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Author Garden: A Mystery Name Shirley4 Garden Pro! Member # 11309 posted                       I saw a screen-saver picture (which I don't have) of a plant with round, oval shaped pods on it which were covered with stickers or hairs. Sorry about this named but it was called Devil's Balls. I have searched everywhere on the net to find out what its real name is (that surely couldn't be it!) but have had no luck. That is even the only picture I can find. Has anyone heard of this or seen a plant which looks like this? * * * * Some hearts, like evening primroses, open more beautifully in the shadows of life. Shirley's Secret Room Plants: 9518 | From: Cincinnati Ohio | Registered: Nov 2006  |  Seeded: 71.72.206.5 melcon6 Garden Pro! Member # 85 posted                       Sorry, I couldn't help laughing! It does sound vaguely familiar, but never mind I'll try researching this for you * * * * HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!!!!! Plants: 3901 | From: Coastal Maine | Registered: Sep 2002  |  Seeded: 207.5.224.146 alankhart Super Gardener Member # 7 posted                       Hmmm...could it possibly be Love in a Mist? The seed pods look a little like what you are describing. Or maybe a Datura seed pod? http://www.erowid.org/plants/show_image.php?i=datura/datura_inoxia_pod1.jpg * * * * Plants: 699 | From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Seeded: 65.6.4.26 sibyl Garden Pro! Member # 2417 posted                       air potato vines gets big round [there called tubers] on them, they can get up to one pound! cant remember if there hairy or not, * * * * Plants: 5109 | From: p.a zone-6a | Registered: May 2004  |  Seeded: 65.162.208.131 sibyl Garden Pro! Member # 2417 posted                       http://www.perubikingtours.com/en/ecological_cultural_lecture.html check this site scroll down to los cojones del diablo this plant name means balls of the devil. see if its a match to the screensaver you saw. if not we'll keep lookin! * * * * Plants: 5109 | From: p.a zone-6a | Registered: May 2004  |  Seeded: 65.162.208.131 roflol Dream Gardener Member # 10717 posted                    Maybe Devil's Trumpet, Datura wrightii? http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/28365/ Plants: 194 | From: On the net somewhere... else. *Poof* | Registered: Aug 2006  |  Seeded: 69.242.174.31 Shirley4 Garden Pro! Member # 11309 posted                       Thank you for so many replies! Mecon6, you are a funny guy, and I'm sure you are a guy. Check out the picture in alankhart's reply and tell me if it really is familiar.(I would put a laughing emoticon here but can't find out how.)I love your reply to me. I laugh every time I look at it. Thanks (Shirley) Alankhart and Roflol, you both sent pictures of Datura seed pods, and they look very much like the picture I saw. I am going to try to find the one I saw and try to post the link later (if I can learn how.) Thank you all again. Mecon6, I hope I can come up with some other questions just so I can get a reply from you. * * * * Some hearts, like evening primroses, open more beautifully in the shadows of life. Shirley's Secret Room Plants: 9518 | From: Cincinnati Ohio | Registered: Nov 2006  |  Seeded: 71.72.206.5 RugbyHukr Garden Pro! Member # 5274 posted                       echinocystis ??? * * * * I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/flugnash Plants: 1058 | From: SoCal via WV | Registered: Apr 2005  |  Seeded: 76.176.83.233

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