Re: Unknown Flower

I J - One of those flowers in the desert, the white with yellow center, I
think is a Romneya ( not sure spelling). Common name, Matilija Poppy.It
looks like a fried egg. I used to work in nrsy. where they grew them.
I've seen lots of them in the Sierras. Hard to propagate. 

Tony Veca <><
Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
Vancouver, WA

On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:27:57 -0500 Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org> writes:
> i think those were unopened blooms, jim. but the tree, which has a 
> very 
> short bloom window, should be offering seeds by now. i'll try to go 
> by 
> there tomorrow after work and check it out.
> 
> 
> At 04:06 PM 3/16/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >Jim, that Bombax malarabicum you shot is surely one
> >remarkable tree; does it set seed ? In your close-up
> >shot, the flowers appear to be accompanied by spherical
> >brown (black in the upper right) spheres which might be
> >either unopened buds or seed pods. If it does set seed,
> >might I beg one from you ? I enjoy trying oddball plant
> >seeds and would like to see if they'd germinate and grow.
> >-jrf
> >--
> >Jim Fisher
> >Vienna, Virginia USA
> >38.9 N 77.2 W
> >USDA Zone 7
> >Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]
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