"Charles" wrote in message
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On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 00:00:54 -0400, "Matt & Trai Rathsack"
wrote:

hi all,

I live in Maryland, Z7. My husband and I saw a shrub, wild, in our back
yard that is lovely. We collected some seeds and then started seeing them
everyhwere. I do not have a digital camera so I can only describe them
to
the best of my ability.

They are yellow with orange flecks, shaped a bit like standard orchids
bred
with pitcher plants at a minute size. They are approximately .5" in
length
and have a tail. The shrub grows in great round clumps, about 4 feet
high
and 4 feet in width. The most interesting thing about them is that the
fruit they produce is about .5" in lenght adn are colored a bit ike a
watermelon without the light yellow, and they "explode" when touched.
The
pod is striated, and the individual parts peel back like a banana but
curl
under. The seeds are small and brown.

They grow wild in the northern/central part of maryland.

Anyone have a clue as to what they are?

Thanks in advance,
Trai


http://www.botany.com/impatiens.html

sound like these?


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- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

THOSE ARE THE ONES! Thanks!! We love them, but I think they are weeds. or
weedy...at any rate they are very pretty aren't they?

trai