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I've got this guy growing in my lottie flower bed out the front. Comes up each year, I've grubbed around & can't find a bulb so thought maybe an Orchid, but my flower mate can't find what it is? I didn't plant it, just popped up & I was amazed the first time I saw it & even more amazed that it comes up bigger & better each year!

Any help appreciated! Be good to know, just for a bit of a dig at my mate or would be even better if it was rare as could help the fight to save lottie site. I know unlikely as I have seen similar on garden programmes, but my mate does know her flowers & says is different from ones she can find on her gardening sites.

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Hi Westi

Google Lycaste, which apparently is the national flower of Guatemala :shock:
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Rare enough to then - how the hell did it get on lottie from Guatemala? Don't think it will sway the council though!

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Hi Westi,

Maybe you could use it to persuade the council to set up a twinning with Chichicastenango which has a similar population to Christchurch :wink:
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Would be more creative than twinning with - Christchurch NZ! Doubt they'd go for a town they can't pronounce!

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Well my friend the flower anorak says not my plant, some rant about stamens & petal shape & other such technical flower talk!

Back to the drawing board!

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whatever it is, its a beautiful flower :)
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Geoff that does look more like it! It's a ringer for the top one in that picture, although not quite as yellow!

Dan numbers: It's a beaut, very unusual! Good conversation starter, people just have to stop & look closely at it & start to chat!

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Glad you agree, I thought the Wikipedia one was spot on.
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