Comments on: Colorful Plants on the Amami Islands http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:31:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Peter http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13481 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:25:06 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13481 In case anyone's still following this discussion, I think the baseball bat tree is Cassia fistula. There's an illustration of the unripe (green) pods at http://www.arbolesornamentales.com/Cassiafistula.htm. The pods are dark brown when ripe and grow to 60cm long. Cassia fistula is also called golden shower tree or Indian laburnum, and originates in south-east Asia, though is widely cultivated elsewhere in warmer regions. In case anyone’s still following this discussion, I think the baseball bat tree is Cassia fistula. There’s an illustration of the unripe (green) pods at http://www.arbolesornamentales.com/Cassiafistula.htm. The pods are dark brown when ripe and grow to 60cm long.

Cassia fistula is also called golden shower tree or Indian laburnum, and originates in south-east Asia, though is widely cultivated elsewhere in warmer regions.

]]> by: Peter http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13460 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:32:12 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13460 Sorry, but I don't think they are wisteria pods - the leaves are wrong, and wisteria pods are flat and downy; also this doesn't look like a climber. But I still don't know what they _are_! Sorry, but I don’t think they are wisteria pods - the leaves are wrong, and wisteria pods are flat and downy; also this doesn’t look like a climber. But I still don’t know what they _are_!

]]> by: Cheryl K. http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13448 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:36:59 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13448 The pods are on a wisteria plant, and they are poisonous. Remember them from lots of sweeping under a lattice patio in Palo Alto. The pods are on a wisteria plant, and they are poisonous. Remember them from lots of sweeping under a lattice patio in Palo Alto.

]]> by: Peter http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13426 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:07:33 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13426 I can only agree with everything Grandma Friedl said, except the Tasty Thing, which I think is Russelia equisetiformis, sometimes called coral plant. I only know it because it was in the greenhouses at Wisley Garden when I worked there (not in the greenhouses). The "equisetiformis" refers to the resemblance of the almost leafless stems to those of horsetail - Equisetum. Here's a surprise - it's in the foxglove family. But, I'm stumped by the baseball bat plant. I'm sure it's a legume, and have a nagging feeling that I've seen those pods somewhere before, but so far, no idea beyond that, sorry! I can only agree with everything Grandma Friedl said, except the Tasty Thing, which I think is Russelia equisetiformis, sometimes called coral plant. I only know it because it was in the greenhouses at Wisley Garden when I worked there (not in the greenhouses). The “equisetiformis” refers to the resemblance of the almost leafless stems to those of horsetail - Equisetum. Here’s a surprise - it’s in the foxglove family.

But, I’m stumped by the baseball bat plant. I’m sure it’s a legume, and have a nagging feeling that I’ve seen those pods somewhere before, but so far, no idea beyond that, sorry!

]]> by: Mel Lammers http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13413 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:25:28 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13413 Well I was going to mention Coleus since we have them in out front flower beds during the summer, but Grandma Friedl beat me to the punch. Fast fingers on that woman. Mel Well I was going to mention Coleus since we have them in out front flower beds during the summer, but Grandma Friedl beat me to the punch. Fast fingers on that woman.
Mel

]]> by: Grandma Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13409 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:58:59 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13409 Nice shots of plants. The Puffy Fluffy was a form of Miscanthus, which you grew up with in Ohio. Seed heads plumes are pretty and make an attractive arrangement but are a mess (dropping seeds constantly) unless first sprayed with hairspray. The Tasty Things are hard to make out there behind the small white flowers (Vinca) I would make a rough guess of some form of Ipomea...Cypress Vine? The bright pink flowers are Bougainvillea, which astounded me to see growing there. I always assumed it was a more tropical plant since it grows in the Southwest US and Mexico. The Freaky Flower was a common annual, Coleus, and the flowers are actually the tiny blue center stem part. If that flower part is not snapped off near it's base, the plant will go to seed and die. And since Coleus is grown for it's very colorful leaves, one would generally remove the flowers as they form to keep the plant growing and bushy.I'm not sure about the Baseball Bat plant. Maybe a sort of Catalpa? Peter will know when he checks in and correct my erroneous guesses. I, for one, always look forward to, indeed, count on, his insightful comments. Nice shots of plants. The Puffy Fluffy was a form of Miscanthus, which you grew up with in Ohio. Seed heads plumes are pretty and make an attractive arrangement but are a mess (dropping seeds constantly) unless first sprayed with hairspray.
The Tasty Things are hard to make out there behind the small white flowers (Vinca) I would make a rough guess of some form of Ipomea…Cypress Vine? The bright pink flowers are Bougainvillea, which astounded me to see growing there. I always assumed it was a more tropical plant since it grows in the Southwest US and Mexico. The Freaky Flower was a common annual, Coleus, and the flowers are actually the tiny blue center stem part. If that flower part is not snapped off near it’s base, the plant will go to seed and die. And since Coleus is grown for it’s very colorful leaves, one would generally remove the flowers as they form to keep the plant growing and bushy.I’m not sure about the Baseball Bat plant. Maybe a sort of Catalpa? Peter will know when he checks in and correct my erroneous guesses. I, for one, always look forward to, indeed, count on, his insightful comments.

]]> by: verena http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13395 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:21:36 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-01-12/687#comment-13395 The plant with the random pink flowers are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea" rel="nofollow">bougainvillea</a>. They're pretty hardy and love the sun. I've also seen it in white, orange, red and a mix of white and that pink. The plant with the random pink flowers are bougainvillea. They’re pretty hardy and love the sun. I’ve also seen it in white, orange, red and a mix of white and that pink.

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