Christine Animal Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Look what we've got on our land (bottom of Deux-Sèvres). Does anyone know what this plant is? Does anyone else have any? They grow very tall, start off by pink flowers, then become these sort of berries. They are lovely in a flower arrangement, but what are they?Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Sorry Christine, can't see the picture. As this happens a lot I think there must be a problem with posting a message with an attatchment. mmrph (Peter) and Di (Iceni) know how to do it though, perhaps if one of them see this they could give advice on how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted June 18, 2005 Author Share Posted June 18, 2005 Thank you for your interest in my weeds Tresco. Can you see them now, a closer upper version? Can anyone see them?Maybe I need some lessons in weeds and in photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Sorry no weeds yet, exotic or otherwise. LOL I couldn't do any better, but I have a feeling you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Well at least it's not only me. I would like to see it though Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 I haven't put weedkiller on them! And I can see them there.I once saw someone put a photo of his alsatian in the Pets section saying now that he had Windows XP he could post photos. I have Windows XP. Could it be that if you don't, you can't see them either? Do you have XP Tresco? Can someone enlighten us please?Thanks, Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hi ChristineThe path to your picture shows that the pictures are on your hard disk:file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Christine/Mes%20documents/Mes%the above link does not work - so neither does the picture. You need to upload the pic to the Internet and then put a link to the picture. If you cannot do this (you don't have webspace), mail me directly and if you can send me the pic I will upload to my server and give you the link - which will not show but the picture will.Coo it is hot and mad husband is mowing the grass - I went out but got nibbled by so many flies I ran inside and here I will stay till it gets a darn sight cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 Thank you so much for your help Iceni. Tresco said you would know about these things. What I cannot understand is why the insert an image thing on here doesn’t work and you have to have a link to a photo. Does that mean that the other photos I have inserted in texts are not visible either? On my post « Anyone for a Jack Russell » for example, can noone see the photo?Iceni, I think I shall have to accept your kind offer and send my weeds via the Lot!Many thanks, Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 Di, I think I've made it, without going via the Lot! Quelle galère to get a photo on here!Please click below for "exotic weeds"http://www.flickr.com/photos/36551799@N00/show/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paw862 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hi Christine, I hate to tell you but there is nothing there. PAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paw862 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hi,Did this work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 No ! What sort of weeds have you got ? ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Nope!I am intrigued by Christines exotic weed, as I was under the impression that I held the National Collection here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naps Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hey, the link worked really well for me, I had to wait a moment as the page loaded black at first then up came the photo. If they are weeds I wouldn't mind some in my garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paw862 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hi,I must have checked the link to soon it is there now. I have never seen one like that but its only a weed if you don't want it otherwise its a wild flower/shrub.PAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naps Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 anyone else able to see them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 I went to your flicr.com and saw it fine. Gorgeous, but to me, it looks like a butterfly bush. We have several. There are also different varieties. Maybe it is not the butterfly bush, but it sure looks like one. Blooms in late Spring, Summer and comes in a variety of colors. Not sure, maybe someone else can add their two centimes worth to the idea.I had no trouble seeing the photo at the website you gave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 I am so relieved that you can finally see them. I was getting worried, second page and still not a weed in sight. Sometimes you wish you had never mentioned someting and kept your weeds to yourself!Maybe they are not weeds, but were originally planted by someone, it is just that they seem to grow on their own on a wild part of the land, gives a "tropical feel". Thanks Lori, now I shall have to look up the butterfly bush...Naps, I don't know what picture you put, but it doesn't come out either. Why doesn't insert-a-picture work on here? There is someone on here called Chauffour, Italian I think, with a great sense of humour who managed to post an inflatable Mars and an inflamable arm all in one go, without a link. I have copied below, hope it comes out! Perhaps he could tell us how he did it.or inflamable arms? Someone else posted a picture of Bob Geldorf (without a link and without oars). How did they do it?LOL = Lots of Love, ChristineA P.S. About that Flickr website. When you put a photo on it's amazing, they tell you the date you took the photo and what sort of camera you used. Incroyable! Maybe they even know what you were wearing at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naps Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 It seems we have the same problem then - I can't see your photo of the weeds, but I can see mine. I did however see the inflatable mars bar and arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikew Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Christine, most digital cameras keep a lot of information about the camera, exposure, date, time, etc. within the file containing the picture. Any reasonable photo application will allow you to acess this info.Don't know what the plant is... good pic,intriguing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Hoare<br>All the best<br>Ian<br>La Souvigne Corrèze<br>http:www.souvigne.com Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hi, Well, I've had a good look, and I can definitily say it's not a buddleia (butterfly bush). That has flower heads that stand up, yours are racemes that hang down, and the leaf shapes are quite different.From your photo, I get the impression that the plant is some kind of rambler/climber, and that the flower colours evolve from a richish purple to a paler pink. Are the greenish parts seed pods by any chance? Whatever they are, I'm afraid I've no idea what the plant is. If you could take a series of closer photos, there's a chance I might be able to look again in Polunin. By the way, what part of France are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Thank you for your interest Ian. We are about 50kms south east of Niort, Deux-Sèvres.http://photos17.flickr.com/20434581_67fed1af8b.jpg (my photo)Now look what I’ve found out today! I went on to a French site where they mentioned tropical plants and sent them an email with my famous picture. They have just answered that it is « Phytolacca Americana »http://jouet.roger.free.fr/base/plantesemaine/phytolaccaamericana.htmOtherwise known as « American Pokeweed »http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H171.htmhttp://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/pham4.htmSo now we know, and that has really made my day!Best wishes to all, Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Hoare<br>All the best<br>Ian<br>La Souvigne Corrèze<br>http:www.souvigne.com Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Hi Christine,Well done!!! And thanks for coming back with the information. I might add that I feel less ashamed of myself at not having had the least clue about what it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Christine Animal, well done, I knew you could do it. Looks like a proper bush to me, but I know nothing of these things, I'm best kept away from other than cut flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Isn't the Internet the greatest thing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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