Re: More unknown plant identifications...
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- Subject: Re: More unknown plant identifications...
- From: d* h*
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:03:40 -0700
Sure looks like a camellia of some sort! They do bloom in January, but I'm
not a camellia grower.
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From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: woodyplants@lorien.mallorn.com <woodyplants@lorien.mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 2:17 AM
Subject: More unknown plant identifications...
>I've been making a dent in my box of unknown slides this past week, but
>there are still some unknowns that are bugging me. Hopefully the experts
>on this list will immediately recognize the one that I'm going to mention
>today... I must have thought it worthwhile, because I sure took a lot
>of photos of it.
>
>Anyhow, I took these photos at the Harry P. Leu gardens in Orlando in
>January, 1996. So it bloomed in January, has dark green, evergreen
>leaves that appear elliptic to obovate with serrulate margins and
>deeply impressed veins. The flowers petals are white and number five,
>while the stamens are numerous and pale yellow.
>
>That's about all that I can get from the photos. :)
>
>Now after that exciting lead-in, here they are!
>
> http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/newscans/unknown/hpleu10.jpg
> http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/newscans/unknown/hpleu40.jpg
>
>(10=leaves, 40=flowers)
>
>They're not the best photos in the world, but I think that they show
>the floral/foliage characteristics better than the other shots that
>I have.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas? Is this a common plant down South? I'm
>just a poor Midwestern boy who ventured away from home for a while,
>then lost his list of plant names before returning home...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris
>
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