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Bulbous Aromaticus
"Check it out," John said to his friend, Detective Sing, over dinner one night. "For a mere $5,000 I could purchase one of the rarest annuals around, Bulbous Aromaticus.
"I was talking to a horticulturist, and she said she was willing to sell me one of the plants and then, each year when it flowered, she told me I could sell the seeds myself. Given the rarity of this particular plant, I could make a fortune!"
"Save your money," said Detective Sing. "This horticulturist is a fraud."
How did he know?
"I was talking to a horticulturist, and she said she was willing to sell me one of the plants and then, each year when it flowered, she told me I could sell the seeds myself. Given the rarity of this particular plant, I could make a fortune!"
"Save your money," said Detective Sing. "This horticulturist is a fraud."
How did he know?
Answer
An annual is a plant which only lives through one year, before dying off, which any horticulturist would know.While John may have been able to harvest the seeds after the first year, and attempt to regrow another plant in a later year, he certainly couldn't use the same plant for a number of years running.
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I guess I am first I am no botanist but I knew that annuals only live a year while perennials live and bloom for more than one year. Pretty easy but I guess that not everyone knows that.
dave ur not alone i knew it 2 that was soooooooooo easy
I guess it was too early in the morning for me!!! The Bulbous part threw me-bulb don't have seeds
fun and easy teaser. My favorites
good one sweetime keep these coming! I got the answer correct! YES!!!
Mom was a gardener so I got the answer Keep them coming though, I did have to think a moment on this one.
Ya, my mom is a gardener too so I got it pretty quick. Still good one for those who dont know anything about plants and flowers.
did not get it
This was very interesting, because at first I was thinking, oh, it's because bulbs don't grow from seed, although the flowers of bulbs, some, may make seeds that are rarely used, maybe, but anyway, that "bulbous..." was almost a red herring, but it led one to the samw answer, that you don't grow it from seeds...If only the red herring could throw one off in a different direction...Good one though, I think you must have done that deliberately, very clever... Thanks.
can you answer my posts???
what would you like to know booklover?
perhaps if you PM me if you want to know something specific?
otherwise, thanks everyone for the nice comments
perhaps if you PM me if you want to know something specific?
otherwise, thanks everyone for the nice comments
whats PM mean sweettime?
private message
thanks
Great teaser. I should have gotten that small informative fact.
terrific teaser! I am a big flower lover so I got that one quick. I really enjoyed it. keep it up.
I'm confused (apologies as I know nothing about flowers). Why couldn't he still make lots of money by selling all the seeds he gets in the first year bar a few which he keeps to grow more plants to harvest their seeds the following year. Ie he can't get seeds every year from the same plant but can use the first to make an annual chain of seed producers
He could.
But the way that Detective Sing knew that the horticulturalist wasn't really a horticulturalist was because no horticulturalist (gosh i'm sick of typing that word) would say "each year" when referring to an annual plant. It will die off, and a new one must be planted/grown.
Hope that helped
Thanks everyone for the lovely comments
But the way that Detective Sing knew that the horticulturalist wasn't really a horticulturalist was because no horticulturalist (gosh i'm sick of typing that word) would say "each year" when referring to an annual plant. It will die off, and a new one must be planted/grown.
Hope that helped
Thanks everyone for the lovely comments
I understand now - thanks for explaining. That was a good teaser
I knew it too, good one!
Pretty easy for anyone that knows about gardening .... but fun nonetheless!
BTW.... one of the easiest annuals (that I know of) to grow from harvesting its own seeds is the marigold!! Each flower produce a multitude of seeds, and in a fairly temperate climate, you can scatter them on the soil in late summer (and rake them in a bit so they're lightly covered) and voila.... new marigold plants the following summer!!
BTW.... one of the easiest annuals (that I know of) to grow from harvesting its own seeds is the marigold!! Each flower produce a multitude of seeds, and in a fairly temperate climate, you can scatter them on the soil in late summer (and rake them in a bit so they're lightly covered) and voila.... new marigold plants the following summer!!
"knew that the horticulturalist wasn't really a horticulturalist was because no horticulturalist (gosh i'm sick of typing that word)"
Poor sweetime! You're sick of typing that word, but it was spelled wrong anyway and you could've saved some fingers! (horticulturist, not culturAList)
Great teaser!!!
Poor sweetime! You're sick of typing that word, but it was spelled wrong anyway and you could've saved some fingers! (horticulturist, not culturAList)
Great teaser!!!
I got it very good teaser
Great Teaser. Didn't know that annual meant that though
i forgot about anualls
Easy. Guess I won't be taken by a scam artist posing as horticulturist!
I enjoyed this one Thanks
why is the horticulturist a fraud, She only agreed to sell the plant, it was John who said he could sell the seeds from it each year, so it was his mistake, not hers.
"I was talking to a horticulturist, and she said she was willing to sell me one of the plants and then, each year when it flowered, she told me I could sell the seeds myself..."
She DID say it would flower each year. Hence, she is a fraud.
Nice teaser!
She DID say it would flower each year. Hence, she is a fraud.
Nice teaser!
couldnt he just plant the seeds the next year 2 regrow the plant, instead of selling them? or even better, regrow the plant the following year with half of the seeds, and sell the other half?
Great teaser but please next time provide a hint foe us who don't do botany
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