The local shop got some flowers in for Valentine's Day including the
usual roses from Kenya. They also included a white flower which I've
been asked to help identify. I'd be grateful for help.

See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Note, lower case for 'pictures' and 'plant'

It's about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, unscented.

--
Malcolm

Malcolm wrote:
See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Sorry, those pictures aren't showing up for me.

On 2013-02-16 14:10:18 +0000, Malcolm said:

The local shop got some flowers in for Valentine's Day including the
usual roses from Kenya. They also included a white flower which I've
been asked to help identify. I'd be grateful for help.

See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Note, lower case for 'pictures' and 'plant'

It's about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, unscented.

Perhaps it doesn't like Macs but that wouldn't open for me.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 16/02/2013 14:10, Malcolm wrote:

The local shop got some flowers in for Valentine's Day including the
usual roses from Kenya. They also included a white flower which I've
been asked to help identify. I'd be grateful for help.

See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Note, lower case for 'pictures' and 'plant'

It's about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, unscented.



The link doesn't work for me.

On 2013-02-16 14:54:15 +0000, Sacha said:

On 2013-02-16 14:10:18 +0000, Malcolm said:

The local shop got some flowers in for Valentine's Day including the
usual roses from Kenya. They also included a white flower which I've
been asked to help identify. I'd be grateful for help.

See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Note, lower case for 'pictures' and 'plant'

It's about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, unscented.

Perhaps it doesn't like Macs but that wouldn't open for me.

Okay, I tried another away and took out plant.html, found the index of
pictures and clicked on those with today's date. It looks to me like
Lisianthus, often confused for some kind of rose, especially when in
bud. They're a very popular cut flower and come in a range of colours
and some have a picotee edge. They're lovely but must be carefully
conditioned and not allowed to get too low on water in an arrangement,
or they flop quickly. Personally, I find they last best if directly in
water not foam. I've tried using them as pew ends for a wedding and
the Oasis holder being small, the Lisianthus looked sad quickly. I
think some people have grown them outdoors in UK but apparently,
they're tricky and certainly tender.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 16/02/2013 15:08, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-02-16 14:54:15 +0000, Sacha said:

On 2013-02-16 14:10:18 +0000, Malcolm said:

The local shop got some flowers in for Valentine's Day including the
usual roses from Kenya. They also included a white flower which I've
been asked to help identify. I'd be grateful for help.

See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Note, lower case for 'pictures' and 'plant'

It's about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, unscented.

Perhaps it doesn't like Macs but that wouldn't open for me.

Okay, I tried another away and took out plant.html, found the index of
pictures and clicked on those with today's date. It looks to me like
Lisianthus, often confused for some kind of rose, especially when in
bud. They're a very popular cut flower and come in a range of colours
and some have a picotee edge. They're lovely but must be carefully
conditioned and not allowed to get too low on water in an arrangement,
or they flop quickly. Personally, I find they last best if directly in
water not foam. I've tried using them as pew ends for a wedding and the
Oasis holder being small, the Lisianthus looked sad quickly. I think
some people have grown them outdoors in UK but apparently, they're
tricky and certainly tender.

Tried that as well Sacha, opened on White flower" and Yes it's Lisianthus

On 16/02/2013 15:16, David Hill wrote:
On 16/02/2013 15:08, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-02-16 14:54:15 +0000, Sacha said:

On 2013-02-16 14:10:18 +0000, Malcolm said:

The local shop got some flowers in for Valentine's Day including the
usual roses from Kenya. They also included a white flower which I've
been asked to help identify. I'd be grateful for help.

See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Note, lower case for 'pictures' and 'plant'

It's about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, unscented.

Perhaps it doesn't like Macs but that wouldn't open for me.

Okay, I tried another away and took out plant.html, found the index of
pictures and clicked on those with today's date. It looks to me like
Lisianthus, often confused for some kind of rose, especially when in
bud. They're a very popular cut flower and come in a range of colours
and some have a picotee edge. They're lovely but must be carefully
conditioned and not allowed to get too low on water in an arrangement,
or they flop quickly. Personally, I find they last best if directly in
water not foam. I've tried using them as pew ends for a wedding and the
Oasis holder being small, the Lisianthus looked sad quickly. I think
some people have grown them outdoors in UK but apparently, they're
tricky and certainly tender.

Tried that as well Sacha, opened on White flower" and Yes it's Lisianthus
Should have put the new link
http://www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/Whiteflower1.jpg

On 16/02/2013 15:08, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-02-16 14:54:15 +0000, Sacha said:

On 2013-02-16 14:10:18 +0000, Malcolm said:

The local shop got some flowers in for Valentine's Day including the
usual roses from Kenya. They also included a white flower which I've
been asked to help identify. I'd be grateful for help.

See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Note, lower case for 'pictures' and 'plant'

It's about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, unscented.

Perhaps it doesn't like Macs but that wouldn't open for me.

Okay, I tried another away and took out plant.html, found the index of
pictures and clicked on those with today's date. It looks to me like
Lisianthus, often confused for some kind of rose, especially when in
bud. They're a very popular cut flower and come in a range of colours
and some have a picotee edge. They're lovely but must be carefully
conditioned and not allowed to get too low on water in an arrangement,
or they flop quickly. Personally, I find they last best if directly in
water not foam. I've tried using them as pew ends for a wedding and the
Oasis holder being small, the Lisianthus looked sad quickly. I think
some people have grown them outdoors in UK but apparently, they're
tricky and certainly tender.

Lisianthus was the name that was escaping my recollection. As I remember
correctly this is also called Japanese rose (but google finds Rosa
rugosa and Kerria japonica is greater quantity under that name).

Other names are apparently Texas bluebell and prairie gentian.

One of the women on the allotment site grew them a few years back.

--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

On 16/02/2013 20:22, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
On 16/02/2013 15:08, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-02-16 14:54:15 +0000, Sacha said:

On 2013-02-16 14:10:18 +0000, Malcolm said:

The local shop got some flowers in for Valentine's Day including the
usual roses from Kenya. They also included a white flower which I've
been asked to help identify. I'd be grateful for help.

See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Note, lower case for 'pictures' and 'plant'

It's about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, unscented.

Perhaps it doesn't like Macs but that wouldn't open for me.

Okay, I tried another away and took out plant.html, found the index of
pictures and clicked on those with today's date. It looks to me like
Lisianthus, often confused for some kind of rose, especially when in
bud. They're a very popular cut flower and come in a range of colours
and some have a picotee edge. They're lovely but must be carefully
conditioned and not allowed to get too low on water in an arrangement,
or they flop quickly. Personally, I find they last best if directly in
water not foam. I've tried using them as pew ends for a wedding and the
Oasis holder being small, the Lisianthus looked sad quickly. I think
some people have grown them outdoors in UK but apparently, they're
tricky and certainly tender.

Lisianthus was the name that was escaping my recollection. As I remember
correctly this is also called Japanese rose (but google finds Rosa
rugosa and Kerria japonica is greater quantity under that name).

I replied prematurely. I should have added that the currently accepted
name, fide Wikipedia, is Eustoma, and that it belongs to Gentianaceae.

Other names are apparently Texas bluebell and prairie gentian.

One of the women on the allotment site grew them a few years back.



--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

On 16/02/2013 20:37, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
On 16/02/2013 20:22, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
On 16/02/2013 15:08, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-02-16 14:54:15 +0000, Sacha said:

On 2013-02-16 14:10:18 +0000, Malcolm said:

The local shop got some flowers in for Valentine's Day including the
usual roses from Kenya. They also included a white flower which I've
been asked to help identify. I'd be grateful for help.

See
www.indaal.demon.co.uk/pictures/plant.html

Note, lower case for 'pictures' and 'plant'

It's about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, unscented.

Perhaps it doesn't like Macs but that wouldn't open for me.

Okay, I tried another away and took out plant.html, found the index of
pictures and clicked on those with today's date. It looks to me like
Lisianthus, often confused for some kind of rose, especially when in
bud. They're a very popular cut flower and come in a range of colours
and some have a picotee edge. They're lovely but must be carefully
conditioned and not allowed to get too low on water in an arrangement,
or they flop quickly. Personally, I find they last best if directly in
water not foam. I've tried using them as pew ends for a wedding and the
Oasis holder being small, the Lisianthus looked sad quickly. I think
some people have grown them outdoors in UK but apparently, they're
tricky and certainly tender.

Lisianthus was the name that was escaping my recollection. As I remember
correctly this is also called Japanese rose (but google finds Rosa
rugosa and Kerria japonica is greater quantity under that name).

I replied prematurely. I should have added that the currently accepted
name, fide Wikipedia, is Eustoma, and that it belongs to Gentianaceae.

Other names are apparently Texas bluebell and prairie gentian.

One of the women on the allotment site grew them a few years back.



Quite right, the botanical name is Lisianthus and one of its common
names is Eustomma.
They are a flower that responds to warm water dip then into cold when
using as a cut flower, I've had them from Tesco and had them last over 2
weeks.

On 16/02/2013 19:45, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:23:23 +0000, Malcolm
wrote:


I apologise to everyone else for the broken link. It appeared to be OK
when I posted it, but I can't make it work now which is odd because
other pages in the pictures folder do :-(

I had no problems with it; came up straight away using Win XP and
Firefox, with Agent as news reader, so no apologies needed.


If you had read to the end of the postings you would have seen that the
OP posted the following at 15.58, almost 4 hours before your post.

My original link works now. It was, as so often I find (!), a question
of getting upper and lower case letters in the right places

--
Malcolm

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:45:49 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:23:23 +0000, Malcolm
wrote:


I apologise to everyone else for the broken link. It appeared to be OK
when I posted it, but I can't make it work now which is odd because
other pages in the pictures folder do :-(

I had no problems with it; came up straight away using Win XP and
Firefox, with Agent as news reader, so no apologies needed.

Ditto, opened fine.
I agree, lisianthus.

Pam in Bristol