 1! Btw: The size of the fruit in pic 1 is in fact about a third of the size shown in the pic, so it is pretty large!

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by jackpot » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:31 pm
greenhorn: meanwhile I am convinced that you are a professional botanist!
Wowww! Yes, the flower is from
Brachychiton (
B. discolor/rosado). So, the family for pic 1 is really Sterculiaceae (which was moved recently to Malvaceae). The genus is not B.
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by greenhorn » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:37 pm
Thanks for the flowers!
But I only can guess now between 6 other Sterculiaceae, if You don`t give me a fruit.
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by MWP admin » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:21 pm
Impressive greenhorn!
Can the flower be Orange-peach? I saw a similar flower (did not inspect closely) at Romeo Romano, St. Venera
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by MWP admin » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:24 pm
Something happened with my answer.
I am noticing that some posts disappear in rare ocassions. I have been checking about this thing and still clueless! It also happened to my post.
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by greenhorn » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:30 pm
greenhorn wrote:Thanks for the flowers!
But I only can guess now between 6 other Sterculiaceae, if You don`t give me a fruit.
OK,OK, should be Firmania=Sterculia simplex.
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by greenhorn » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:33 pm
MWP admin wrote:Something happened with my answer.
I am noticing that some posts disappear in rare ocassions. I have been checking about this thing and still clueless! It also happened to my post.
Could be, a Mandragora is eating them.
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by IL-PINE » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:53 pm
Applause to Greenhorn!

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by jackpot » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:10 am
Colleage Greenhorn, certainly you are right!
Firmiana simplex- my compliments
Few trees are growing in the National Park (behind the imposant main entrance 100m straight ahaed on the left hand side! Pretty large leaves are commonly 3 lobed, similar to those of
Morus alba, but very soft). There are also some other very beautiful and interesting orns!

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by robcar » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:59 pm
German botanists - whether professional or amateur know their stuff! Congratulations

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by robcar » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:01 pm
German botanists - whether professional or amateur sure know their stuff - Congratulations

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by MWP admin » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:46 pm
Robcar has resurected !
Greetings...
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by jackpot » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:26 pm
hi robcar- I missed you
