sing: ...wild thing...

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:37 pm

ornamentals seem still not much beloved in this forum, so, I`ll try with this plant, which is pretty common in Malta`s wilderness!

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:41 pm

he... come on- where are the comments???
I continue singing "....it is a hard thing..." (was this song from the WHO?)

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:24 pm

Who is the WHO and where to find the following text and what`s about Your voice?????

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:47 pm

the WHO was a band in the 60ies or 70ies, as far as I remember, and they had a song "Wild thing, you are my hard thing..." or something like this.
He he, looks like that I am some centuries younger than you are (I am approximately 40)

And this quiz-picture is both a wild and a hard thing

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:09 pm

You should not publish books with Your vita at the backside!!!

Is the plant wild and are the "Teeth" hard enough to eat insects?

Post by **MWP admin** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:09 pm

My problem is that I cannot understand the structure of the flower!

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:29 pm

boq, Urticaceae?

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:18 am

My idea was: Monocot. leaves and no flower but - might be - an open fruit. Where is this plant hard???

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:47 am

1. therefore I asked the 2nd publisher not to write a vitae

2. yes, the plant is pretty wild (therefore the title) but also cultivated
3. yes, the plant is hard (therefore the song)
a. hard to find out
b. hard in some parts (woody)
4. no insect killers (they are vegetarians)
5. I did not say that it is a flower, MWP
6. no Urticaceae
7. no fruit
8. not a monocot, but good idea: pic reminds myself an epiphytic orchid like e.g. Bulbophyllum

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:40 pm

Is that part important? Is there something broken?

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:56 pm

everything nature, and important, nothing is broken or removed, your arrow indicates glands

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:08 pm

I know that this is really difficult because it is so easy- it is very common (hundreds of thousands in Malta), everyone has seen it but not really recognized, and it is not small- size in nature about 1/5 of this pic.

Like the muppet of MWP- nature has so many interesting things which we all do ignore. I am sure that I never would find out what it could be, except I would not have make the pic by myself. Nevertheless, continue to try- there are never bad ideas...

Post by **MWP admin** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:51 pm

Can I ask another pic from a different angle. The structure in the pic is not well defined, that is, it is like seeing 4 fingers from the front, while it would be more descriptive if from above or 45 deg angle. It is like I have seen it but cant figure out.

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:54 pm

Exactly that is the trick, to confuse us!

Post by **MWP admin** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:04 pm

I am also surprised that it is not a monocot.... parallel veined leaves are almost always monocots. hmmm...

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:15 pm

Zoomed to the end there could be some square veins, or are that pixel?

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:20 pm

greenhorn: I never would try to confuse you

it`s not a trick- this is mother nature!
Trust me: it is not a monocot (and remember: cotyledones sometimes look like monocot leaves- but these are no cotyledones)

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:22 pm

yes, I think there are square veins

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:27 pm

We didn`t doubt, in cause of polycotyledones!!!
Could it be a calyx?

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:28 pm

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:37 pm

And no further hint, that we have sweet dreams???

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:42 pm

ok- I will give you a hint in Cologne tomorrow

Post by **MWP admin** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:48 pm

Me too, good night! if you dont come up with hints, tell us something about the inflorescence!

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:24 pm

jackpot wrote:ok- I will give you a hint in Cologne tomorrow

Did You visit the InterMot, to buy a new Harley for Malta, or did You change the University in Winter-Semester???
But there was no hint in my letterbox!!!

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:30 pm

What do we know: No flower ( ? answer not clear ), no fruit, no calyx.
I have a very old photo with a leaf-bud of Aesculus hippocastanus, just opening, which looks a very little bit like this object.
Could it be a leaf???

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:47 am

greenhorny: YOU are unbeatable!!

MWP: please change greenhorns status from veteran member to expert (serious!!).

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:56 am

Only a streak of luck, I fear. But anyway, thanks so much!!!

Post by **MWP admin** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:22 pm

No problem, she has a very good receommendation (from you !!) and greenhorn replied correct lots of difficult quizes (such as this une).

So greenhorn it is up to you, do you want to be ranked as 'expert'?

greenhorn · Post by **greenhorn** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:42 pm

Good heavens, no!!! An expert knows, I only guess.