Identification game

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    Below are a couple of pictures of a plant, can you name the plant? Latin or common name will do.

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      I will give the answer later, if nobody has a correct id, but the calibre of some members on the forum, I bet someone knows
       
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        Curcuma (Pink Wonder?).
         
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          Ooh you are good, it is Curcuma (Turmeric),
           
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            That is unusual, never seen it before. Is it hardy? Grow outside during the summer?
             
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              pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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              I had one once, struggled to get it to flower again so got rid of it.
              Not sure what I was doing wrong.:scratch:
               
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                No not fully
                 
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                  Here are two more, ones easy, the other not so. 20200627_165407.jpg 20200627_165353.jpg
                   
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                  pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                  Maybe that's where I was going wrong, I thought it was pretty tender so kept it under glass all year round.
                   
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                  Eucomis and mandevilla?
                  Mandevilla has another name as well which escapes me at the moment.
                   
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                  Changed my mind, no 2 could be Podranea.

                  But I dont think it is:biggrin::biggrin:
                   
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                  Your Eucomis is early into flower. No sign of buds on mine.
                   
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                    The Eucomis is correct, but its a dwarf one, the second is pandorea.
                    The Eucomis is early, but have a dark purple one that still resembles a pineapple, the coconut scent on these dwarf ones is really strong, and the pandorea smells like flumps (marshmallow), I see I am going to have to dig deep to challenge you guys.
                     
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                      And I hope nobodies cheating by using that plant id app
                       
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                        Last 2 for today, and I had to go out into the rain, again one is quite easy, the second not so. 20200627_180918.jpg 20200627_180848.jpg
                         
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