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jqlaw Oleander (flowers)
Oleander (flowers) commented on by jqlaw Croatia9 years ago

@injica,

Excuse me for not being sufficiently educated, but what are you saying to me and JimElliott? The article (and every other description of the species I have been able to find) says the flowers have 5 lobes. If you look at the third picture, that is exactly how many lobes (or petals) that flower has, and that picture is consistent with every oleander flower I have ever seen, from the coast of Georgia to the coast of Southern California. The partially opened flowers in the first two pictures obviously have 6 lobes, which is not characteristic of the oleander flower. I suppose it might be possible to have a six-lobed oleander flower the same way it is possible to have a four-leafed clover (or a two-headed cow), but I wouldn't use it as a representative picture.

It is not helpful, however, for you to respond with insults such as your comment to Jim. He was merely pointing out, as I attempted to do, the inconsistency in the description of the flower as having 5 lobes and the pictures showing one with 6 lobes. Your responses would be more helpful if you could address the issue raised rather than implying that there is something lacking in the commenter's education, math or geometry.

jqlaw Oleander (flowers)
Oleander (flowers) commented on by jqlaw Croatia10 years ago

Yes, it's lovely and it does look like a star of david, which has 6 points, not 5. Thus this is NOT an Oleander.

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