2009/06/04

I Don’t Know What It Is, But I Like It

DaGoddess @ 09:00

Yellow and Red flower

Anyone have a clue what this is? Bueller?

12 Comments

  1. where’s it growin? if it’s dirt, it’s a flower, if it’s in the middle of the lawn, it’s a weed. Could be a bush or a tree tho depeneding on how big it is……….

    LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL

    Comment by p2 — 2009/06/04 @ 12:38

  2. It’s gorgeous! But I have no clue.

    Comment by Jan — 2009/06/04 @ 13:31

  3. ALIEN! THOSE WHISKERS ARE DEADLY!

    Comment by Scott — 2009/06/04 @ 14:34

  4. P2, don’t make me come over and hurt you!

    Jan, no clue here either.

    Scott, they did look pretty deadly.

    Comment by DaGoddess — 2009/06/04 @ 18:04

  5. Duh! It’s a Christmas tree decoration!
    :biggrin:

    Comment by Pam — 2009/06/04 @ 18:14

  6. Don’t really care what it is… it’s purty!!! :rofl:

    Comment by Teresa — 2009/06/04 @ 20:04

  7. nope, and nope.

    I’m hoping Garden Wife comes over and can identify it. She’s usually so good at that.

    Comment by DaGoddess — 2009/06/04 @ 20:34

  8. I think it’s Caesalpini gilliesii which I have also seen called the Red Bird of Paradise. The one who called it that said it’s a desert flower usually seen in Arizona.

    http://ag.arizona.edu/pima/gardening/aridplants/Caesalpinia_gilliesii.html

    Comment by Lloyd — 2009/06/04 @ 21:07

  9. And Lloyd’s the winner! Thanks for IDing it for me. Pretty doggone awesome identification skills there.

    Comment by DaGoddess — 2009/06/04 @ 22:03

  10. You’ve given us this sort of quiz before, and I failed miserably :-)

    I typed the phrase “long red stamens” [note the quote marks] into a search engine and asked for an Image search instead of a web site search.

    For a change, no pornographic sites came up along with the usual incorrect photos, but there were several images similar to yours [but of less photographic quality]. By now the XXX sites have probably caught onto the search and will embed the phrase somehow into their wares. So be careful.

    Anyway, once I had a scientific name for it, I repeated the search with that name to be sure, and I gave you the site I judged to be the best source resulting from that search.

    Week 3 of each semester with a fresh batch of students I teach “Stupid Google Tricks.” I can hardly wait to use this next semester as my example of Advanced search and Beginner’s evaluation :-)

    Comment by Lloyd — 2009/06/05 @ 11:55

  11. Now that’s a pretty cool lesson to give to students, Lloyd. And for once, I’m surprised that Google didn’t porn you.

    Comment by DaGoddess — 2009/06/05 @ 19:38

  12. Yes. It’s a good thing I teach college students, who are– officially at least– adults :-)

    Comment by Lloyd — 2009/06/05 @ 20:28

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