Droopy
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:15 am Post subject: Which plant is your weirdest? |
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I find most flowers and plants beautiful, but some are unusual and a few are downright weird and charming-ugly, like Charles Bronson.  I like different-looking plants. It might be the flower, the leaves, the way it grows or any unusual properties it might have.
I think the weirdest plant in my garden is the Scopolia:
It's about 30 cm - 1 foot - tall, has shiny green leaves and very dark bell-shaped flowers. Most people who have read agent novels, have come across scopolamine, the truth drug. It comes from this plant. I've got it because my husband wanted it and a dear garden friend wanted to get rid of it.
Another weird-looking one is on my wish list. It's an orchid called Cypripedium tibeticum and looks like this:
The strange shape and dark colour makes it stand out between the delicate or brightly coloured neighbours.
Which plant do you find strange or weird?
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Sjoerd
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What a good idea for a thread, Droopy. I'll have to scratch my head on this one...and pour-over my old garden CD's to see if I have something to contribute.
I like this idea, cos there are indeed some odd plants out there, that's for sure.
I shall take a look after work.
Nice fotos, BTW. 
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dirt2diamonds
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Nice pics. I think a lot of plants are weird. I will have to think of the weirdest one for me, but I think the Venus Fly Trap will be the top one for me.
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Netty
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Those certainly are unique looking plants Droopy. I really can't think of any others right now, but I think my strangest looking plant is my "Queen of the Night". It has odd looking leaves and a strange growth habit. But when it blooms, the fragrance fills the house and it's definitely worth the wait!
I think Venus Fly traps are very interesting and hope to get one this year.
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Ok then...I have a couple of pics that may qualify, but I'm not sure. It's the closest that I can come to a weird plant.
This one is weird because it is actually a Tanacetum with four flower heads fused together. The last one shows how they're supposed to look.
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The four headed mutant is interesting. That was a zealous bloom huh? Plants keep you on your toes with surprises like that.
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Droopy
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Sjoerd, the frilly poppy is beautiful. Is it a somniferum-cross of some kind? The tree - what sort of tree is that? Have you been glueing green balls on it? I do like the grey flower, it looks like silver. We had a fused lily this year, I've never had that before.
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Sjoerd
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I have to bashfully admit that I do not have any idea whatsoever what kind of a cross that poppy is. It was a blow-in. I tend to let blow-ins and self-seeded poppies just stay and cross-breed to their heart's content. Some very nice ones appear some years.
I had to snikker and chuckle when you asked what sort of tree that was. May I be a real meany and not tell you right away?
Would you like to make a few guesses?
The gray-silver flower is actually a dead artichoke flower.
I like seeing fused flowers. Sometimes they are not so attractive, and other times they are spectacular...y'nevvuh know.
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Droopy
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| dirt2diamonds wrote: | | Nice pics. I think a lot of plants are weird. I will have to think of the weirdest one for me, but I think the Venus Fly Trap will be the top one for me. |
You are so right, they are weird! But in an attractive way.
| Netty wrote: | Those certainly are unique looking plants Droopy. I really can't think of any others right now, but I think my strangest looking plant is my "Queen of the Night". It has odd looking leaves and a strange growth habit. But when it blooms, the fragrance fills the house and it's definitely worth the wait!
I think Venus Fly traps are very interesting and hope to get one this year. |
The "Queen of the Night", is that a cactus? My grandmother had one she called "Queen of the Night", but also told me it wasn't the real one, because that looked different. I'd love to see yours.
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I had to snikker and chuckle when you asked what sort of tree that was. May I be a real meany and not tell you right away? |
No, you may not!
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eileen
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I think this is my wierdest plant - the cobra lily.
I love its unusual black and white colour combination.
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That is gorgeously charming, Eileen. Do you grow it indoors, or is it hardy outside? I like the big white middle inside too. Do you have it's Latin name?
| Sjoerd wrote: | ROARRRRRRR....
spoil-sport...
It is the bloomed-out flower head of a leek.
There, then.... |
 Imagine just asking such a question to an impatient person like me... Now that you've told me, I can see the resemblance to the allium flower heads. But it's really amazing, because I still think the stem looks like a tree stem, and I was very ready to purchase such a special tree. 
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dirt2diamonds
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I knew that that "tree" picture was not a tree. It truely resembled a tree to mee too but I did not think a tree could make such a well formed head like that. All of the pictures are spectacular.
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This is my weird plant.I don't even know what it is but it has thorns all
on the stems.Its blooming 2 little tiny
blooms almost wine color.
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