A forum for challenging others to answer a question with only a few clues.<br />Only long-time <a href="https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/showthread.php?t=7658">contributors</a> can start a new stumper, but any registered member can reply. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:18:05 +0000 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:18:05 +0000 UBC Botanical Garden Forums https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/plants-and-biodiversity-stumpers.189/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 02:51:22 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/orange-fruit.84796/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/orange-fruit.84796/ invalid@example.com (Eric La Fountaine) Eric La Fountaine
This may be too easy for some.]]> 5 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:04:56 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/danger-falling-fruit.78820/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/danger-falling-fruit.78820/ invalid@example.com (Eric La Fountaine) Eric La Fountaine 6 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:26:23 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/and-what-are-these.77951/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/and-what-are-these.77951/ invalid@example.com (Daniel Mosquin) Daniel Mosquin 23 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:51:29 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-sweet-little-number.75051/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-sweet-little-number.75051/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler
I was so surprised to see the tag on it, at UBC BG, that I'm not even going to do anything tricky with the photo. If you get the genus, you win and I'll give you the species.]]> 5 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:38:04 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/winter-stumper-from-south-of-the-equator.74342/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/winter-stumper-from-south-of-the-equator.74342/ invalid@example.com (lorax) lorax
Best of luck!]]> 19 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:17:57 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/looks-fuzzy-summer-stumper.74145/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/looks-fuzzy-summer-stumper.74145/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler
Please ask me to not post all the photos I've taken of this thing. I love this.]]> 13 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:57:44 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/lets-give-some-color.72345/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/lets-give-some-color.72345/ invalid@example.com (Gomero) Gomero
Gomero]]> 10 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:01:03 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/found-this-today.70427/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/found-this-today.70427/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler
I found this today, but not in this form, and now I've destroyed the original thing. I hope it takes you a few days to get this so I have time to go get another one.]]> 9 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:56:43 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/this-one-is-a-little-more-rare.9092/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/this-one-is-a-little-more-rare.9092/ invalid@example.com (Carol Ja) Carol Ja Carol Ja]]> 14 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:00:15 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/surprisingly-fuzzy.71038/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/surprisingly-fuzzy.71038/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler 2 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:42:04 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/perhaps-a-not-so-easy-one.70532/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/perhaps-a-not-so-easy-one.70532/ invalid@example.com (lorax) lorax 2 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:45:23 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/an-easy-one.69410/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/an-easy-one.69410/ invalid@example.com (Silver surfer) Silver surfer 10 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:45:23 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/perhaps-harder-than-it-appears-on-the-surface.69863/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/perhaps-harder-than-it-appears-on-the-surface.69863/ invalid@example.com (lorax) lorax 4 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:24:58 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/eeek-an-alien.69867/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/eeek-an-alien.69867/ invalid@example.com (Lysichiton) Lysichiton 10 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:54:27 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/seen-around-town-now.69405/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/seen-around-town-now.69405/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler do know the genus, but not the species. They're popping up now in parks and gardens. It's so exciting to see them.]]> 6 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:55:34 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/another-foreigner.54115/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/another-foreigner.54115/ invalid@example.com (Silver surfer) Silver surfer 18 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:01:31 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/big-green-biodiversity-megastumper.60319/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/big-green-biodiversity-megastumper.60319/ invalid@example.com (lorax) lorax
I'd like genera at least, species if you can (for at least three of them, species is not possible), and I'll need both genus and species to award the bonus bird. Please bear in mind that these are all things that live in Ecuador, but they're not necessarily natives, nor are they necessarily full grown.

You're free to ask me for hints, and I'm...

Big Green Biodiversity MegaStumper]]> 24 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:19:57 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/why-now.66617/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/why-now.66617/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler 4 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:00:14 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/something-blue-stumper.65201/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/something-blue-stumper.65201/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler 4 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:36:57 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/thorny-stumper.64469/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/thorny-stumper.64469/ invalid@example.com (GreenLarry) GreenLarry 12 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:53:19 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/twisty-stumper.64473/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/twisty-stumper.64473/ invalid@example.com (lorax) lorax 7 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:53:29 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/stumpers-rules-updated-nov-4-2009.7662/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/stumpers-rules-updated-nov-4-2009.7662/ invalid@example.com (Daniel Mosquin) Daniel Mosquin
Rule #1 - the person asking the question needs to know the answer!

Rule #2 - the answer has to be generic enough that it is answerable - it has to be something that a person could be either...

Stumpers Rules (updated Nov. 4, 2009)]]> 8 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:09:29 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/prickly-stumper.63461/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/prickly-stumper.63461/ invalid@example.com (lorax) lorax 6 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:50:47 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/hairy-stumper.61519/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/hairy-stumper.61519/ invalid@example.com (Lila Pereszke) Lila Pereszke 12 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:57:33 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/biodiversity-stumper.60268/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/biodiversity-stumper.60268/ invalid@example.com (Daniel Mosquin) Daniel Mosquin have to be a plant now that these are biodiversity stumpers.]]> 16