Odd-bod plants from Queens Park conservatory in Invercargill, Southland.
1. multi-coloured foliage
2-3. Anthuriums
4. Coffea arabica or coffee tree
~taken 11 May 2022. New Zealand
Text and photos by Liz; Exploring Colour (2022)
Odd Bods
New Zealand
Exploring Colour 
I love those coloured leaves – they make me think of the ‘dolly mixtures’ sweets that we used to get as kids!
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How sweet! It seems unusual to have a ‘mixed bag’ of colours like this in the foliage of one plant!
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I’ve never seen anything like it before!
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Wow!
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Odd bods brought to mind odds bodkins, a phrase I haven’t thought of in ages. Is ‘odd bods’ a New Zealand phrase, or your own contraction of ‘odd bodies’?
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British English and another name for ‘odd ball’, which the Collins English Dictionary further elaborates on here: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/odd-bod
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Interesting! Thanks for the link!
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