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    Swamp Rose

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Nicely exposed.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Thanks John.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Is that really a swamp rose? To me it looks more like a malva, as for example the musk mallow.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    I imitated your flower shot yesterday and I don't think I can get it as good as you did here...beautiful shot...! I'd be embarrassed with my version ...

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    An unusual viewpoint and very effective.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Quote Originally Posted by Inkanyezi View Post
    Is that really a swamp rose? To me it looks more like a malva, as for example the musk mallow.
    I don't know. Being a country boy from Ohio I have always called them swamp roses.
    Last edited by Ziggy; 5th August 2015 at 05:22 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IzzieK View Post
    I imitated your flower shot yesterday and I don't think I can get it as good as you did here...beautiful shot...! I'd be embarrassed with my version ...
    Izzie I for one would like to see the shot.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Very nice Jim, lovely colour!

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Thanks David.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Interesting shot. I'm guessing a mallow, but it would be easier to tell if you have photos of the leaves or the front of the flower.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Snapshot from the front for ID.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    a quick google search suggests this is a malva, not a rose. Swamp roses look like fully opened cultivated roses, but with far fewer petals. See http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pla...alustris.shtml. Googling malva gets some reputable sites that show the stamen and anthers look more like those on a hibiscus, like your shot does.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Quote Originally Posted by DanK View Post
    a quick google search suggests this is a malva, not a rose. Swamp roses look like fully opened cultivated roses, but with far fewer petals. See http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pla...alustris.shtml. Googling malva gets some reputable sites that show the stamen and anthers look more like those on a hibiscus, like your shot does.
    Thanks for checking it out Dan. I think this is a Malva Moschata.

    I have always called the roses 'wild roses'.

    This is a different color.

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    Last edited by Ziggy; 6th August 2015 at 12:43 PM.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    This looks more like a hibiscus to me...are you sure you shot this one near the swamp? Just curious...

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    Quote Originally Posted by IzzieK View Post
    This looks more like a hibiscus to me...are you sure you shot this one near the swamp? Just curious...
    Which one Izzie. They are all the same plant.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    This one below, Ziggy...some hibiscus before they open, looks like this...I am just asking because hibiscus cannot be grown near or on boggy areas.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ziggy View Post
    Thanks for checking it out Dan. I think this is a Malva Moschata.

    I have always called the roses 'wild roses'.

    This is a different color.

    Swamp Rose

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Quote Originally Posted by IzzieK View Post
    This one below, Ziggy...some hibiscus before they open, looks like this...I am just asking because hibiscus cannot be grown near or on boggy areas.
    Another thing is that the hibiscus flowers do not grow in clusters, but solitary, while the mallows have clusters of flowers.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Quote Originally Posted by Inkanyezi View Post
    Another thing is that the hibiscus flowers do not grow in clusters, but solitary, while the mallows have clusters of flowers.
    Never thought of that, thanks.

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    Re: Swamp Rose

    Izzie--good catch. I'm no expert in plant identification--I am learning about flowers mostly because I photograph them--but a quick googling showed that hibiscus are a genera in the mallow (malvaceae) family. E.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvaceae. So the hibiscus species that are familiar, like Rose of Sharon and Chinese hibiscus, are cousins (or some such) of the swamp mallow.

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