Comments (12)

1. Flickr: GammaBlog wrote:

   Gesundheit, c&c. Actually I prefer splashing cool water on my face to get rid of the pollen. Works really well, though it is not as easy to carry a sink in your pocket as the pills.

   Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:19 am #
2. Flickr: Luna Park wrote:

   rats! he’s not here for me to ask him…

   Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:48 am #
3. Flickr: GammaBlog wrote:

   durn!

   Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:53 am #
4. Flickr: Cake and Char wrote:

   Claritin City.

   Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:58 am #
5. Flickr: GammaBlog wrote:

   Good tip, I, thanks. It’s a really common tree on the streets of NYC. I’m sure it will be a snap for them.

   Friday, May 2, 2008 at 1:56 am #
6. Flickr: Irena Kittenclaw wrote:

   Are they azaleas? I’m not sure. Try this: http://www.flickr.com/groups/whatplantisthat/

   Friday, May 2, 2008 at 10:05 am #
7. Flickr: GammaBlog wrote:

   Are you talking about a tree that would actually produce pears, Nuytsia? I’ve not seen these trees do that.

   Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 4:56 am #
8. Flickr: Nuytsia@Tas wrote:

   That’s it. This is why pear orchards always have more than one variety and garden trees are often sold with two varieties grafted on the same stock.
   A number of flowering pears have popped up in the ID groups pf late and apparently one feature of them is that the flowers can smell fairly bad. Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) has often been named as the culprit and is a popular street tree in the US.

   Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 5:27 am #
9. Flickr: Nuytsia@Tas wrote:

   Not really. I mean an ornamental pear, one that is grown for it flowers. These plants might bear rather small fruit, if at all. Also bear in mind that apples and pears are self incompatible so they only bear fruit if pollinated by a different individual. The street trees are probably all the same grafted variety ie the same individual.

   Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 8:20 am #
10. Flickr: GammaBlog wrote:

    So, if I could obtain the pollen from the same species but not the same graft and took a paint brush and dusted the blooms, I might be able to harvest some small inedible pears in the fall? Cool. Thats fascinating information, Nuytsia, thanks. You seem to know what you are talking about, do you want to call it identified?

    Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 8:56 am #
11. Flickr: Nuytsia@Tas wrote:

    I think this probably an ornamental Pyrus (Pear) of some sort.
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    Seen in What plant is that? (?)

    Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 12:55 pm #
12. Flickr: GammaBlog wrote:

    Thanks, Nuytsia@Tas. Flickr is great for learning stuff like this.

    Monday, May 5, 2008 at 9:21 am #