Tree identification game - for all your tree lovers

[Johnny Canuck3]

Yes thank you. Took that this afternoon. Just looked out of place where it was

Same tree also comes with white flowers.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Looks like an orchid of some sort...

Yes, well I thought that, and I did take it in Thailand but I'd like to put a name to it rather than just "unidentified" or "flower"

 

[story]

Thanks story. I'll NEVER remember that though

Next time you pass the tree, take a look. Nothing else has leaves like it. You'll remember them, I promise, if you look at the living leaf

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

And then in Autumn, they have conkers on them, and under them

well we have conker trees outside our flat but I've never noticed the flowers, only notice them on the trees opposite

I think I must go around with my eyes shut most of the time

 

[story]

That orchid matches the ones here. So it's a Kultana Blue orchid

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Next time you pass the tree, take a look. Nothing else has leaves like it. You'll remember them, I promise, if you look at the living leaf

I will and if I miss my bus because I'm busy looking up at trees, I'll blame you

Right, better look up plane trees now!

Oooh, totally different

 

[story]

Plane trees give us itching powder

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I can identify a number of trees, but only in winter, without leaves: I worked on a winter tree pruning crew, learned the names that way. Once they've got leaves, I'm generally lost.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That orchid matches the ones here. So it's a Kultana Blue orchid

Excellent. Thanks so much story.


*pootles off to name photo*



whoever named it must have been colour-blind

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Plane trees give us itching powder

that's what I said. Someone should market it as itching powder or is that what itching powder really is?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I can identify a number of trees, but only in winter, without leaves: I worked on a winter tree pruning crew, learned the names that way. Once they've got leaves, I'm generally lost.

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Maybe you should stick around here and learn something then

 

[story]

that's what I said. Someone should market it as itching powder or is that what itching powder really is?

Dunno, but we used to stuff the fuzz down each other's necks and pants when we were nippers. Then Teach would be cross with us all afternoon as we wiggled and squiggled.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

One for JohnnyCanuck

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Then Teach would be cross with us all afternoon as we wiggled and squiggled.

don't. I've been doing that the last few days

 

[story]

Excellent. Thanks so much story.


*pootles off to name photo*



whoever named it must have been colour-blind

Purple, blue.... it's all the same to those botanists

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Dunno, but we used to stuff the fuzz down each other's necks and pants when we were nippers. Then Teach would be cross with us all afternoon as we wiggled and squiggled.

I've just googled and apparently itching powder is made of rose hips - only one answer though so don't know if it's true

 

[story]

I've just googled and apparently itching powder is made of rose hips - only one answer though so don't know if it's true

Rosehips are very fuzzy inside. This makes sense to me.

That's an intresting factoid, thanks Minnie

If you want to eat rosehips fresh, beware of that fuzz - it feels horrible in the mouth! Nibble around the outside only.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Rosehips are very fuzzy inside. This makes sense to me.

That's an intresting factoid, thanks Minnie

If you want to eat rosehips fresh, beware of that fuzz - it feels horrible in the mouth! Nibble around the outside only.

thanks for that interesting factoid story



*goes off to see what rosehip looks like*



ah well I was told as a child to never eat berries that you don't know

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

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Maybe you should stick around here and learn something then

I like the thread. I"ve been trying to find some links to pics that might stump the panel, but I can't find any that don't identify the trees in the site name.

P.s. you can tell a London Plane in winter because its branches and twigs have this zigzag pattern that's pretty unique.

 

[WouldBe]

We used to use the seeds from 'chinese lanterns' (IIRC) as itching 'powder'.

The seed pods were round and transparent and you could see the flat seeds inside.

 

[story]

This one is worth knowing

Not too many on Brixton these days...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Rosehips are very fuzzy inside. This makes sense to me.

That's an intresting factoid, thanks Minnie

If you want to eat rosehips fresh, beware of that fuzz - it feels horrible in the mouth! Nibble around the outside only.

looks like you can make your own from the helicopter blades of maple trees as well

http://www.blamepro.com/how/how1.htm

 

[8ball]

I wanted to do The Larch

 

[story]

ah well I was told as a child to never eat berries that you don't know

That's good advice, Minnie - there are some poisonous berries about. But hips an' haws are safe and good to eat. and good for you too

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This one is worth knowing

Not too many on Brixton these days...

erm, not an oak is it? Have no idea

 

[story]

P.s. you can tell a London Plane in winter because its branches and twigs have this zigzag pattern that's pretty unique.

Another interesting factoid

 

[story]

erm, not an oak is it? Have no idea

Yay Minnie!

Oak it is

A grand thing to see.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That's good advice, Minnie - there are some poisonous berries about. But hips an' haws are safe and good to eat. and good for you too

haw haw! No thanks

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yay Minnie!

Oak it is

A grand thing to see.

Well I only guessed that because they're normally big and the leaves are lowish to the ground and you often see them all on their lonesome

 

[story]

We used to use the seeds from 'chinese lanterns' (IIRC) as itching 'powder'.

The seed pods were round and transparent and you could see the flat seeds inside.

yet more factoids