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Unknown flower and seed pod
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| Limeño 2006-08-14, 1:25 pm |
| Hi.
Can anyone help.
My beloved dried and sowed some pepper seeds.
Bell pepper I think.
The results are now in the garden but the flowers look
nothing like pepper. The seed pods/fruits have largish hairs, I have not
felt them.
I have put some photos on a temp web site in the hopes that some kind
person can enlighten us. The URL is
http://www.drivehq.com/file/ShowFol...&shareID=240987
Many thanks in advance
Derek
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| Bob Hobden 2006-08-14, 8:25 pm |
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Derek wrote
> Can anyone help.
> My beloved dried and sowed some pepper seeds.
> Bell pepper I think.
> The results are now in the garden but the flowers look
> nothing like pepper. The seed pods/fruits have largish hairs, I have not
> felt them.
> I have put some photos on a temp web site in the hopes that some kind
> person can enlighten us. The URL is
> http://www.drivehq.com/file/ShowFol...&shareID=240987
That is the wild introduced Datura stramonium, the Thorn Apple, by the look
of it.
Quite rare although I've been told it's can be locally common if you
understand what I mean.
All parts are very poisonous, wash your hands after handling especially if
you get any sap on them.
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| Limeño 2006-08-15, 9:25 am |
| Bob Hobden wrote:
> Derek wrote
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> That is the wild introduced Datura stramonium, the Thorn Apple, by the look
> of it.
> Quite rare although I've been told it's can be locally common if you
> understand what I mean.
> All parts are very poisonous, wash your hands after handling especially if
> you get any sap on them.
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Many thanks for the information Bob.
I think that we had better destroy it.
Regards
Derek
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| Bob Hobden 2006-08-15, 1:25 pm |
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Derek wrote ...
> Bob Hobden wrote:
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> Many thanks for the information Bob.
> I think that we had better destroy it.
No need to do that as long as you are aware of the danger, lots of plants
are poisonous to some extent and the flowers are beautiful. The only reason
I would destroy it would be if young children had access.
A relative swallowed a tiny twig (don't ask!) of one of her Brugmansias
(very closely related plant) and spent a "strange, shaky" evening with the
specialist Toxic Plant Unit in London phoning her every 30mins to ensure she
was OK. She survived.
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Regards
Bob H
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| Limeño 2006-08-16, 5:25 pm |
| Bob Hobden wrote:
> Derek wrote ...
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> No need to do that as long as you are aware of the danger, lots of plants
> are poisonous to some extent and the flowers are beautiful. The only reason
> I would destroy it would be if young children had access.
> A relative swallowed a tiny twig (don't ask!) of one of her Brugmansias
> (very closely related plant) and spent a "strange, shaky" evening with the
> specialist Toxic Plant Unit in London phoning her every 30mins to ensure she
> was OK. She survived.
>
Occasionally the grandchildren come and on of then a girl of about 8 is
an absolute terror. She runs in and around the flower beds leaving
behind her a wake of utter destruction, plants, ornaments,lights.
My beloved has now uprooted then and they have gone in the skip.
Regards
Derek
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