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Solanum Tuberosum Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/24/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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I do love potatoes, even if they give me bumps to my back (as my grandfather said).

Here’s a mystery to honour the precious tuber.

 

Therefore you find nothing at the given coordinates, you have to answer some questions first to find the first Wp.

The questions are:

 

The potato is grown in Luxembourg since the beginning of the xx00th century.

A=xx

 

 Another perennial plant that produces tubers was cultivated then. After some years it was replaced by  the potato.

 It’s latin name is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

B= sum of Character values = _ _ _

 

The flowers of the potato have different colours, but they are never

purple C=1

white   C=2

yellow  C=3

blue      C=4

pink      C=5

red       C=6

 

The potato belongs to the Solanaceae family. This botanic family has many members, but not

Aubergine    D=1

Tobacco        D=2

Physalis        D=3

Belladonna   D=4

Tomato          D=5

Cucumber      D=6

Chili Pepper  D=7

 

There is a colourful little beetle that represents a big danger for any potato plant.

It’s latin name is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

E= sum of character values = _ _ _.

 

Another dangerous potato enemy caused the 1840’s potato famine in Europe. It’s latin name is  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

F= sum of character values = _ _ _.

 

     

When you’ve answered the questions corrrectly, you will come to a piece of art that shows very well how my spine feels after having gathered many buckets of potatoes from the ground.

The place you have to find is situated in:

 

N 49°5C. F-(CxA+D+D)      E 005° 58. B+E+10xA+C+D

 

You have to count the items piled one on another, this gives you P.

Now you make a projection:

B+E-(3xP)-D meters in western direction.

You’ll find the final under the single Taxus.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

jura gur vgrzf ner biretebja: avagu yrggre zvahf svefg yrggre bs gur anzr ba gur ubhfrjnyy

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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