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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 24 September 2012 [View all]Tansy_Gold
(17,862 posts)35. I do not have a green thumb
but I love flowers. Like my dad, I don't like them cut -- Flowers should bloom naturally.
The orange one is from the large Mexican bird of paradise bush by my driveway. It attracts lots of butterflies, and it also produces seeds that occasionally sprout "volunteer" plants. I'm currently nurturing three of those offspring, one of which is also flowering this year.
The little cactus is actually only about six inches in diameter, so the yellow flower is maybe three inches across. I was surprised to see a bud on it one morning last week, so I jumped out of the car and took a picture. In the process, I noticed that the cactus has two tiny little baby sprouts at its base, but the picture of those won't upload for some reason.
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Demeter
Sep 2012
#3
Somebody dumped a lot of paper (ETF's) to depress the gold and silver markets.
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Sep 2012
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