On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:23:11 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:01:12 -0300, lucretia
> wrote:
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>>On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 20:44:24 +1000, Bruce >
>>wrote:
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>>>>They're called Cherimoya here. I bought one when we lived in CA. Didn't
>>>>appeal to anyone,.
>>>
>>>I like them. Not enough to pay Australian supermarket prices for them,
>>>but still. I'm growing one tree from seed, but it could be years
>>>before it bears fruit, if ever.
>>
>>Everything comes to those who wait - there is a nice plump bud on my
>>Sarah Bernhardt peony I planted two years ago. I knew at the time
>>that it takes 2/3 years.
>
>Isn't that a flower? Does the bud become the flower?

Yes, correct. Here it dies completely back in winter.