No, I think I know what they are but I never knew their name. They are tall,
over one meter, is that right? And they come in different colors, all shades
of blue but also rose and pink. They might be of the orchid family because
each tiny flower (of the bigger bunch) has a similar pattern, and they stand
tall toward the sky. I found on the net some blue flowers of the ginger
family but I cannot find the page any more.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> blue bottlebrush? http://thefragguys.com/img/Surbpurpleacro.jpg
>
> At 05:40 PM 3/25/2008, you wrote:
> >Not it, but thanks. These flowers spiral bunch in the manner of a,
> >haha, toilet brush. (from wide diameter at base of many close
> >together flowers, to one at the top.
> >
> > Stephen
> >http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
> >
> >Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: There is a candelabra flower.
> >http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/brunswigorient.htm. Failing that,
> >scan in a photo of the offending plant and maybe we can do a group
> >hunt (and even find some derelict easter eggs).
> >
> >It occurred to me the other day that agribusiness has missed a bet by
> >not marketing its eggs painted this time of year. Me, I prefer bunny
> >stew for easter.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >
> >At 05:14 PM 3/25/2008, you wrote:
> > >I've got a poem going that, currently, suffers from 'nominal fallacy'!
> > > I don't know if 'nominal fallacy' was on that original list with
> > > 'pathetic fallacy' and all the others. But I have been wrong twice
> > > so far on getting the name right on this plant/flower combination
> > > and I don't want to risk further embarrassment.
> > > First I put 'lavender blue' pedals on a bottle-brush plant. Only
> > > to find it was not a bottle-brush because it was pointed out that
> > > such plants only have 'red spiky flowers'.
> > > Second time through I put 'lilac blue' flowers a ceanothus plant.
> > > Which is accurate to such a plant, but it was not the plant. Thank
> > > you, Google, for the correcting image!.
> > > This morning I found the plant with other such plants - some had
> > > raspberry and others had deep blue petals (on vertical 6 to 12 inch
> > > spiral, flowering 'branches '.) I asked a passerby. Ten minutes
> > > later she came back in her car. "My husband says it called a
> > > 'Candle of Madera' ." Indeed the multiple flowering plant looked
> > > like an inverted candelabra.
> > > However, nowhere to be found on Google!
> > > I and my poor, nominally compromised poem will appreciate an
> > > accurate report from a knowledgeable green thumb - if there is one
> > > on the premises?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance, and, as a reward, I will be happy to send a
> > > copy of the repaired poem, even post the corrected version on my
> > > blog. I would post a jpeg of the culprit on my blog, but the
> > > worn-out camera went in for much need repair.
> > >
> > > Honestly, perhaps like Spicer, I am trying real hard to put the
> > > real flower in a real poem!
> > >
> > > Stephen V
> > > http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>
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