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Delicate white houseplant flower (also ID please)

 
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Sep 15, 2007 17:10 |  #1

If someone knows what this indoor plant is, I would be very grateful if you could ID it for me please.

The plant was left in our conservatory when we moved in 18 months ago. It didnt flower last year and has just produced 3 flower stems which are beginning to open. They are beautiful delicate little white flowers which come from within curved wide deep green leaves, which are not unlike some species of orchid, but this is not an orchid.

Not fully open yet

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Sep 18, 2007 12:28 |  #2

Nice photo. Don't know what it is but haven't seen that many stamens in a single blossom before!!


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Sep 18, 2007 15:10 as a reply to  @ jackprks's post |  #3

Sorry Linda, can't give you any ID. Like the flower though. Nice contrast


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Sep 18, 2007 16:09 as a reply to  @ dreamline's post |  #4

Hiya Linda,

Lovely shot afraid I can't help with the ID though

Cheers for now
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Sep 18, 2007 16:14 |  #5

jackprks wrote in post #3956611 (external link)
Nice photo. Don't know what it is but haven't seen that many stamens in a single blossom before!!

Thanks very much, really appreciate you looking. It still has a way to go before its fully open yet, so hope to get some more pics as it progresses.

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Sorry Linda, can't give you any ID. Like the flower though. Nice contrast

Thanks :D Yes, its a very pretty flower, so delicate.

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Hiya Linda,

Lovely shot afraid I can't help with the ID though

Cheers for now
Mark

Thanks Mark - hopefully now its come back up to the top, some others will take a look and maybe come up with the ID for me.

Am hoping to get some more pics as the flower heads fully open. It seems to be quite slow on opening.

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Sep 20, 2007 16:23 as a reply to  @ LindaB's post |  #6

Just an update to this if anyone is interested. After much searching, I have finally ID'd it.

Its a: Haemanthus albiflos Jacq.

Family Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis and Daffodil family)

Common name: Paint Brush Lily - powder puff

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Sep 20, 2007 16:37 |  #7

Hiya Linda,
Yeay I can go to bed now & sleep easy :lol: seriously though it's always nice to put a name to a face ( plant ) eh :D

Cheers for now
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Just an update to this if anyone is interested. After much searching, I have finally ID'd it.

Its a: Haemanthus albiflos Jacq.

Family Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis and Daffodil family)

Common name: Paint Brush Lily - powder puff

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Sep 20, 2007 16:58 |  #8

bandit 1 wrote in post #3973175 (external link)
Hiya Linda,
Yeay I can go to bed now & sleep easy :lol: seriously though it's always nice to put a name to a face ( plant ) eh :D

Cheers for now
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LOL you cheeky monkey :lol: :lol:
I dont normally bother if I dont know the name, but this one is particularly lovely and glad it was left here lol.
Its slowly opening even more each day, so am hoping to do it justice with some nice pics of it when its fully open.

Off you go to bed and sleep tight now lol.

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Sep 21, 2007 02:59 as a reply to  @ LindaB's post |  #9

Well, I had to wait until morning before the mystery was solved - have to use the weekend to catch up on my sleep now... :D

Looking forward to seeing the flower in all it's glory.


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Sep 21, 2007 08:25 |  #10
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Good shot Linda, I took a shot today of some type of flower that had very similar looking Yellow stamen (I think that's what they call them).

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Sep 21, 2007 10:49 |  #11

dreamline wrote in post #3976503 (external link)
Well, I had to wait until morning before the mystery was solved - have to use the weekend to catch up on my sleep now... :D

Looking forward to seeing the flower in all it's glory.

Thank you - might be another week yet tho as they are pretty slow to open.

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Good shot Linda, I took a shot today of some type of flower that had very similar looking Yellow stamen (I think that's what they call them).

Dave

Thanks Dave - yes, stamen is correct :D - this sort of flower head looks easy to photograph but not so lol.

Thanks everyone for looking and commenting.

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