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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Lesley Cox on October 05, 2008, 05:15:49 AM
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In September, my friends and I visited a Victorian nursery specializing in only Australian native plants. A selection follows. If I lived in Australia I'd spend a lot of time and more money at this wonderful place. I wish I'd taken more pictures and had the gumption to record names. I'm relying on Paul, Fermi and Otto to help me out here.
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I think this one is a Phebelium species
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And another one. There were many more and most had cultivar names
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One of very many Boronia species. The wonderful brown and greeny-gold B. megastigma has the best scent of all though.
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This gum tree may be Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea
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Leschenaultia biloba
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A Banksia cone which is actually the receptacle which contains the seeds
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And when dried it is still very attractive and interesting
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An Hibiscus species
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I think this is Dampiera diversifolia
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A Darwinia species
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A selection of plants arranged for mass display
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And some more
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Finally, a beautiful Pimelea species, whose flowers are so large compared to those of our New Zealand species. I didn't see this as nursery plants, only in display beds and I got the impression it is a difficult plant. Its genus is only evident in the foliage, not the huge flowers.
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Lesley,
Some IDs.........
First post..... I think you're right on the white one, but the yellow wasn't a Phebalium I think. if it was the one that they had a lot of there, I thought the same thing until I read the name of it. Very, very nice plant. The Boronia looks like Boronia megastigma 'Harlequin' I think. Can't see the first pic well enough to know what it is.
Second post..... 1st one if Chorizema cordata, third pic is a Conostylis species.
Third post...... The Banksia is Banksia blechnifolia, and that is buds I think, not a cone after flowering. Will check on the ones here at the ANBG and confirm that for you, but the basal foliage looks too fresh for it to be a cone. can't recall what a cone on them actually looks like!? ::) The other in that post are Crowea, probably C. exalata or similar.
Fourth post..... last is Alyogene 'West Coast Gem', not a Hibiscus species. Looks VERY similar, and I am assuming is very closely related. We do have some Hibiscus species here in Aus as well though, and I always used to think it was a Hibiscus too.
I am open to correction on any of these IDs if anyone wants to make them. Just a rough guess from the pics. I hope it's a help. 8)
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Very interesting series, Lesley.
Most plants never seen before and that is so good of this Forum! :D
Thanks a lot!
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Very interesting series, Lesley.
Most plants never seen before and that is so good of this Forum! :D
Thanks a lot!
Lesley, from me the same. I believe there are a lot of good plants from AUS which are unknown here but of an excellent ornamental value.
An exception is Alyogyne huegeli - the Blue Hibiscus - maybe not happy today in never ending rain.
Gerd
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Lesley,
these are really nice plants. I don't know anything about the native flora of Australia but after seeing these photos I think I'm going to immerse myself in some literature about Aussie flora.
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Lesley I am glad I don't live there, my pockets would be permanently empty! I have grown the Alyogyne but sadly it is not easy to overwinter. :'(
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The flora of Down under will never cease to amaze me ! :o
A great selection you've shown us here Lesley - unfortunately few of them seem to be aquatic and that's what plants will need to be pretty soon if they want to survive in our persisting monsoonlike weather...
The pink pots do seem a little odd though... ::)
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Gerd,
Thanks for the correction to my spelling of Alyogyne. I was obviously having a senior moment at the time when I wrote the name. ::)
For those interested in the Aussie Natives..... I'm in the process of preparing some more pics from the ANBG for posting in the "Australian Native Plants at the ANBG" topic.
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Thanks Paul, the names help. I'm pretty sure the Alyogyne was actually labelled as Hibiscus, but might be wrong there.
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Lesley,
thanks for introducing this outlandish flora. 8)
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Wonderful selection of plants, Lesley. Many thanks. Paddy
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Lesley,
The Alogyne was probably labelled as 'Native Hibiscus'.
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You could be right Rob. It was a brilliant day for various reasons and my mind wasn't entirely on plants. ;)
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Lesley,
I must admit being a bit perplexed with your Pimelea as you did not give a species name and it looks nothing like any Pimelea I have ever seen before. I am happy to say it is Pimelea physodes from Western Australia which would explain why it does not look like a Pimelea.
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That's it, thanks David. I did note the name at the time, but only mentally and as I'm fast learning, my memory can't be fully relied upon.
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It really doesn't look like one, does it? Threw me the first time I saw it. Took some convincing of Lesley to get her to accept it WAS one too. ;D Even with a tag she was still sceptical, but seeing how different it is to the others it is hardly surprising anyone would be sceptical. Beautiful plant though. Comes in a pinky form and a green form, both grafted.
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I would never have guessed the pimelea WAS such from those lovely big flowers! Never saw such a thing before... thank you!
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I just returned home with a couple of thousand pictures to identify
of flowers flowering in October in the SW of Western Australia.
I was amazed at the intensity of colours, particularly blues, which
are so rare elsewhere.
Here are a couple of Leschenaultias (incorrectly spelled when the
plant was first named), growing in the wheatbelt east of Perth.
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I just returned home with a couple of thousand pictures to identify
of flowers flowering in October in the SW of Western Australia.
Here are a couple of Leschenaultias (incorrectly spelled when the
plant was first named), growing in the wheatbelt east of Perth.
Hi Diane,
glad you got home safely
Those leschenaultias are great and are probably just as difficult to grow here on the east coast as they would be for you! It doesn't stop us from trying ;D
Looking forward to more of your pics.
cheers
fermi,
still in Goa at present.
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Welcome back, Diane, we missed you.... but I think we are going to benefit big-time with seeing your photos from the trip! Thank you!