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Old 19-04-2007, 01:46 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default please help! Botanical name of flowers ...

On 15 Apr, 15:03, K wrote:
Eschscholzia for the orange flowers, californian poppies,


Surely not?
Eschscholtzia have a long seed capsule, and on these you can see the
typical seed capsule shape of Papaver (poppy), as Stewart said. And the
texture of the petals is wrong - more delicate than Eschscholtzia.


Eschcholtzia is a poppy and where is the capsule on the picture? I
have Eschscholzia californica - isn't that californian poppies?

I don't think it's a Camelia. It's the right shape for a rhododendron,
but I'm seeing palmate leaves at the bottom, unless they're leaves
from the tree/shrub behind the 'pink flowering' shrub.


Right bark for a rhodo. And flower density.


I can't see the leaves - I've tried to go closer but the pixels don't
allow me to see the details. It is the wrong shape for a camelia -
you're right. It's a rhodo.