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Marylyn
Jun 19, 2016 8:16 PM CST
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Name: Marylyn
Houston, TX (Zone 9a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I sent a postcard to Randy! Region: Texas Daylilies Lilies
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A friend found this growing in their field in central Texas. Is it an orchid?
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Marylyn
Jun 19, 2016 9:20 PM CST
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Name: Marylyn
Houston, TX (Zone 9a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I sent a postcard to Randy! Region: Texas Daylilies Lilies
Cat Lover Garden Ideas: Level 1
Wait... is it an alstroemeria? Never mind... I knew that! *Blush*
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XiaoLong
Jun 19, 2016 9:36 PM CST
Name: Feng Xiao Long
Bogor, Java, Indonesia (Zone 13a)
Purslane Tropicals Plant Identifier
Its not an orchid. The flower looks like a member of Iris family.

Edit: Alophia maybe ?
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Marylyn
Jun 19, 2016 9:49 PM CST
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Name: Marylyn
Houston, TX (Zone 9a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I sent a postcard to Randy! Region: Texas Daylilies Lilies
Cat Lover Garden Ideas: Level 1
Alophia drummondii, aka propeller flower! I was on the wrong track altogether. Thank you, XiaoLong!!!!
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DaisyI
Jun 19, 2016 9:52 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost
Garden Sages Plant Identifier
Its an easy mistake. You don't know how many people have dragged their iris to the orchid society meeting for identification.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost

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XiaoLong
Jun 19, 2016 9:54 PM CST
Name: Feng Xiao Long
Bogor, Java, Indonesia (Zone 13a)
Purslane Tropicals Plant Identifier
You are welcome Smiling
Thats a nice dark purple specimen.
| @XiaoLong | Post #1187983 (6)
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frostweed
Jun 20, 2016 1:22 PM CST
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
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I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Here is a link about Alophia, http://www.wildflower.org/plan...
it sure is beautiful Smiling
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
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