Who can identify these yellow flowers?

Evert Meulie

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Oct 13, 2003, 4:03:57 AM10/13/03

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Hi everyone!

I've recently come in the possession of a painting that contains a vase
with yellow flowers, and I'd like to know what kind of flowers they are.

If you have a second, please check out
http://www.meulie.net/Fotootjes/2_paintings/painting1 and tell me your
(educated) guess. :)

Regards,
Evert Meulie

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Tina Gibson

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Oct 13, 2003, 8:26:47 AM10/13/03

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kinda hard to tell from the painting (which is very lovely!!) but looks
almost like tansy.

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Evert Meulie esq.

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Oct 13, 2003, 2:17:22 PM10/13/03

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Do you mean these: http://graysharbor.wsu.edu/Weeds/tansy.gif ?

I can see some similarity, I don't think they're the same... The tansy
seems to have its buds closer together than the kind on the
painting...

Thank you for your swift reply though! :)

Any more/other suggestions?

Regards,
Evert Meulie

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Evert Meulie esq.

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Oct 13, 2003, 2:19:12 PM10/13/03

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PS. Click on the image to make it bigger... :)

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Gene Newcomb

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Oct 13, 2003, 3:16:11 PM10/13/03

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If the painter is from the warmer climes, probably an acacia (wattle).

Gene Newcomb

Stewart Robert Hinsley

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Oct 13, 2003, 3:15:39 PM10/13/03

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In article <7856bc24.03101...@posting.google.com>, Evert
Meulie esq. <ev...@meulie.net> writes

>Do you mean these: http://graysharbor.wsu.edu/Weeds/tansy.gif ?
>
>I can see some similarity, I don't think they're the same... The tansy
>seems to have its buds closer together than the kind on the
>painting...
>

Assuming that the painting is accurate, it's not tansy. For a start the
foliage is different.

The gross form of the inflorescence looks similar to that of Buddleia x
weyeriana, but the jizz is wrong for this.

The gross form of the inflorescence again looks similar to that of
Acacia, but the foliage is wrong for this.

I interpret the plant to have capitate clusters of flowers borne at
intervals along leafless flowering branches. I am assuming that the
foliage belongs to the same plant.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley

P van Rijckevorsel

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Oct 13, 2003, 3:54:33 PM10/13/03

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Stewart Robert Hinsley <{$news$}@meden.demon.co.uk> schreef

> The gross form of the inflorescence again looks similar to that of
> Acacia, but the foliage is wrong for this.

> I interpret the plant to have capitate clusters of flowers borne at
> intervals along leafless flowering branches. I am assuming that the
> foliage belongs to the same plant.

+ + +
My first impression was Acacia, some species of which are cultivated in
fairly temperate regions:

http://www.beyond.fr/flora/mimosa.html

However this would require the foliage to be from a separate plant or the
painter to be unfaithful, neither of which can be precluded
PvR

David Hill

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Oct 13, 2003, 5:51:30 PM10/13/03

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Mimosa

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David Hill

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Oct 13, 2003, 6:24:29 PM10/13/03

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Try http://www.jungleseeds.co.uk/SeedOrders/en-gb/dept_7.html

Acacia Dealbata (Mimosa)

Elizabeth

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Oct 13, 2003, 8:37:12 PM10/13/03

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My first impression, too, was Acacia, Then I thought maybe Podocarpus. Now I
can't decide :-)

elizabeth

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Evert Meulie esq.

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Oct 14, 2003, 2:33:20 AM10/14/03

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The painting is signed with 'Latour'. This makes me believe it's
either an original or a copy of a work by Henri Fantin-Latour (
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/fantin-latour/ ), a French
painter.

Greetings,
Evert Meulie

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Peter Jason

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Oct 14, 2003, 3:07:32 AM10/14/03

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Wattle

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marcel.roche2

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Oct 14, 2003, 4:46:03 AM10/14/03

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Certainly acacia.
Certainly not dealbata, may be retinoides, because leaves
Marcel Roche

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Evert Meulie esq.

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Oct 19, 2003, 12:08:15 PM10/19/03

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You might be right here... It does look quite a bit like the various
images of wattle I have found on the Internet. If only I'd be able to
find the painting in some catalogue, then the 'mystery' would be
solved quickly I'd think...

Regards,
Evert

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David Hill

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Oct 19, 2003, 3:41:11 PM10/19/03

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I did send before saying Mimosa,
You say the painting is French........well for many years the French sent
"Mimosa" to the UK as a cut flower from around February.
The plant in question is Acacia dealbata "Silver Wattle" see
http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/photo_cd/Acacia_1318/dealbata_069.html