In message , Sacha
writes
On 2012-12-01 10:33:47 +0000, David Hill said:

On 01/12/2012 10:17, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-11-30 22:52:29 +0000, "Charlie Pridham"
said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2012-11-30 16:58:56 +0000, Janet Tweedy said:

In article , jim west
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Grateful for any identification. See tiny pic website for photo
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ajynnr&s=6
Any any advice on how to care for them. Thanks.
I might well be wrong but if it's not an orchid then I would

said Pleione, as the flower stems come the ground rather than form
on stalks.
They are REALLY tricky and very expensive and have to have special
compost etc.
It's almost like a mini Beschorneria!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/
I thought it looked like a very poorly hyacinth!!
But are the leaves right, even for a poorly one? It could be a sort

witch's broom one, I suppose!
Come on people, it's totally wrong for a Hyacinth, it has 3 crowns,
the flowers are starting from ground level and the individual flowers
are the wrong shape, you might as well say it is a mutated daffodil.
As for it being in the Orchid family, balderdash, again the flowers
are totally the wrong shape.

How about squill of some type? Grasping at thin air...!

The problem is the long stamens. That would seem to be a problem with an
identification as Liriope as well.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley