On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:32:59 -0700 (PDT), Des Higgins
wrote:

On Mar 30, 4:19*pm, "Cat(h)" wrote:
I'm just wondering whether anyone here can guess what this plant is by
just looking at its flower?
http://i27.tinypic.com/drfbkm.jpg

Cat(h)

aaargh; this is very familiar looking. Anemone?

Nope.
Hint (I can't possibly deny an Irishman a hint) - we love it dearly,
and we call it Phrod, pronounced Fred. For really, really obvious
reasons. Obvious to us, mainly.

Cat(h)

On Mar 30, 6:40*pm, "Cat(h)" wrote:
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:32:59 -0700 (PDT), Des Higgins

wrote:
On Mar 30, 4:19*pm, "Cat(h)" wrote:
I'm just wondering whether anyone here can guess what this plant is by
just looking at its flower?
http://i27.tinypic.com/drfbkm.jpg

Cat(h)

aaargh; this is very familiar looking. *Anemone?

Nope.
Hint (I can't possibly deny an Irishman a hint) - we love it dearly,
and we call it Phrod, pronounced Fred. *For really, really obvious
reasons. *Obvious to us, mainly.

Cat(h)

ok now I am completely lost.
The flower buds and sepals are very familiar. If it had 6 petals, I
would guess some kind of lily or onion but only having 5, usually
makes it a dictot. All of the guesses I can make are buttercup
relatives (Rannunculs, Anemone, Clematis, water lily). Ok, I give in.

Des

On Mar 30, 9:01*pm, Des Higgins wrote:

Cat(h)

ok now I am completely lost.
The flower buds and sepals are very familiar. *If it had 6 petals, I
would guess some kind of lily or onion but only having 5, usually
makes it a dictot. *All of the guesses I can make are buttercup
relatives (Rannunculs, Anemone, Clematis, water lily). *Ok, I give in.


No doubt by now you have seen it's a Venus flytrap. It's the family
pet, and lives on the bathroom window. We called it Fred (Phrod) as
in Aphrodyte - it was a long and convoluted discussion with the other
half, whose plant it really is, even though I am the one keeping it in
water, and occasionally hunting for it - flying insects are inexistent
in our house this time of year.
I was flabbergasted when Phrod threw out that big long shoot, and had
been waiting like an expectant mammy to see what the flower would look
like - and this wonderful delicate effort opened up yesterday morning.
I thought I might keep people in some suspense, but I was counting
without the razor sharp Ms K :-)

Cat(h)

On Mar 31, 12:16 pm, "Cat(h)" wrote:
On Mar 30, 9:01 pm, Des Higgins wrote:

Cat(h)

ok now I am completely lost.
The flower buds and sepals are very familiar. If it had 6 petals, I
would guess some kind of lily or onion but only having 5, usually
makes it a dictot. All of the guesses I can make are buttercup
relatives (Rannunculs, Anemone, Clematis, water lily). Ok, I give in.

No doubt by now you have seen it's a Venus flytrap. It's the family
pet, and lives on the bathroom window. We called it Fred (Phrod) as
in Aphrodyte - it was a long and convoluted discussion with the other
half, whose plant it really is, even though I am the one keeping it in
water, and occasionally hunting for it - flying insects are inexistent
in our house this time of year.
I was flabbergasted when Phrod threw out that big long shoot, and had
been waiting like an expectant mammy to see what the flower would look
like - and this wonderful delicate effort opened up yesterday morning.
I thought I might keep people in some suspense, but I was counting
without the razor sharp Ms K :-)

Cat(h)

And she first suggested Sundew (Drosera) which is in the same family
and has similar flowers.

Des

On Mar 31, 2:05*pm, Des Higgins wrote:
On Mar 31, 12:16 pm, "Cat(h)" wrote:





On Mar 30, 9:01 pm, Des Higgins wrote:

Cat(h)

ok now I am completely lost.
The flower buds and sepals are very familiar. *If it had 6 petals, I
would guess some kind of lily or onion but only having 5, usually
makes it a dictot. *All of the guesses I can make are buttercup
relatives (Rannunculs, Anemone, Clematis, water lily). *Ok, I give in.

"Cat(h)" writes
On Mar 31, 2:05*pm, Des Higgins wrote:
On Mar 31, 12:16 pm, "Cat(h)" wrote:


I know! I was so confident that it would take quite some time and
trial and error for people to guess correctly. When I saw Drosera, I
though, oh, no! I decided I would not say anything more than "no",
coz I was obviously dealing with an old hand (figuratively speaking,
of course, K).
I am all discomfited. If such a thing exists.

I must admit I get pleasure from getting in first with a name. I don't
have a hope with proper 'garden' plants, but I am OK with species that
I've grown, and with weeds I'm in my element(1) ;-)

(1) or as I know them, wild flowers
--
Kay