Seeds Aside

Posted on April 18, 2008 by seedsaside

So here is a game… Would you be able to guess to which species these different seeds belong to? (It’s really a game, for I know the answers).

Hint-1: the smaller seeds are from species #2 (not so small though), but other species are big seeds.

Hint-2: there’s at least one reader (outsider) that has a clear advantage at this game…

So here we go:

Species #1

Species #2

 SG1

Species #3 (the easiest one!)

 SC2
And another picture from #3, if you need more details:
SC1

Subsidiary question: When should I give the answers? :-)

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18 Responses to “Seeds Aside”

  1. Rafael Serathiuk, on April 18th, 2008 at 2:22 am Said:

    The seeds of species #1are from Ricinus communis;
    Seeds of species #2: i don’t know.
    Seeds of species #3 are from Bertolettia excelsa, the Brazilian Nut.

    This game is good!

    Congratulations!

  2. seedsaside, on April 18th, 2008 at 5:20 am Said:

    Seeds from #1, though they indeed look like Ricinus, are much bigger and come from a tree.

    Seeds from #2 come from a red fruit… (other hints may spoil the game).

    As castanhas do Pará eram frescas e deliciosas! ;-)

  3. jeannot, on April 18th, 2008 at 4:07 pm Said:

    Can’t you give us a scale ?

    Is this answer right “seeds of species #3 are from Bertolettia excelsa, the Brazilian Nut” ?

    Where does species comes from ? I’m sure that I’ve seen it before.

  4. jeannot, on April 18th, 2008 at 4:08 pm Said:

    My last question is about species #2, sorry.

  5. seedsaside, on April 18th, 2008 at 4:54 pm Said:

    The first seeds are almost as big as those from the third species…

    I will keep giving more info as people are making guesses, else the answers will be too obvious.

    Yes, I am making up rules as it comes, so what? :-P

  6. jeannot, on April 18th, 2008 at 7:53 pm Said:

    8-o ! Ok, your a dictator ! ;-)
    But for the third seed, is the first answer right ?

    Is, Seed #2, Taxus baccata ?

  7. seedsaside, on April 18th, 2008 at 7:57 pm Said:

    Okay, I declare seeds #3 identified.

    (But if you were to read Brazilian, comment #2 was already giving the answer ;)

  8. jeannot, on April 18th, 2008 at 8:40 pm Said:

    and seed 2 ? If (Taxus baccata) is right or not ?
    Je te signale que je fais un effort pour l’anglais, alors le Brésilien, épargne le nous, s’il te plait !

  9. seedsaside, on April 18th, 2008 at 9:28 pm Said:

    I didn’t say anything about, therefore the competition is still open… This is not Taxus baccata :-)

  10. Rafael Serathiuk, on April 19th, 2008 at 12:21 am Said:

    You write in Portuguese too? In addition to English and French.
    Pois realmente, as castanhas-do-pará quando estão frescas são deliciosas.
    Seed # 1 are very similar to Ricinus.
    I know that the seeds # 2 are tropical, but I do not know what they are.

  11. seedsaside, on April 19th, 2008 at 7:27 pm Said:

    I write in Portuguese only with help from my partner, who is fluent (though pretends otherwise) in five languages…

    Okay, so one more hint: all species are tropical and though the first is grown tropic-wide all come from Brazil. (This is a rather big hint ;)

  12. jeannot, on April 24th, 2008 at 11:00 pm Said:

    je donne ma langue au chat, les graines exotique je connais pas… mais j’aimerais bien avoir la réponse !

  13. seedsaside, on April 25th, 2008 at 12:34 am Said:

    Allez, des graines exotiques du Brésil, qui ont une importance économique en plus… Sinon patiente un peu, réponse d’ici deux semaines (je laisse courir le jeu pour le Berry Go Round de ce mois).

  14. Rafael Serathiuk, on April 28th, 2008 at 2:37 pm Said:

    Ok! The seeds of Species #1 are of Hevea brasiliensis., the rubber tree. But I don’t know yet the second. At some moment I discover.

  15. Evan, on April 29th, 2008 at 8:14 am Said:

    More seeds to ponder:

    http://seedsofsuccess.phanfare.com/

  16. Another Blasted Weblog » What I found on my wanderings, on April 29th, 2008 at 2:19 pm Said:

    [...] that destroys their sexual structures. Good reason to take a bath, no? There’s also a little seed identity parade, but don’t read the comments if you want to [...]

  17. seedsaside, on April 30th, 2008 at 3:43 am Said:

    Still one species left… Who will make this last guess right?

  18. seedsaside, on May 9th, 2008 at 1:51 am Said:

    So the last species to guess (#2) was… this!.

    Thanks all for playing and congrats to Rafael…

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