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[fairdinkumseeds]

1. Purple flower, intentionally planted medicinal(I think I planted it..), proto-carnivorous maybe, sticky droplets all over, can't remember the name?
2. Large white flower, white sap, large 3 sided pods about ~15cm/6inches filled with fluff and seeds like Asclepias-Butterfly bush, very aggressive climber?
3. Pretty yellow flowers growing in a clump. Garden escapee that got washed down in the flood by the looks.

Best guesses?

[Botanicus]

1. looks like Cuphea
2. Cryptostegia grandiflora

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[fairdinkumseeds]

1. looks like Cuphea

Ha, that's the one, thanks Botanicus!
1. Cuphea carthagenensis Colombian Waxweed
2. Cryptostegia grandiflora Rubber Vine
just 3 to go, leaning towards Heliopsis, but haven't seen a good match yet..

***EDIT, Just had a plant ID competition on FB.
Number 3 is Verbesina Encelioides Wild Sunflower

[Auxin]

Any ideas on this little critter?
If I were a romantic a plant with a pair of heart shaped flower petals that flowers right after valentines day would be awesome.
But I'm just curious if its medicine 

[oplopanax]

Cardamine hirsuta I think. It is very tiny?

Also called popweed since it will shoot it's seeds at you if you touch it when they are mature.

[Auxin]

Aha, thats either it or very close, thanks
Yup, its fairly small with the larger rosettes about 4-5"
Another edible for my collection.

[TBM]

Let's see if the picture shows up! I had planted Passiflora lutea seeds, is this the yellow passionflower?

[fairdinkumseeds]

Looks like a strawberry to me?

[TBM]

Huh, well I am reusing soil from other pots, one of which used to hold my strawberries. So I guess the seeds survived this long? There's a second one looking like this seedling that germinated in another pot so I guess I must've left a strawberry or two in the soil? I wonder if the passionflower seeds got too old? Definitely keeping it if it's strawberry!

[fairdinkumseeds]

Never give up on Passiflora sp. I regularly have seeds germinate more than a year after planting(or growing in the same spot/recycling soil).
Be interesting to see what the fruit look like of the strawberry, if the mothers are supermarket hybrids it might be something new/cool looking.
Healthy looking whatever it is.

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[Biotopia]

Cactus id.  The blue color and general characteristics make me think Trichocereus if some sort, maybe a hybrid, but I've never found a positive ID for this.  Any help would be appreciated..

[Ian Morris]

Looks alot like Cereus peruvianus, peruvian apple.  My only concern is the peruvian apple I have experience with had more irregular spines almost like a bridgessi. 

Beutiful blooms and edible fruits!  good find.

Ian

[nobody]

Cereus macrogonus - they have great fruit and make nice fences.


nobody

[MadPlanter]

Is this guy here Lamb's Quarters?

[Ian Morris]

Hard to say that is Lambs Quarters, I know they have several leaf shapes but the purple stem is so dramatic I think it would be central to any identification.  The lambs quarters I remember had a fine hair coating on the underside of leaves. 

That being said, I have seen several datura that have similar leaves and deep purple stems.

The only way to find out is to eat one and report...
















































I swear this was just a joke, please don't eat a plant because you think its datura.  ID it as datura and then don't eat a thing of it. 

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