Can you identify this flower? Includes picture

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   Mama Kim 8posted 12 years ago

   Can you identify this flower? Includes picture
   
   

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   Technologiblogposted 12 years ago

   hello !! I know about this flower I think .. but i don,t know its English Name !

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      Mama Kim 8posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Aww.. well what name do you know it by? Maybe google translator could help.

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      Technologiblogposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I think its Orchid in ( english ) ! my wife suggest this name .. i show her this pic

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      Mama Kim 8posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Sorry this definitely isn't an Orchid.

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   Pavlo Badovskyyposted 12 years ago

   This is Baptisia. There are different varieties and i can not say exactly which one is it.

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   OldRosesposted 12 years ago

   Baptisia aka False Blue Indigo.  This is one of my favorite native plants.  It has a long tap root which can find water deep underground making it drought tolerant (see my hub on herbs for xeriscaping). It was used as a dye plant.  Not surprisingly, it produces a blue color.  A member of the pea family, its flowers look like pea flowers and its seeds are contained in pods that look like pea pods.  The hybridizers have gotten hold of this lovely plant and produced plants with yellow flowers and even blue and yellow flowers.  I prefer the original version with "plain" blue flowers.

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      Mama Kim 8posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Why thank  you, I was hoping you'd see this ^_^ I wonder if there is something wrong with mine, they aren't very blue...
      Am I suppose to wait until the pods turn brown before I harvest the seeds for next year?

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   cat on a soapboxposted 12 years ago

   I'm not sure, but the leaf looks more like Lupine to me.:>)

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