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by MWP admin » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:29 pm
Let's see the response to this photo - good luck
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by IL-PINE » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:37 pm
My mother was passing by and saw the pic
Her response - 'What is that? A key chain?'

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by MWP admin » Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:36 am
It is a wild plant from Malta
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by jackpot » Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:00 am
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by MWP admin » Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:27 am
I need some laughs too, passing a very difficult period related to the fate of MWP... Seriously it is a plant though!
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by Sdravko » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:05 am
yeah, and it looks like a really wild one.

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by greenhorn » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:52 am
My granddaughter asks, where to buy it. She wants to fix it at her mobile. So sweeeeeet!!!
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by jackpot » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:06 pm

he probably took this pic from the Muppet Show

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by robcar » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:50 pm
Yes, looks like a hybrid between a muppet and a Christmas decoration - where on earth did you find this thing? is it a natural photo - I mean have you removed or added structures, styled its hair or something? I find it hard to believe that there are such creatures among our flora
PS - I was very busy - hence my very limited interaction with the forum over the past weeks - I am now back to a more normal routine
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by MWP admin » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:55 pm
It is a photo of a wild plant with the following graphical manipulations:
1) crop
2) straightened (to make 'nose' vertical)
3) added text
4) added comic text
Nothing ese!
I have an 'eye' for these things and beauty. I await something from wolf, then i start the hints.
Welcome back robby...
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by MWP admin » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:21 pm
This is a friend of Hairy Joe named 'Long-nose' John. he always had a complex about his nose!
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by jackpot » Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:26 am
MWP: Ai Ai, Sir?!

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by MWP admin » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:02 pm
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by jackpot » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:18 pm
pfui....

no, no, I dont` meant that!!!

(it was my answer in abbreviation to your quiz).
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by jackpot » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:55 am
MWP- we are waiting if
A.i. is correct or wrong?

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by jackpot » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:25 pm
correct or wrong

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by MWP admin » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:01 pm
Sorry for the delay!! Could not find the uncropped photo on my HD, so I had to retrieve the originalfrom the memory card. I wanted to reply with the full pic of the flower
So, the answer is in the pic below:
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by MWP admin » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:02 pm
Regards the other pic (long nose John), the plant is not really a wild thing, but has impressive flowers!
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by IL-PINE » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:34 pm
wow! Perfect!
Ajuga the muppet

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by jackpot » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:10 am
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by MWP admin » Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:22 pm
Should I reveal the second pic ??
PS, this quiz is open for all experts!
A beer for you for Ajuga iva (you really impressed me!!!) If you get the second one you have 3 beers (1 bonus!)
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by robcar » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:32 pm
Yes, to have guessed
Ajuga iva from that tiny bit does take an expert - I have seen
Ajuga many times, and have also photographed it but I would not have guessed this quiz in a hundred years - good for you jackpot

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by jackpot » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:48 pm
MWP: we need a hint for the big nose

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by MWP admin » Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:39 pm
Taken from the perianth!!!
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by jackpot » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:20 pm
MWP: we need a hint for the perianth!
Let me think: robcar, recently he described Zannichellia, but we can exclude this one ...

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by robcar » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:01 pm
I do not know whether I am right but I have a strong feeling that it is a detail from the flower of Orbea (Stapelia) variegata
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by MWP admin » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:30 pm
You have excellent feeling Robcar. Congratulations, it was Stapelia, one of my fav ornamentals, both for the flowers, and both for the ease of propagation. Also manged to get plants from seeds.
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by jackpot » Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:40 pm
MWP wrote...!the plant is not really a wild thing"- I thought this means it is only sometimes rarely naturalised? Is it found in the wild?
Also, MWP: robcar has not an excellent feeling - he has an excellent knowledge.. APPLAUSE!!!

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by MWP admin » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:56 pm
It is not a wild plant, but the stems are easily propagated if say plants are disposed in 'wild' soil. If you cut a part of the plant and stick it in soil, it will readily form roots - same as those notorious Aptanea... I tried to give a hint so the 800 or so indigenous spp are excluded from the quiz!
I used "excellent feeling" to interpret (use) his own words "I have a strong feeling" which is stood to mean congratulations! (hopefully robcar got that message!)