how many capsicums?
P1 – overall
P2 – closeup of bottom right hand
P3 – closeup top left hand

how many mandarins?

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

24?

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

24?

uumm – possibly – i don’t get that many.

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

24?

uumm – possibly – i don’t get that many.

that was a quick count, with out reading glasses on.

pepe said:

how many capsicums?

10?

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

17

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

how many capsicums?

10?

more
g’ay dinetta.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

17

more

hello again – you were once more erudite than this LOL.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

17

more

hello again – you were once more erudite than this LOL.

My eyes are old…they fail me…it’s a bit like “where’s Wally” lol

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

17

more

hello again – you were once more erudite than this LOL.

Having a break from the forums (fora?) but I keep up to date…just too many other things to do to right now…

pepe said:

how many capsicums?
P1 – overall
P2 – closeup of bottom right hand
P3 – closeup top left hand

13?

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

19?

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

17

more

hello again – you were once more erudite than this LOL.

Having a break from the forums (fora?) but I keep up to date…just too many other things to do to right now…

i miss your input but agree with right to abstinence – stay well.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

how many capsicums?
P1 – overall
P2 – closeup of bottom right hand
P3 – closeup top left hand

13?

uumm – this is narrowing down – less

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

19?

uumm again – i get a few more but horty would probably argue with me. i once told her to distinguish between full and half items. my count includes half items this time.

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

19?

20 is my count :)

trichome said:

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

19?

20 is my count :)

ah trichome – you are sooooo close – i ask you to rewrite that without the mistaken quote lines.

pepe said:

trichome said:

pepe said:

19?

20 is my count :)

ah trichome – you are sooooo close – i ask you to rewrite that without the mistaken quote lines.

oops

pepe said:

pepe said:

trichome said:

20 is my count :)

ah trichome – you are sooooo close – i ask you to rewrite that without the mistaken quote lines.

oops

that is weird – cb88 where are you?

‘scuse me the missus needs a drink

sorry not with you on that one, do what ?

trichome said:

sorry not with you on that one, do what ?

maybe just me – do nothing
20 is your guess – yes?

more

to be honest the photos lie – there are 21 mandarins there but they don’t all show.

so those who said 20 are as accurate as can be – sorry.
well done trichome.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

how many capsicums?
P1 – overall
P2 – closeup of bottom right hand
P3 – closeup top left hand

13?

ok – i’m going to call this competition to a close in half an hour – final guesses please

one of our ID experts will then get you to guess the identity of a well known, but exotic plant

thank you, did a recount and did come out at 21 twice

trichome said:

thank you, did a recount and did come out at 21 twice

no probs
well one prob – i need to know the EST

ok – times up

there were 11 (eleven) capsicums on the bush.

pepe said:

ok – times up

there were 11 (eleven) capsicums on the bush.

Fairy claps…yay me…I said 10…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

ok – times up

there were 11 (eleven) capsicums on the bush.

Fairy claps…yay me…I said 10…

yes well done – near miss.

pepe said:

i need to know the EST

the what?

pepe said:

how many mandarins?

I’ll go for 15.

trichome said:

pepe said:

i need to know the EST

the what?

eastern standard time.
as opposed to adelaide’s CST – central standard time.

pepe said:

trichome said:

pepe said:

i need to know the EST

the what?

eastern standard time.
as opposed to adelaide’s CST – central standard time.

well there is est and dsest at the moment, depending on which state, and dsest ends 3rd April 2011

trichome said:

pepe said:

trichome said:

the what?

eastern standard time.
as opposed to adelaide’s CST – central standard time.

well there is est and dsest at the moment, depending on which state, and dsest ends 3rd April 2011

dscst exists too – but i’m tiring of the abbreviations that are now longer than words LOL.

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Some sort of daisy I think, Might be a Yellow paper Daisy?

name these
P1 – tuber
P2 – leafy thingy

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Top one………………..Coreopsis?

recognise this?

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

No 2…………spider eggs

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Some sort of daisy I think, Might be a Yellow paper Daisy?

sorry VG – that was the trap – guess again

pepe said:

name these
P1 – tuber
P2 – leafy thingy

I’d go for Daikon and radicchio (sp)

pomolo said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Top one………………..Coreopsis?

what? – oh hi – just a minute
- nope
does look like it – but wrong family i’m afraid

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Don’t know about the first one, but my guess for the second is a spider’s nest?

pomolo said:

pepe said:

name these
P1 – tuber
P2 – leafy thingy

I’d go for Daikon and radicchio (sp)

we have an instant winner
- i was thinking you only knew the botanical names.

well done and buy yourself a scratchy as a prize. LOL.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Don’t know about the first one, but my guess for the second is a spider’s nest?

good guess – name of spider?

pepe said:

recognise this?

Is it one of those oyster plants. Son has them in Adelaide. I think that’s a flower spike. Maybe not because they don’t grow here.

pepe said:

name these
P1 – tuber
P2 – leafy thingy

Well your tuber’s leave remind me of what we call thistles…complete misnomer I should imagine…the leafy thingy is a red-leafed lettuce of some sort, either butter or mignonette (F7)….

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Top one………………..Coreopsis?

what? – oh hi – just a minute
- nope
does look like it – but wrong family i’m afraid

Not enough of the plant to verify anything else.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

name these
P1 – tuber
P2 – leafy thingy

I’d go for Daikon and radicchio (sp)

we have an instant winner
- i was thinking you only knew the botanical names.

well done and buy yourself a scratchy as a prize. LOL.

Yay!!! I won! I won something if i go and buy it myself. Something doesn’t seem right here.

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

Don’t know about the first one, but my guess for the second is a spider’s nest?

good guess – name of spider?

R ha ha ha ha!

(I don’t know)

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

A cosmos?

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

A cosmos?

pomolo said:

pepe said:

recognise this?

Is it one of those oyster plants. Son has them in Adelaide. I think that’s a flower spike. Maybe not because they don’t grow here.

you and bubba will be banned if you persist on being so smart LOL.
correct – altho’ i know the botanical name – sticks out tongue

Nope…

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Don’t know about the first one, but my guess for the second is a spider’s nest?

good guess – name of spider?

I’ve seen those spidy eggs before and there’s lot’s of golden orb weavers here, so my guess is they’re orb weaver’s eggs.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Top one………………..Coreopsis?

what? – oh hi – just a minute
- nope
does look like it – but wrong family i’m afraid

Not enough of the plant to verify anything else.

hahha – further info available later – when BL has had a look.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

A cosmos?

no – at least i can understand your gursses

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

Don’t know about the first one, but my guess for the second is a spider’s nest?

good guess – name of spider?

I’ve seen those spidy eggs before and there’s lot’s of golden orb weavers here, so my guess is they’re orb weaver’s eggs.

OK – i had someone identify it as a different spider. so at this stage your guess is noted but put down as tentatively wrong.
we did see the spider yesterday but it has disappeared – so was it the mother?

P1 jeruselum artichoke flower ?

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

Don’t know about the first one, but my guess for the second is a spider’s nest?

good guess – name of spider?

R ha ha ha ha!

(I don’t know)

I do, but I cheated so it doesn’t count. lol

bubba louie said:

P1 jeruselum artichoke flower ?

I was going to try rudbeckia next but I reckon you’ve got it Bubba. I would never have guessed Jeruselum Artichoke.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

P1 jeruselum artichoke flower ?

I was going to try rudbeckia next but I reckon you’ve got it Bubba. I would never have guessed Jeruselum Artichoke.

It just popped into my head.

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Some sort of daisy I think, Might be a Yellow paper Daisy?

sorry VG – that was the trap – guess again

Dunno, I’ll leave it up to the sheilas to guess, or can i have a clue pepe?

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

P1: a flower
P2: fruit

bubba louie said:

P1 jeruselum artichoke flower ?

correct – very good – your magnificence.

would you care to drop the botanical name. LOL.

pepe said:

name these
P1 – tuber
P2 – leafy thingy

P1 – salisfy?
P2 – radicchio

pepe said:

recognise this?

no!

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

good guess – name of spider?

R ha ha ha ha!

(I don’t know)

I do, but I cheated so it doesn’t count. lol

oh good – how did you cheat? – because i’m not positive of the answer.

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

Some sort of daisy I think, Might be a Yellow paper Daisy?

sorry VG – that was the trap – guess again

Dunno, I’ll leave it up to the sheilas to guess, or can i have a clue pepe?

they have sorted them – probably the best you and i can do is go around with our eyes open and hope to fool the sheilas one day.

the type of spider eggs remains unsolved but bubba has cheated and reckons she knows.

my hint for the spider is -

dadah !!!

“it’s the most unlikely name for a spider but that’s what it looks like..!”

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

sorry VG – that was the trap – guess again

Dunno, I’ll leave it up to the sheilas to guess, or can i have a clue pepe?

they have sorted them – probably the best you and i can do is go around with our eyes open and hope to fool the sheilas one day.

the type of spider eggs remains unsolved but bubba has cheated and reckons she knows.

my hint for the spider is -

dadah !!!

“it’s the most unlikely name for a spider but that’s what it looks like..!”

bird poo spider?

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

Dunno, I’ll leave it up to the sheilas to guess, or can i have a clue pepe?

they have sorted them – probably the best you and i can do is go around with our eyes open and hope to fool the sheilas one day.

the type of spider eggs remains unsolved but bubba has cheated and reckons she knows.

my hint for the spider is -

dadah !!!

“it’s the most unlikely name for a spider but that’s what it looks like..!”

bird poo spider?

yeah BG – persistence brings results.

now bubba ? – am i right?

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

P1 jeruselum artichoke flower ?

correct – very good – your magnificence.

would you care to drop the botanical name. LOL.

I’d have to google it.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

P1 jeruselum artichoke flower ?

correct – very good – your magnificence.

would you care to drop the botanical name. LOL.

I’d have to google it.

Jerusalem artichoke is “Helianthus Tuberosus”

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

R ha ha ha ha!

(I don’t know)

I do, but I cheated so it doesn’t count. lol

oh good – how did you cheat? – because i’m not positive of the answer.

I googled spider egg images.

the spider eggs do belong to the bird-poo spider – calaenia excavata – i just checked.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

Dunno, I’ll leave it up to the sheilas to guess, or can i have a clue pepe?

they have sorted them – probably the best you and i can do is go around with our eyes open and hope to fool the sheilas one day.

the type of spider eggs remains unsolved but bubba has cheated and reckons she knows.

my hint for the spider is -

dadah !!!

“it’s the most unlikely name for a spider but that’s what it looks like..!”

bird poo spider?

That’s what I came up with as well.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

recognise this?

Is it one of those oyster plants. Son has them in Adelaide. I think that’s a flower spike. Maybe not because they don’t grow here.

Acanthus mollis?

pepe said:

name these
P1 – tuber
P2 – leafy thingy

Daikon radish and radicchio????

pepe said:

Veg gardener said:

pepe said:

P1- which flower is this?

P2 – what are these?

Some sort of daisy I think, Might be a Yellow paper Daisy?

sorry VG – that was the trap – guess again

I’d‘ve plugged for Jerusalem artichoke … ?

what the heck is this?

(..i don’t know.)

pepe said:

what the heck is this?

(..i don’t know.)

a bug’s nest of some sort…not spidees I don’t think…try ScribblyGum??

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

what the heck is this?

(..i don’t know.)

a bug’s nest of some sort…not spidees I don’t think…try ScribblyGum??

a cocoon of sorts?

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

what the heck is this?

(..i don’t know.)

a bug’s nest of some sort…not spidees I don’t think…try ScribblyGum??

a cocoon of sorts?

ok – will try scribbly a bit later.

mother birdpoo has returned to her nest.

what am i?

pepe said:

what am i?

A praying mantis nest

pepe said:

what am i?

Ootheca!

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

what am i?

A praying mantis nest

killjoy LOL

yes correct.

bon008 said:

pepe said:

what am i?

Ootheca!

generically correct and a new word to boot.
lovely we’re all learning lots LOL.

Ok smarties – please ID the following (some answers are not known by me)

P1 – a moth with a near death experience discovered upside down by the clothesline.
P2 – a moth that tries to look like a native tree leaf
P3 – …….i wished i had been earlier.

pepe said:

bon008 said:

pepe said:

what am i?

Ootheca!

generically correct and a new word to boot.
lovely we’re all learning lots LOL.

One of my favourite words – pretty sure I learnt it here, when I found one on a citrus leaf and asked you lot what it was!

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

what am i?

A praying mantis nest

killjoy LOL

yes correct.

Hooray! I thought you (or somebody) was going to say it wasn’t exactly a praying mantis nest, it was some other that looks like…

I haven’t had one here for so many years, I miss those little nests (but have had some babies in the house so there must be nests where I can’t see them)…

pepe said:

Ok smarties – please ID the following (some answers are not known by me)

P1 – a moth with a near death experience discovered upside down by the clothesline.
P2 – a moth that tries to look like a native tree leaf
P3 – …….i wished i had been earlier.

I don’t know the moth but they are dumb even for moths, beautiful colours under the wings…we get them a lot here and I fear they may be a nuisance to the cotton…

Number 2 I don’t know, and is number 3 a collapsed fungus ball?

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Ok smarties – please ID the following (some answers are not known by me)

P1 – a moth with a near death experience discovered upside down by the clothesline.
P2 – a moth that tries to look like a native tree leaf
P3 – …….i wished i had been earlier.

I don’t know the moth but they are dumb even for moths, beautiful colours under the wings…we get them a lot here and I fear they may be a nuisance to the cotton…

Number 2 I don’t know, and is number 3 a collapsed fungus ball?

number 3 is close – what type of fungus?

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

P3 – …….i wished i had been earlier.

Number 2 I don’t know, and is number 3 a collapsed fungus ball?

number 3 is close – what type of fungus?

“A puffball fungus” is as close as I could get…we had two that looked like soccer balls, but just bigger than tennis balls…I thought they might have built themselves around a horse dropping, and they had the “flat bits stitched together” pattern that you get with soccer balls…

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

Number 2 I don’t know, and is number 3 a collapsed fungus ball?

number 3 is close – what type of fungus?

“A puffball fungus” is as close as I could get…we had two that looked like soccer balls, but just bigger than tennis balls…I thought they might have built themselves around a horse dropping, and they had the “flat bits stitched together” pattern that you get with soccer balls…

wrong – for the first time today.
they are a more edible and desirable fungus than that – or were a week ago.

No drahmahs, lol! I’m often wrong and it bothers me not one whit…fancy, you have an edible fungus? The only edible fungus I know of up here is the field mushroom…it’s lovely and pink on the underside and there’s nothing like it when cooked…but one must smell first and if there’s the faintest copper odour, do not use as it will make the diner very sick (uncomfortable sick)….

Dinetta said:

No drahmahs, lol! I’m often wrong and it bothers me not one whit…fancy, you have an edible fungus? The only edible fungus I know of up here is the field mushroom…it’s lovely and pink on the underside and there’s nothing like it when cooked…but one must smell first and if there’s the faintest copper odour, do not use as it will make the diner very sick (uncomfortable sick)….

field mushroom is correct. they were out last week but i missed this lot.
still good spores for next time.

pepe said:

what am i?

praying mantis egg cluster

pepe said:

Ok smarties – please ID the following (some answers are not known by me)

P1 – a moth with a near death experience discovered upside down by the clothesline.
P2 – a moth that tries to look like a native tree leaf
P3 – …….i wished i had been earlier.

P3 – puff balls after they had puffed?

pepe said:

Ok smarties – please ID the following (some answers are not known by me)

P1 – a moth with a near death experience discovered upside down by the clothesline.
P2 – a moth that tries to look like a native tree leaf
P3 – …….i wished i had been earlier.

1 A hawkmoth

3 Dead field mushrooms

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

No drahmahs, lol! I’m often wrong and it bothers me not one whit…fancy, you have an edible fungus? The only edible fungus I know of up here is the field mushroom…it’s lovely and pink on the underside and there’s nothing like it when cooked…but one must smell first and if there’s the faintest copper odour, do not use as it will make the diner very sick (uncomfortable sick)….

field mushroom is correct. they were out last week but i missed this lot.
still good spores for next time.

Yep, gotta leave some for next time…can still taste my first cooked field mushroom…37 years later…

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

Ok smarties – please ID the following (some answers are not known by me)

P1 – a moth with a near death experience discovered upside down by the clothesline.

1 A hawkmoth

O, is that what they are?

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

Ok smarties – please ID the following (some answers are not known by me)

P1 – a moth with a near death experience discovered upside down by the clothesline.
P2 – a moth that tries to look like a native tree leaf
P3 – …….i wished i had been earlier.

1 A hawkmoth

3 Dead field mushrooms

yes and yes – now are we right?
the hawk moth is my guess too but we need some verification.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

Dinetta said:

No drahmahs, lol! I’m often wrong and it bothers me not one whit…fancy, you have an edible fungus? The only edible fungus I know of up here is the field mushroom…it’s lovely and pink on the underside and there’s nothing like it when cooked…but one must smell first and if there’s the faintest copper odour, do not use as it will make the diner very sick (uncomfortable sick)….

field mushroom is correct. they were out last week but i missed this lot.
still good spores for next time.

Yep, gotta leave some for next time…can still taste my first cooked field mushroom…37 years later…

When I was a kid we lived opposite acres of cow paddocks. I’d pick buckets full.

It’s all been developed now.

i’m not entirely sure about the hawk moth – it could be a ghost or swift moth as well ??

but the middle photo is a Hook Tip Moth.

there endedth the comp.

pepe said:

what the heck is this?

(..i don’t know.)

and this is a cup moth egg sack according to the scribbly people.

the cup usually looks like a gumnut but apparently this is one of the allowable variations.

pepe said:

pepe said:

what the heck is this?

(..i don’t know.)

and this is a cup moth egg sack according to the scribbly people.

the cup usually looks like a gumnut but apparently this is one of the allowable variations.

Well done! I have been wondering…

pepe said:

i’m not entirely sure about the hawk moth – it could be a ghost or swift moth as well ??

but the middle photo is a Hook Tip Moth.

there endedth the comp.

Did the Scribbly people help you with that one as well?

Wonder why a “hook tip”?

pepe said:

pepe said:

what the heck is this?

(..i don’t know.)

and this is a cup moth egg sack according to the scribbly people.

the cup usually looks like a gumnut but apparently this is one of the allowable variations.

hairy little bugger.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

i’m not entirely sure about the hawk moth – it could be a ghost or swift moth as well ??

but the middle photo is a Hook Tip Moth.

there endedth the comp.

Did the Scribbly people help you with that one as well?

Wonder why a “hook tip”?

no scribbly is guilt free in this case.
if you look up family ‘drepanidae’ you get identicle moths
- same eye and vein position on wing and same body shape.
the hooks are part of the look like-a-leaf deception. follow the ‘vein’ on the wing to either end and you will see a little hook which looks like the end of a gum leaf.

hi
not long before the big game starts so i will be gone shortly after posting.

i need ID for

P1

P2

P3

i don’t actually need the ID because i have cheated and know the answers.

(PS didn’t kate look great ! – personal trainers for everyone !)

pepe said:

hi
not long before the big game starts so i will be gone shortly after posting.

i need ID for

P1

P2

P3

i don’t actually need the ID because i have cheated and know the answers.

(PS didn’t kate look great ! – personal trainers for everyone !)

P1 = immature ladybirds
P2 = Bitter Gourd or Loofa Gourd???
P3 = I do not know monsieur.

pain master said:

pepe said:

hi
not long before the big game starts so i will be gone shortly after posting.

i need ID for

P1

P2

P3

i don’t actually need the ID because i have cheated and know the answers.

(PS didn’t kate look great ! – personal trainers for everyone !)

P1 = immature ladybirds
P2 = Bitter Gourd or Loofa Gourd???
P3 = I do not know monsieur.

No 3 looks a bit like a euphorbia of some sort.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

hi
not long before the big game starts so i will be gone shortly after posting.

i need ID for

P1

P2

P3

i don’t actually need the ID because i have cheated and know the answers.

(PS didn’t kate look great ! – personal trainers for everyone !)

P1 = immature ladybirds
P2 = Bitter Gourd or Loofa Gourd???
P3 = I do not know monsieur.

No 3 looks a bit like a euphorbia of some sort.

or perhaps a Hoya

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

P1 = immature ladybirds
P2 = Bitter Gourd or Loofa Gourd???
P3 = I do not know monsieur.

No 3 looks a bit like a euphorbia of some sort.

or perhaps a Hoya

P1 & P2 correct. ladybirds should be called ‘royal males’ because they look like derros until they put on their dress uniforms LOL.

P3 – BL will possibly guess this one so – only one clue – that pyramid shaped growth on the right was once a large flower.

re; P1
i’m not sure if it is a loofa gourd but it is a bitter gourd

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

hi
not long before the big game starts so i will be gone shortly after posting.

i need ID for

P1

P2

P3

i don’t actually need the ID because i have cheated and know the answers.

(PS didn’t kate look great ! – personal trainers for everyone !)

P1 = immature ladybirds
P2 = Bitter Gourd or Loofa Gourd???
P3 = I do not know monsieur.

No 3 looks a bit like a euphorbia of some sort.

Or one of those succulents that get the stinky flowers. Starts with an S.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

P1 = immature ladybirds
P2 = Bitter Gourd or Loofa Gourd???
P3 = I do not know monsieur.

No 3 looks a bit like a euphorbia of some sort.

Or one of those succulents that get the stinky flowers. Starts with an S.

stapelia?

yes bubba it is the carrion plant – stapelia something. it’s not the giant one but it does have a star shaped flower that smells of rotting flesh.

pepe said:

yes bubba it is the carrion plant – stapelia something. it’s not the giant one but it does have a star shaped flower that smells of rotting flesh.

I think i have it but mine’s never flowered.

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

yes bubba it is the carrion plant – stapelia something. it’s not the giant one but it does have a star shaped flower that smells of rotting flesh.

I think i have it but mine’s never flowered.

here’s some flowers for you bubba. these are my daughters plants grown in an old hollow log. they are flowering now – and when you smell them (about 50mm from your nose to the flower) they have a whiff like dead sheep carcases

pepe said:

bubba louie said:

pepe said:

yes bubba it is the carrion plant – stapelia something. it’s not the giant one but it does have a star shaped flower that smells of rotting flesh.

I think i have it but mine’s never flowered.

here’s some flowers for you bubba. these are my daughters plants grown in an old hollow log. they are flowering now – and when you smell them (about 50mm from your nose to the flower) they have a whiff like dead sheep carcases

If mine ever flower I’ll have to move them. LOL

whose my mum? – or – what sort of caterpillar am I?

does it count if I looked it up?

bluegreen said:

does it count if I looked it up?

very bad – unless you only looked up the right one.
these were IDed last year by scribbly – that’s how we know them.

justin said:

bluegreen said:

does it count if I looked it up?

very bad – unless you only looked up the right one.
these were IDed last year by scribbly – that’s how we know them.

I better hold my tongue then ;P

bluegreen said:

justin said:

bluegreen said:

does it count if I looked it up?

very bad – unless you only looked up the right one.
these were IDed last year by scribbly – that’s how we know them.

I better hold my tongue then ;P

thanks – altho’ i guess only a person who knows the answer will rely.

I know the answer.

pain master said:

I know the answer.

ummm?
go for it……….

now i discover i’m not sure of the exact name – so if you’re gonna hit me with multisylabbics make it quick LOL.

i’m off to bed – so i guess the answer can wait until morning
cyas

Looks like one of the cup moth instars?

roughbarked said:

Looks like one of the cup moth instars?

yes it is. from the Limacodidae genus.

enter limocodidae + australia into a search engine of your choice, and click on images and you’ll find a whole range of them…

OK, so what’s this then? ;) no peeking PM

pain master said:

enter limocodidae + australia into a search engine of your choice, and click on images and you’ll find a whole range of them…

cupmoth caterpillar is correct

doratifera…? ssp ?

justin said:

pain master said:

enter limocodidae + australia into a search engine of your choice, and click on images and you’ll find a whole range of them…

cupmoth caterpillar is correct

doratifera…? ssp ?

Doratifera quadriguttata, Four Spotted Cup Moth :D

bluegreen said:

justin said:

pain master said:

enter limocodidae + australia into a search engine of your choice, and click on images and you’ll find a whole range of them…

cupmoth caterpillar is correct

doratifera…? ssp ?

Doratifera quadriguttata, Four Spotted Cup Moth :D

that’s it

looking through that lot i saw – the australian soap tree (red ash or soap ash) – alphitonia excelsa. a tree that provides your soap ?? interesting

roughbarked said:

OK, so what’s this then? ;) no peeking PM

Bump

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

OK, so what’s this then? ;) no peeking PM

Bump

Hmm. No takers?

OK I think it is Bertya cunninghamii Gooma Bush or wallaby bush. This is one I grew from a cutting taken from local roadside remnant Mallee country.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

OK, so what’s this then? ;) no peeking PM

Bump

Hmm. No takers?

OK I think it is Bertya cunninghamii Gooma Bush or wallaby bush. This is one I grew from a cutting taken from local roadside remnant Mallee country.

yeah. I had no idea! lol!

Not a comp, but what are these weird splotches on my ballerina apple? Sun burn? Pics show both sides. These 3 are the only apples like it on one tree that’s loaded with fruit. The rest are still green.

Happy Potter said:

Not a comp, but what are these weird splotches on my ballerina apple? Sun burn? Pics show both sides. These 3 are the only apples like it on one tree that’s loaded with fruit. The rest are still green.

ps if you want to see the big pics, click on thumbnails and in PB click on zoom. Full page size.

Happy Potter said:

Not a comp, but what are these weird splotches on my ballerina apple? Sun burn? Pics show both sides. These 3 are the only apples like it on one tree that’s loaded with fruit. The rest are still green.

I think sunburn is pretty likely.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

OK, so what’s this then? ;) no peeking PM

Bump

Hmm. No takers?

OK I think it is Bertya cunninghamii Gooma Bush or wallaby bush. This is one I grew from a cutting taken from local roadside remnant Mallee country.

i thought it might have been a hakea flower. i have seen something close to it around here but i couldn’t find it.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Not a comp, but what are these weird splotches on my ballerina apple? Sun burn? Pics show both sides. These 3 are the only apples like it on one tree that’s loaded with fruit. The rest are still green.

I think sunburn is pretty likely.

ditto

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Not a comp, but what are these weird splotches on my ballerina apple? Sun burn? Pics show both sides. These 3 are the only apples like it on one tree that’s loaded with fruit. The rest are still green.

I think sunburn is pretty likely.

ditto

Oh ok, thanks. As long as it’s not some dreadful disease..