Hi. I hope some of you folks can help me out in a big way. I am cataloging an image collection - nearly 20,000 pictures :( - and some of the plants have me stumped despite googling till my eyes want to fall out! Common names or latin. These photos are all taken in the Langley area (except the last) in gardens although the odd one is a wild flower. There are 53 pics (sorry) and I want to stress that I've already identified close to 200 plants on my own. The names of the plants are based on the date (time of year) they were taken. Many thanks to anyone who can contribute some answers. :) EDIT: This has proved to be a learning lesson for me -requesting assistance via a forum. :) or those of you who are wondering about Lila's list- it is based on the ORIGINAL numbering of my list which is now shifted by 2. I am NEW to this forum and did not realize the implications of doing this so please do not dwell on it. All photos: http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/12monthsOFwinter/ubc/?start=all 1. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_07_12_0004_leaves_plants.jpg Bupleurum sp. 2. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2004_07_04_0015_flowers_yellow.jpg Sedum species, stonecrop 3. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...rrent=2005_12_11_0028_fruit_nuts_berries_.jpg Symphoricarpos albus, snow berry 4. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_10_26_0004_flowers_white.jpg Lobularia 5. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2005_10_26_0003_flowers_purple.jpg Fuchsia * 6. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_10_15_0029_leaves_plants.jpg Cotinus coggygria, "smoke bush" 7. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_10_11_0014_flowers_white.jpg ? 8. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...rrent=2005_09_19_0005_fruit_nuts_berries_.jpg Allium form 9. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_10_01_0076_flowers_white.jpg Clematis virginiana or similar------------ 10. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2005_09_17_0039_flowers_orange.jpg Cosmos sulphureus * 11. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...=view¤t=2005_07_25_0056_flowers_red.jpg kalanchoe species 12. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...view¤t=2005_07_14_0036_flowers_pink.jpg ]Leycesteria formosa------------------- 13. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...=view¤t=2005_07_14_0020_flowers_red.jpg Rhus typhina 14. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_07_12_0003_leaves_plants.jpg Bupleurum sp.again 15. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2005_07_09_0014_flowers_purple.jpg Cirsium arvense * 16. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2005_06_30_0029_flowers_purple.jpg Campanula latifolia-also called Harebell 17. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...rrent=2005_06_23_0020_fruit_nuts_berries_.jpg Sambucus racemosa or callicarpus-elderberry 18.http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ction=view¤t=2005_06_16_0005_yellow.jpg Apium petroselinum L Parsley 19 http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ction=view¤t=2005_06_16_0004_yellow.jpg Apium petroselinum L Parsley 20. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ction=view¤t=2005_06_13_0076_yellow.jpg Lysimachia vulgaris * 21. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...view¤t=2005_06_13_0036_flowers_pink.jpg Geranium robertianum 22. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_06_13_0018_flowers_white.jpg Paeonia sp 23. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_06_13_0015_flowers_white.jpg ? 24. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2005_06_11_0012_flowers_purple.jpg Osteospermum sp 25. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...view¤t=2005_06_11_0010_flowers_blue.jpg Ageratum houstonianum * 26. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_06_06_0016_flowers_white.jpg Lobularia 27. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...view¤t=2005_06_06_0013_flowers_blue.jpg Globe Gilia- Gilia capitata 28. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...view¤t=2005_06_04_0005_flowers_blue.jpg Geranium sp 29. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_05_26_0014_flowers_white.jpg Deutzia sp 30. [urlhttp://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/12monthsOFwinter/ubc/?action=view¤t=2005_05_17_0048_flowers_white.jpg[/url] ? * 31. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2005_05_13_0083_flowers_orange.jpg ? 32. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2005_05_13_0057_flowers_purple.jpg ? 33. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...view¤t=2005_05_13_0038_flowers_pink.jpg ? 34. [urlhttp://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/12monthsOFwinter/ubc/?action=view¤t=2005_05_11_0038_flowers_white.jpg[/url] Cotoneaster species 35. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_05_10_0012_flowers_white.jpg ? * 36. [urlhttp://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/12monthsOFwinter/ubc/?action=view¤t=2005_05_06_0068_flowers_white.jpg[/url] Oxeye Daisy -Chrysanthemum leucanthemum 37. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2005_04_17_0029_flowers_purple.jpg ? 38. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_04_17_0026_flowers_white.jpg Camellia 39. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2005_04_16_0005_flowers_purple.jpg ? 40. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_03_12_0008_leaves_plants.jpg Lamiastrum galeobdolon, Yellow archangel * 41. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...=view¤t=2005_03_10_0006_flowers_red.jpg Chaenomeles japonica 42. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...view¤t=2005_02_27_0044_flowers_blue.jpg ? 43. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...rrent=2005_02_27_0027_fruit_nuts_berries_.jpg Cotoneaster species 44. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...view¤t=2005_02_27_0025_flowers_pink.jpg Pieris japonica 45. [urlhttp://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/12monthsOFwinter/ubc/?action=view¤t=2005_02_27_0016_flowers_yellow.jpg[/url] Forsythia sp * 46. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2005_02_27_0001_flowers_white.jpg Lobularia 47. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...rrent=2005_02_05_0018_fruit_nuts_berries_.jpg Alnus rubra 48. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2004_09_30_0022_flowers_white.jpg ? 49. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2004_08_31_0009_flowers_mixed.jpg Sempervivum 50. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...ew¤t=2004_08_15_0001_flowers_yellow.jpg Coreopsis tinctoria * 51. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...rrent=2004_08_14_0004_fruit_nuts_berries_.jpg European mountain-ash, Sorbus aucuparia 52. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2004_07_10_0005_flowers_mixed.jpg Begonia semperflorens/Zinnia elegans 53. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...view¤t=2004_07_10_0004_flowers_pink.jpg Brazilian Jasmine Mandevilla splendens 54. http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c...iew¤t=2004_07_07_0017_flowers_white.jpg Lavatera trimestris
My reaction to this, at the moment is that there are too many pictures all at once - and at links instead of here with the post. Maybe try posting smaller increments, here on this site. 5 or 10 pictures, visible when the post is clicked on is much more manageable. Maybe try that later if you don't get alot of answers to this one.
Úúú... how many plants! A bit too many... :))) Quick tips from me, but these are just "first look tips": 1. Symphoricarpos sp., probably S. albus? 2. Probably a Lobularia sp., L. maritima? 3. Fuchsia hybrid 4. Cotinus coggygria 5. Hmmm... this could be anything to me... :( 6. Allium sp., probably a bit mad A. gigantea... 7. Hmmm... Clematis sp.? 8. Cosmos sulphureus 9. Kalanchoe sp., K. blossfeldiana? 10. Leycestria formosa 11. Rhus typhina 12. Hmmm... don't know... Euphorbia sp. ? 13. Cirsium sp., C. arvense? 14. Campanula sp. 15. Hmmm... the leaves and the flowers looks like Rubus, but the fruits looks like Sambucus racemosa... 16-17. Sorry, but it looks similar like 2452536 species of Apiaceae family... :( 18. Lysimachia vulgaris 19. Hmmm... don't know, but looks nice... :) 20. Paeonia sp. 21. Chrysanthemum sp. 22. Osteospermum sp. 23. Ageratum houstonianum 24. Probably a Lobularia sp., L. maritima? 25. Hmmm... something blue? :) 26. Geranium sp. 27. Deutzia sp. 28. Stellaria sp. 29. Cheiranthus cheiri 30. Probably a Symphytum sp. 31. Armeria sp., A. maritima? 32. Probably a Cotoneaster sp. 33. Cerastium tomentosum 34. Something like the matricarias... 35. Skimmia sp., S. japonica? 36. Probably a Camellia sp. 37. Probably a Malus sp. 38. Galeobdolon sp. 39. Chaenomeles sp. 40. Hmmm... don't know, 421301 plants looks similar... :( 41. Cotoneaster sp. 42. Pieris sp. , P. japonica 'Valley Valentine'? 43. Forsythia sp. 44. The same problem as by plant40. ... :( 45. Hmmm... good joke... :) 46. Something white, with Ipomoea purpurea... 47. Lobularia sp. L. maritima? 48. Hmmm... 49. Sorbus sp. , S. aucuparia? 50. Begonia sempervires and Zinnia elegans 51. Mandevillea sp. 52. Lavatera sp., L. trimestris 'Mount Blanc'? 53. Can't see the plant... :( Sedum sp. ?
Pfff... :((( Another huge mistake: I tought your 45. is some conifer, but for 2nd look I see that it is an Alnus glutinosa..
Ron B: thank you for replying. I didn't realize the links would not show in their entirety when I posted which is too bad because the photo names are clues...year_month_day_colour (of plant) which was supposed to make it easier. Most of the forums I belong to discourage multiple image posting if an alternative like Photobucket is available (which is why there is a link to the full gallery pages over every 20 photos) so I didn't want to post even 10 photos let alone 53... But the links can be opened in a new 'tab' which is really convenient I thought instead of attaching 10 or 20 pics. (Maybe older Internet Explorer doesn't do this but the new one does and Mozilla and Firefox both do as well) Well, I will be happy with whatever anwers I get- at least I can try new directions from the ones I've been taking! lol
chimera: thank you for replying. I know there are an awful lot of pictures which is why I included 3 links to the individual gallery pages at Photobucket. (bandwidth considerations) thank you ! :)
edleigh7: thank you for replying. Please see my responses to Ron B and chimera. I haven't yet figured out how to get my responses to show up under the appropriate responses! lol
Lila Pereszke: Wow. Thank you very much for even the "first look tips"! :) :) :) There is a lot to go over here...I will let you know how good your eyeballing was once I go thru them all! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Michael F: Thank you for replying. I believe of the two responses yours is correct. :) red alder (Alnus rubra) Lila: Many thanks- so far you've nailed 5.5 out of the 6 I have verified :) :) !!! Wonderfully knowledgeable! 49. Sorbus sp. , S. aucuparia? (European mountain-ash, Sorbus aucuparia L., I believe this is correct) 50. Begonia sempervires and Zinnia elegans (Begonia semperflorens and Zinnia elegans, I believe these are correct) 51. Mandevillea sp. (Brazilian Jasmine Mandevilla splendens, I believe this is correct) 52. Lavatera sp., L. trimestris 'Mount Blanc'? (Lavatera trimestris, I believe that is correct) 53. Can't see the plant... :( Sedum sp. ? (Sedum spathulifolium, I believe that is correct) EDIT: The current number order of the original post has been changed to reflect Photobucket's inability to let you substitute pictures- the whole order got messed up.
Don't think the flowers look right for Sempervivum. On 2nd look, guess the flowers actually aren't from the bottom plant. Maybe.
40. Chaenomeles japonica 44. forsythia. 43 pieris japonica. 37 Camellia. this is a little confusing, Lila's IDs are just one number out to mine. Like the order has been changed ?
Yes, you are right!!! In my area is A. rubra not a very common plant... :))) Thats why it was not my "1.look" or "2.look", (or "4123023.look") tip... :)
Sorry, I just looked quick the photos, without reading... :( I thought, you need ID to the other plant on your photo! Of course it is a Sempervivum... :)
EDIT: The current number order of the original post has been changed to reflect Photobucket's inability to let you substitute pictures- the whole order got messed up.[/QUOTE] ... no... (Lila start crying...) Now how can the other members to help ID?! To agree with my tips, or say a better tip??? :(
... no... (Lila start crying...) Now how can the other members to help ID?! To agree with my tips, or say a better tip??? :([/QUOTE] I missed that, thank you. Seems pics are often later deleted from Photobucket , so reference is gone , and thread becomes obsolete.
Wow, I'm not full mad! Huh... :))) YESTERDAY your 48. photo was really a Corepsis sp. ... wich is TODAY your 49. photo... (So probably tomorrow will be Coreopsis the 50. ... ? :))) (But what comes next week? After 53? :))) And the other photo, with the Sempervivum AND with the Lobularia, was YESTERDAY your 47. photo, thats why may tip was YESTERDAY Lobularia sp. ... but TODAY is your "47" is a 48. ... and you want to ID the Sempervivum on your photo, not the Lobularia as I tought... :))) Hmmm... I think this thread will be a great english language lesson to me... :))) (More than a botanical lesson!!!)
4= fucshia, one of the hanging basket types ??? 5= smoke bush = Cotinus Anacardiaceae 7 = ornamental garlic [allium giganteum]The one grown for dried cut flowers. Large white cloves grows very tall 9 = Dahlia???? 11= I have one but do not know what it is called 13 = type of helleborus??? [Helleborus argutifolius] 14 = type thistle 16= Elderberry [sambucus callicarpus]???????????? 31 = Borage [Borago] 35 = Ox-Eye Daisy I am thinking of the one that grows wild and is a bit of a weed. [Chrysanthemum leucanthemum.] 37 = Camelia [sasanqua???] 39 = Aluminium plant yellow flowers not Pilea. There is another one not so rampant but has purple flowers 40 = Japonica 42 not same as 32 43 lilly of the valley tree [Pieris] My guesses for the project. Liz
chimera: see the edit in the original post- Lila's i.d.s are correct from the original post- the order is changed to reflect the list properly. This was not the smartest move on my part. :( Lila Pereszke: No worries about Alnus- you provided the direction to go which counts for a lot- I did not expect much response from the first 3 posts but I believe your generous perusal and first attempt labelling inspired a great deal of interest. Re: sempervivum- stupid of me to use that photo- I could have used another or cropped this one to avoid confusion- my bad! Re: re-ordering of list I will make it very clear to anyone who makes mention of this in regards to your identification that your answers are based on the original list- and has been very accurate thus far! :) Liz: thank you for replying. I'm going to try to verify the rest of the plants today- could only do a few yesterday.