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Posted: Aug/07/2007 3:29 PM PST
well this is the 3rd time i am trying to post this....... what is this flower. It has a bulb that is sprouts from abou the size of you pinky fingernail. It is a true bulb in the fact it blooms every spring. It ia about 5 inches tall maybe a foot with the daylilly like plume for flowers, that dry and seeds are formed. It does re-seed easily. Attachments:  |
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Posted: Aug/07/2007 7:34 PM PST
Oh the joys of posting your first picture. Most of us have to post the picture first then type the text. There are a few people who can type then add the picture. Now for your flower. I don't know what it is but I bet there is somebody here who will. |
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Posted: Aug/08/2007 3:46 AM PST
I get these ALL the time in our woods early in spring (late March/early April around here). Sorry, don't know the name, other than it's a wildflower, and I have had success digging them and putting them into my yard as LONG as it's in the shade. |
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Posted: Aug/08/2007 4:55 AM PST
OK ~ I think I found it. Searching for wildflowers of Kentucky, I found one called Fire Pink (silene virginica) sometimes called Catchfly. The pictures I looked at seem to be what I have in the spring. |
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Posted: Aug/08/2007 7:08 AM PST
I'm wondering why it's called catchfly--is it a sticky plant? |
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Posted: Aug/08/2007 1:17 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by sweetlebee I'm wondering why it's called catchfly--is it a sticky plant?The stem exudes a sticky sap that traps small insects. But I think the silene flowers have 5 petals. |
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Posted: Aug/08/2007 3:05 PM PST
no there is no sticky anything on them. Somebody somewhere called them windflowers, but that isnt it. Wow, no one knows. hmmmmm thank you so far... nicole |
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Posted: Aug/08/2007 3:07 PM PST
http://www.missouriplants.com/Redopp/Silene_virgin ica_page.html no it isnt this one. To thin leaved.... keep trying |
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Posted: Aug/12/2007 6:12 PM PST
Hello EaglesWings Your little beauty seems to me to be Southafrican, on the Iridaceae family. Here's an URL with a lot of pictures, perhaps you can find it there: www.capeseedandbulb.com Cheers 
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Posted: Aug/19/2007 10:40 AM PST
still searching........thank you for that website, but, well i couldnt find it. oh well. i have another posting to do. BUT with all my postings, i have found at least a dozen plants that i knew not their names a week ago,, YAHOO!! nicole. anyone else have a clue on this one? |
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