Pretty in Purple

Can anybody help with this nameless plant, please? It's tuberous, very fragile and difficult to divide.



Many thanks in advance.

 

Havent got a clue LOL Im afraid, but just wanted to say its very pretty

 

Could you take photos of individual bits of the plant too, LoL? I can't see leaves and flowers clearly enough.... and it's not one I'm familiar enough to know by its habit, sorry! With a bit of luck Pete or one of the others with specialist knowledge of plants that grow in warmer climates than I've got will happen by.... Pity Strongy is away for the time being!

[ 20. August 2006, 10:56 PM: Message edited by: dendrobium ]

 

Sorry, can't at the mo, Dendro, but as you say perhaps the other guys can identify.

 

Hornbeam, I see you're out there .. can you identify this, please?

 

Not a clue!

 

Sorry m'Lady no can do. It looks kinda familiar but I may have just seen something like it in a greenhouse. I've looked through Collins "Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean" and can see nothing like it. Is it growing wild or in a garden? Close up of a single flower and some leaves will help narrow it down.

 

Thank you, Hornbeam. I'll be honest, it's not mine! It's my sisters and it lives in a climate similar to Leeds (but obviously not there). It was her father-in-laws and no one can identify it. I have this picture only from the Summer of last year. The leaves look familiar, in pairs, flowers have five petals, but it's a complete puzzlement ... I hope I will be getting a rooting this Autumn! We may have to wait on this one!

 

Greetings m'Lady,
May have found your purple plant. Could be one of the larger lobelias. Hardy, dark green leaves, purple flowers in spikes.

Lobelia x vedrariense

Have a look at this photo http://www.gcnursery.co.uk/pics/Lobelia%20x%20speciosa%20'Vedrariensis'.jpg

PS - Believe it or not, I opened my massive gardening encyclopaedia (800 pages)to see if I could find anything similar and the book just fell open at the lobelia page! That sort of thing often happens to me. Weird!

 

Well done, Hornbeam, and that's a lovely picture. Does your book say anything about the leaves being in pairs?

I have a 1,000 page encyclopadia (an Aussie one) and that's happened to me on more than one occasion ... if not the exact page, one or two away! Definitely weird: :eek:

 

Here are some new photos of the "Pretty in Purple". I think that these ones are quite clear, also the stems and leaves, so hopefully someone can finally put a name to this lovely plant. The flowers look rather pink at the moment but darken to a purpley colour later on.

 

I am not getting the feel of a Lobelia from that. I have L vadriensis 'Tanya' - its difficult to remembering what it looks like as it comes into flower. But the leaves look wrong. At the moment its just a rosettes of leaves.

 

Evening, PeterS. I can't see that's what Sis has and yours look darker and glossier. I now have three seedlings up ... just hope they survive with my heat.

I wonder if dendrobium has had any luck as she has seeds as well ...

 

None whatsoever! :D

 

I'm shocked I've got anything! Might have to send you a rooting ... or better still, Sis, as she has zillions! :D