Jonzjob Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 No prizes for guessing, but does anyone know what these are?[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/HandofBudda2.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/HandofBudda1.jpg[/IMG]After only having one on it last year it's gone mad this year. The flowers smell wonderful too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 So those are flowers, or the resulting fruit at an early stage, and not some alien life form? Never seen them, so obviously I've never grown them. Some kind of citrus. Buddha's Lemon, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Quincaillerie Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Possibly gonna be laughed at and humiliated for the next 3 years ............but are they a species of vanilla ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I think it is almost certainly a Buddha's Hand Lemon in the early stages of development.[IMG]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/cassiscassis/misc/buddha_hand.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 As my old man used to say "You can never fool a good sausage. The skin ain't thick enough!" 'onest.Spot on mate. Hand of Budda. You can't eat the fruit, but the Victorians used to cut it and put bits in the wardrobe to make it smell nice and keep the moths away. Bloody good in gin too. The flowers are like a lemon flower with very thick petals and the most wonderful smell. When the fruit is ripe you just need to scratch the skin and the most incredible lemon smell issues forth. Mind you, like all lemon trees they have the most horendous thorns!!It's a really unusual and lovely bush, soon to become tree in the next 20 years (?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Does it have seeds in them there fruit? Have you tried growing them? Can i have some? Tim.......... not such a bad guess you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Not sure about the seeds. The only one last year finished up in our gin and I didn't see any seeds. they are quite soft as far as temprature is concerned and have to be wrapped up in winter, even down here. We bought this one and as they are slow growing they would take an age from seed I would think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 can i have some gin then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I knew Lou would get to the real point in the end. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]I knew Lou would get to the real point in the end. [:D][/quote]Gosh, that sounds uncomfortable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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