tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post3885127153129205347..comments2024-01-01T21:19:43.721+13:00Comments on THE LAST VISIBLE DOG: Mystery PlantsKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-82597798000340977522010-07-18T09:06:51.441+12:002010-07-18T09:06:51.441+12:00My father always used to say 'Never explain a ...My father always used to say 'Never explain a joke'. He's right of course...<br /><br />Wild mushrooms... my mouth is watering. While in Napoli my daughter and I had a 'fugus' pizza ...it was wonderful!<br /><br />Potes d'elefant. Thanks.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-78886277548301508342010-07-18T08:53:17.878+12:002010-07-18T08:53:17.878+12:00OK, :), but the best jokes are lost on those to wh...OK, :), but the best jokes are lost on those to whom you have to also explain why they are funny! i.e. me. My Latin runs to Lactarius Deliciosus, the wild mushrooms Catalans go wild about....<br />... elephants' feet = potes d'elefant.<br />Sorry, still not found their technical name.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-83722936849136809492010-07-17T17:59:21.541+12:002010-07-17T17:59:21.541+12:00Brian - WHat is Catalonian for 'Elephant's...Brian - WHat is Catalonian for 'Elephant's Feet' out of interest?<br />And I think you are right about the rubber plant. There were MONSTER fruit salad plants in the gardens too.<br />(That's a sort of joke as F.S. plants are Monstera delicosa.)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-63670502552962913502010-07-15T09:23:12.520+12:002010-07-15T09:23:12.520+12:00Not much help, but my garden has loads of number 1...Not much help, but my garden has loads of number 1s - colloquially known as "elepants' feet" here but no idea of their Latin or English name, sorry ...<br />By the way, number 3 seems to be a rubber tree but is that too obvious (i.e. if I know it, it must be easy!, as my knowledge usually goes as far as grass, tree, flower, or weed!).Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-64140379413368948462010-07-14T00:58:07.050+12:002010-07-14T00:58:07.050+12:00By "horse apple" I meant the Osage-Orang...By "horse apple" I meant the Osage-Orange or Bois d'Arc (Bodark) tree, which (as it turns out) is not the same as the chinaberry. But you took me back to Texas there for a minute, not even counting the bluebonnets.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-33570902931045993652010-07-13T13:35:42.756+12:002010-07-13T13:35:42.756+12:00Robert - I don't think wisteria and blue bonne...Robert - I don't think wisteria and blue bonnets can interbreed, but a lovely idea... Those big round leaves are about two handspans across, so a bit large for an African violet, but I can see the resemblance. And Chinaberry/ horseapples... hmmm...I'll look those two up. <br /><br />Geeb - You are on the nail there. I carefully cropped the giveaway chrysalis and the caterpillars out.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-66930449972854264112010-07-13T06:31:59.037+12:002010-07-13T06:31:59.037+12:00Needless to say the only one I know is number 5! ...Needless to say the only one I know is number 5! I have blogged on it several times (on A Hebridean in New Zealand) as the food plant of the Monarch butterfly pupae.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-53075281290652132912010-07-12T23:21:38.017+12:002010-07-12T23:21:38.017+12:00Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant.
One l...Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant.<br /><br />One looks like a cross between a bluebonnet and wisteria, one looks like a single leaf from an African violet, one looks like a chinaberry tree or maybe what we used to call horse apples, but really I have no idea.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.com