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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject: Is this flower causing hay fever? Pink-purple flowers |
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I just got the following in an email:
| Quote: | My daughter has come down with very bad hay fever,and feels sure this particular tree flower is the cause,
Can you please identify it for me .I would be so grateful.
It is quite lovely ,to look at ,but I don't know what it is either.....
Thanking you ,sincerely
Norma
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Oh!! That is a beautiful plant!!! I don't know if it is the cause of her daughter's hayfever are not but it looks too beautiful to cause any problem but delight!!LOL!!!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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Just searching my books for you Norma - I'll be back in a bit. 
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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It reminds me of an Oleander.The leaves look like one .I can't tell how tall it is.I'm not sure of the flowers.I'll check and see.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Oleander is very poisonous and some people are very alergic to it. Even the smell of the flowers can set off a reaction. This is a problem in Phoenix as the stuff can be found all over the city. dr
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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I think it may be this:
http://bio.bd.psu.edu/plant_web/Fabaceae/Pink_Flowering_Locust_Leaf.html
I can't tell you though if it's the cause of your daughters hayfever.  All flowering plants will discharge pollen and if it's the only one with masses of flowers at the moment then it could well be the culprit. It's a real beauty!!! 
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yes ,DR it is a very poisonous plant.I'm sorry I forgot to tell that.I was so interested in Iding it.It is very pretty and causes allergies to be so bad.My neighbor cut down a big one when they bought the place across from me.There was a small grandson and his granddad was afraid for him to be around it.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Eileen, I think you have found it. My first thought was a Locust of some sort.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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You may be right but the leaves are different to me.We have a black locust around here but it has white flowers and the scent is heavenly.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Eileen I think that is it too!! I'm pretty sure it's not an oleander!!!
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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All, I got a reply back from Norma
| Quote: | | ...I was grateful for the help I received from the lovely people on your site, so would it be asking TOO much, if you could post a *thank you* to those who helped me yesterday.. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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If the tree trunk, branches in the picture are the ones the flowers are attached to, it is like no oleander I have ever seen.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Oops, actually this is the official Thank You from Norma:
| Quote: | My sincere thanks* to all those people who helped identify that pink ,purple tree,that
was giving my daughter such bad hay fever.
It is Spring in Australia,and today ,we have spring rain, so the overwhelming perfume,which is a musk smell, is down today, so she is feeling so much better..
Sincerely
Norma
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:32 am Post subject: |
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I'm really pleased to hear that Norma's daughter is felling better today. Let's hope the pollen count stays low for her.
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