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tarynr
durban
South Africa
February 12, 2013 4:23 AM Post #9416318
| Pictures below... 
Click an image for an enlarged view.
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growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
 February 12, 2013 4:30 AM Post #9416324
| Tigridia? |
tarynr
durban
South Africa
February 12, 2013 4:44 AM Post #9416337
| It looks very similar to a few of the flowers... thank you some much! I wish I had your knowledge! |
Rlalique
Bristol
United Kingdom
February 12, 2013 4:53 AM Post #9416345
| It looks more like a sp of Moraea to me. |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA (Zone 9a)
February 12, 2013 7:33 AM Post #9416504
| Or a Neomarica? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
February 12, 2013 10:11 AM Post #9416658
| After a long search, I could not find a Tigridia or any other of the above mentioned species that matched the above photo
Here are sites for Moraea
http://www.ispot.org.za/species_dictionary/Moraea
Neomarica caerulea (but, N longifolia is the African species and it is yellow)
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Neomaric...
Cypella, a relative of Tigridia (so America)
http://www.suncrestnurseries.com/descript/cypella.html |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA (Zone 9a)
February 12, 2013 12:32 PM Post #9416781
| It looks like it's in a cultivated garden bed so it wouldn't have to be an African species. N. caerulea looked close to me--shades of blue/purple can be hard to capture accurately in photos. |
growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
February 12, 2013 12:36 PM Post #9416789
| Neomarica caerulea sure looks close. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
February 12, 2013 3:44 PM Post #9416973
| That was my choice...and I thought perhaps a newer cultivar of N caerulea. I made note of the Native species for info only. My Neomarica caeruleas were severely destroyed by my neighbor's storm toppled tree and its' removal. 8-( |
growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
February 12, 2013 3:52 PM Post #9416982
| ...and has your neighbour offered to replace them? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
February 12, 2013 4:11 PM Post #9417004
| He was very upset when it happened...the heavy equipment finished off what the tree started. He apologized and showed up a couple days later with a dozen lovely Louisiana Irises...they are very pretty, but I had to smile to myself when he offered them as replacements for the "Louisiana Irises" that got ruined. He was tickled that he got the exact color blue...grin I felt a touch guilty taking them, as the Neomaricas were culled from my MIL's totally overgrown bed. But I did thank him profusely. grin |
growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
February 12, 2013 4:21 PM Post #9417013
| I'd say he gets "A" for effort, "D" for plant ID. Sounds like a decent neighbour. I just had a similar issue. All of a sudden I have $5000 deposit in my account. Now, considering I have $11 to get me by until late next week, I'm a bit wide-eyed. As I said to the advocate, "Lead me not into temptation but deliver me from evil." We made the call, branch error, it coulda been a great shopping spree but honesty & integrity I hold close. I told the rep that her colleague owes me atleast a thank you for I could have withdrawn it all and had some fun.
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
February 12, 2013 4:39 PM Post #9417023
| Temptation, thou art not my friend...whew! Good on you, Growin...you get to like what ya see in the mirror every morning...and hold your head up to the resr of the world. |
OCCAROL
Santa Ana, CA (Zone 10b)
February 12, 2013 4:47 PM Post #9417032
| If they had discovered it, they would expect it to be returned anyway. It does my heart good to know there are still a few out there with integrity. Seems hard to find these days. |
growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
February 12, 2013 4:54 PM Post #9417041
| Considering that amount is half my annual income, it was most disturbing. It also made it very difficult to determine how much I really had in my account as it is difficult to split hairs on a beehive hairdo. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
February 12, 2013 5:04 PM Post #9417057
| GRIN |
