A wonderful plant, not the one I had in mind, as Stephen rightly understood.
Which is by itself a majestic plant also, If perchance I find it one day on
the net, I will forward the pic.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> or, as the booklet said, Whats Blooming Where in Teneriffe.
> cheers
> SallyE
> Sally Evans
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Vincent" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:05 AM
> Subject: Re: again Re: Flower Plant name query
>
>
> > Thanks, Anny and Mark, for your vigourous plant/flower searches.
> > I am sorry to say, in this case, you are not winners.
> >
> > A friend in local horticulture came up with both accurate photo and
> name:
> >
> > Pride of Madeira
> >
> > for picture and furhter details go to:
> >
> > http://daviswiki.org/Pride_of_Madeira
> >
> > Normally a kind of dense green leaf shrub, it's flourishing in bloom and
> > beautiful this time of year in coastal California.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Stephen
> > http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
> >
> >
> > Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 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 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 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/
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Anny Ballardini
> > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
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> > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
> > star!
>
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Anny Ballardini
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I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
star!
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