Re: Can anyone identify this Canna?

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From: kilikini
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:36

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"Ben Peddell" <klightspeed@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> I've photographed a sample of:
> A leaf
> A branch with:
> two green seed pods
> three brown seed pods
> a set of three flowers
> One seed
>
> This photograph (about 1 megapixel - 245kB) is at:
> <http://klightspeed.customer.netspace.net.au/100_0052.jpg>
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can identify whether it's a C. indica or some
> other Canna.
>
> We are in Bowen, Queensland, Australia, and we've been growing them from
> seeds collected from the Canna that grew after we started tending the
> garden.
>
> Splitting the seed with a hammer reveals a black shell about the
> thickness of three 80gsm sheets of paper, then a hard white substance
> with a hole on one end, surrounding the about 1/16" diameter plant germ,
> which grows out of the aforementioned hole.
>

Shoots, we had those all over Hawaii and they're like a weed; they just keep
cropping up.  I never knew what their name was, but the flower really
doesn't open very much.  Wish I could help you.  It *is* a canna though,
you're right.  They come in orange, red and a mix of a veined orange-red.

kili

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