tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post9200207839323375723..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty pictures: Papaver orientalemr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-55793624353079901212013-12-04T17:41:31.983-08:002013-12-04T17:41:31.983-08:00Oops, I meant 'adventurous' not 'inces...Oops, I meant 'adventurous' not 'incestuous' to describe a a plant's capacity or inclination to hybridize.<br />Great blog Mr. Subjunctive, hallowed be thy name.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964733111264455825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-56641715672172152972013-12-03T23:01:29.197-08:002013-12-03T23:01:29.197-08:00Ok. Hey, I tried Google's image search functio...Ok. Hey, I tried Google's image search function. The poppy image is apparently visually similar to, among other things, this chicken: http://californiawaterblog.com/2012/01/18/some-curious-things-about-water-management/<br />Some plant genera are more incestuous than others, but its probably not an intergeneric hybrid like X Papaverogallus. Just the mechanics would be problematic, before theAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964733111264455825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-35680103132252171362013-11-29T06:24:10.665-08:002013-11-29T06:24:10.665-08:00Geoff:
Some cvv. lack the black blotches (e.g. se...Geoff:<br /><br />Some cvv. lack the black blotches (e.g. see the picture of 'Olympia' at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_orientale" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>). Also every picture of that comes up in Google shows green/yellow centers and pollen, instead of purple. <br /><br />It's possible that the plants in the pictures are hybrids and not actually <i>P. orientale</mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-85442213801040990582013-11-28T23:53:00.645-08:002013-11-28T23:53:00.645-08:00Such a great blog. That looks like Atlas poppy, or...Such a great blog. That looks like Atlas poppy, or some double form of corn poppy maybe. Oriental poppies have black blotches on the petals. And I've had a Leuchtenbergia for many years and rooted two broken-off tubercles. It's so sad. They rooted, kind of, but can't grow. Weird loners indeed.Geoffhttp://www.optionsvolunteerappreciation.ca/volunteer-stories/geoff-volunteer-at-the-evergreen-transition-house/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-11150734421285690012013-11-27T17:56:26.780-08:002013-11-27T17:56:26.780-08:00Anonymous:
I KNOW.
That was actually my first t...Anonymous:<br /><br /><i>I KNOW</i>. <br /><br />That was actually my first thought when he told us: <i>no, that's not possible, there are dozens of pounds of imidacloprid in our house, so it must be something else.</i>mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-41751733062042859032013-11-27T17:52:45.235-08:002013-11-27T17:52:45.235-08:00You'd think with all the imidacloprid you'...You'd think with all the imidacloprid you've been playing with, there wouldn't be a live flea in the house!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-23716195602034264612013-11-27T09:37:51.278-08:002013-11-27T09:37:51.278-08:00Texas Anon:
Not for me, but in the yard of someon...Texas Anon:<br /><br />Not for me, but in the yard of someone here in the same town. I've seen at least three people growing them here.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-5777106582359309342013-11-27T09:26:27.657-08:002013-11-27T09:26:27.657-08:00Was the papaver orientale growing for you? I'...Was the papaver orientale growing for you? I've tried those countless times here in Texas. Grow really well from fall through spring, then the summer heat kills them, never to be seen again. There's the perpetual hope that if the right location could be found......96 anvbeiv<br /><br />Texas AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-5113259717268834082013-11-27T05:17:40.901-08:002013-11-27T05:17:40.901-08:00Well, at least you know what the problem is, so yo...Well, at least you know what the problem is, so you can deal with it. Glad to hear that it wasn't anything really serious! Hope that flea riddance is quick and easy, or as easy as it can be!Plowing Through Life (Martha)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06547318824997712369noreply@blogger.com