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Man of War

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:23 am
by GroundedDancer
So, I was dreaming about planting various types of herbs. Most were normal like Hibiscus, but then there was one that was strange. I was planting little wood chips with hieroglyphic type (or indigenous, it was very picture-as-words) drawings. I don't remember what the pictures looked like, but for some reason I was calling it Man of War. I know there is an animal with this name, but I doubt there is a plant?

Re: Man of War

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:42 am
by SpiritTalker
I'm just word-associating but when I'd read your post High John the Conqueror root came to mind.

Also there is a daylily called Abilene Man Of War

Maddox, 2014 - Bloom 6" Height 28" - early season & rebloom - Ivory base color, green throat, red eye, red and gold edges - 17 buds on 3 branches - Semi-evergreen - Tetraploid


https://daylilyandiris.plantfans.com/pi ... F_WAR2.jpg

Re: Man of War

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 11:26 am
by barker
St John's Wort is a man-of-war... well it turns me into one :D

Re: Man of War

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:25 pm
by Zeta_Star
Isn't man of war a type of Jellyfish?

Re: Man of War

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 3:57 pm
by SnowCat
It's a species of jellyfish, and also the name of a famous race horse.

Re: Man of War

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:15 pm
by SapphireRoad
GroundedDancer wrote:Most were normal like Hibiscus, but then there was one that was strange. I was planting little wood chips with hieroglyphic type (or indigenous, it was very picture-as-words) drawings.
I used to drink a "bloody hibiscus" it was a blood-red hibiscus from Africa... Egypt I believe.

Re: Man of War

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:18 pm
by Zeta_Star
SnowCat wrote:It's a species of jellyfish, and also the name of a famous race horse.
It's that one that looks like a balloon floating on the surface of the water right?

Re: Man of War

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:14 pm
by SnowCat
Yes. And I guess they're not a true jellyfish.