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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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wasabi. And, since this was just before those three letters, here goes:
Xerochrysum leucopsideum, Yucca brevifolia jaegeriana (scientific name for the pygmy yucca), and Zanthoxylum piperitum (scientific name for the Japanese peppercorns).
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Arum lily, scientific name zantedeschia aethiopica, neatly linking the beginning and end of the alphabet in one elegant flower. Incientally the flowers are on the yellow spike, the white is a modified sepal. White is the usual colour, but there are bright yellows, an unusual green, a bright pink and a most unusual black available as well, probably more than that, but those are the ones that have struck me the most.
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Arum lily, scientific name zantedeschia aethiopica, neatly linking the beginning and end of the alphabet in one elegant flower. Incientally the flowers are on the yellow spike, the white is a modified sepal. White is the usual colour, but there are bright yellows, an unusual green, a bright pink and a most unusual black available as well, probably more than that, but those are the ones that have struck me the most.
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Clivia miniata
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Clivia miniata
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Jun 18, '09, 5:56 am
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Euphorbia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Euphorbia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Hyacinth (fragrant spring bloomer)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Hyacinth (fragrant spring bloomer)
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Ixia mostertii
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Ixia mostertii
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Jacktree (Sinojackia rehderiana)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Jacktree (Sinojackia rehderiana)
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kapok tree, of the order Malvales. 
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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kapok tree, of the order Malvales.
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Lavender (we visited a lavender farm on Maui in May)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Mesembryanthemacea - a large family of succulent plants, of which the agryoderma crateriforme is a member.
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Mesembryanthemacea - a large family of succulent plants, of which the agryoderma crateriforme is a member.
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Ninebark (scrubs)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Ninebark (scrubs)
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Oxalis
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