Re: OT: Need help with flower identification. Urgently!

2005-08-24 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Stan Halpin wrote: On Aug 23, 2005, at 7:45 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Okay, Pentaxian gardeners. I need an ID. I'm finishing up a garden article for a sunday supplement mag. I have one flower pic I want to use, but I can't find the little bloom in any of my reference

Re: OT: Need help with flower identification. Urgently!

2005-08-24 Thread Bob Shell
It looks like a Passion Flower (Passiflora) to me. There are over 500 species, so a specific ID would be tough. The stamen and pistil anatomy is pretty characteristic of Passiflora. I did a quick Google and found this page: http://www.passionflow.co.uk/species.htm You can go through the

Re: Re: OT: Need help with flower identification. Urgently!

2005-08-24 Thread mike wilson
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/08/24 Wed AM 11:20:16 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Need help with flower identification. Urgently! On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Stan Halpin wrote: On Aug 23, 2005, at 7:45 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Okay

Re: OT: Need help with flower identification. Urgently!

2005-08-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Bob, Thanks for the tip. It does have a stamen and pistil like the Passion Flowers that are illustrated on those pages. However, none of those are hardy enough to survive here in Michigan where temperatures usually drop to -10 F in the winter. Of course there are many varieties that aren't

OT: Need help with flower identification. Urgently!

2005-08-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Okay, Pentaxian gardeners. I need an ID. I'm finishing up a garden article for a sunday supplement mag. I have one flower pic I want to use, but I can't find the little bloom in any of my reference book. It's tiny, only about a centimeter or so across. I put it up on PhotoNet. Hope someone

Re: OT: Need help with flower identification. Urgently!

2005-08-23 Thread Stan Halpin
Some form of lily, possibly a star lily variant... stan On Aug 23, 2005, at 7:45 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Okay, Pentaxian gardeners. I need an ID. I'm finishing up a garden article for a sunday supplement mag. I have one flower pic I want to use, but I can't find the little bloom in any of

Re: OT: Need help with flower identification. Urgently!

2005-08-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Stan. That makes sense. The leaves are spikey like an oriental lily. Paul On Aug 23, 2005, at 11:06 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Some form of lily, possibly a star lily variant... stan On Aug 23, 2005, at 7:45 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Okay, Pentaxian gardeners. I need an ID. I'm