Very Strange Flowers

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by lorax, Aug 10, 2007.

  1. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    I'm starting to feel like I've gone through the looking glass...

    The most I can say on this one is that it's growing on the side of a steep hill above the irrigation canal; I've never seen anything like it. I can't find it in my South American Flora books, either. The flowers are only 3-4 cm across, but the stamens are a good 10 cm long.

    Any help would be appreciated; I'll monitor the shrub to see if fruit develops.
     

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    link2007 Active Member

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    Looks like some sort of bat flower. I think in the Tacca genus.
     
  3. edleigh7

    edleigh7 Well-Known Member

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    Sorry Lorax I don't have a clue but the flowers look great

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Thanks; I'll check out Tacca, and keep looking.
     
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    I suspect Capparis cynophallophora.
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Wow, that really looks like it! I would never have suspected capers. Thanks, TonyR! Tacca was close, but the petal arrangement was all wrong.
     

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