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  3. Posted

    4 hours ago, zelly said:

    the linage on my tree can be traced back to withdrawl clinic who confirms it to be colubrina

     

    Since a caapi thrives & a few psychotria viridis survive my winters i suspect a yopo would do just fine here

    At the place where the yopo is growing in pots both those species thrive all year round. Subtropical coastal - absolute minimum in winter of about 1-3C but rarely gets below 5-7C.. 

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    On 02/01/2019 at 3:48 PM, withdrawl clinic said:

    and the greenish pods can ripen (preferably in the not split pod) to a lighter brown, and still germinate,

    but they are not good for storing, the seed.

     

    pioneer tree, love disturbed, deep soil, no competition..., legume...

    my colubrinas (now long gone) took maybe 8 years to produce good pods.

    lost most seeds to pests and boring insects?!

     

    I have a colubrina about 8y.o in the ground for about 3 years that is now about 6m high with a spreading crown of over 5m wide. It flowered first about 5 y.o. and did not set seed until last year at 7 y.o. when I got about 50 good seeds from 6 or 7 pods. Despite (or perhaps because of) extreme drought conditions it has flowered well already and produced 20+ pods that are just ripening. It then went and flowered en-masse a few weeks back. Should have lots of seeds soon.

     

    I also have 2 peregrina in large pots... they seem more finicky and delicate (perhaps because of the subtropical and not tropical conditions). I hope to get em in the ground soon to hopefully get em moving..

  8. Posted · Edited by tarenna
    grammatical corrections

    Vanuatu is where it is at.. it has the full kavalactone profile.... Kava from Fiji and elsewhere lacks a number of the {best} kavalactones..

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    34 minutes ago, Responsible Choice said:

    After much rain it is with great pleasure that I hereby announce Pan season open! Pics to come... :lol:

     

    Over the next week or so, as the water drains away and the sun comes out, we should see a bit more action underfoot. To the fields!!

     

     

    Yew!!!!!!

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  18. Posted

    6 hours ago, bardo said:

    Found this tree at the bunya mountains, not sure what it is yet, anyone have any ideas ?

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    Pittorsporum undulatum - Wavy-leaved or Sweet Pittosporum or Native Daphne..

     

    http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pittosporum~undulatum

     

    There is an amazing app for ID of rainforest plants - "Rainforest Plants of Australia - Rockhampton to Victoria" costs close to $50 (most expensive app I have ever purchased) - but absolutely worth it.. I think it contains data on a couple of thousand species and is updated.. You can enter visible features and the app narrows down the ID.. I use it every time I am in the scrub..

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    3 hours ago, bardo said:

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    Gahnia specie, i think it is Aspera or maybe seiberana

    I have read it has edible starch in the leaf bases and the seeds are edible, i have been meaning to experiment with it for a while now, going to try pound some into flour and make a little cake with it to try out.

    Likely G. aspera - seiberiana is big, up to 3m. Nuts for aspera:

    nut broad-ovoid to globose, 4.5–6.0 mm long, 2.5–4.0 mm diam., dark red-brown, shining

     

    Nuts for seiberiana:

    Nut 2.5–4.0 mm long

     

    Although for NSW - probably helpful to check out:

    http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Gahnia

     

     

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  22. Posted

    And not so much of a backyard visitor - but a back of bed one a few weeks ago. Was lying in bed reading a magazine close to midnight (couldn't sleep) when I felt a movement about 10cm to my right.. Twas the critter in the photo attached. A 1.2m long (and deadly) Stephens Banded Snake, Hoplocephalus stephensii  - it was a chilly night and she was looking to snuggle under my doona.. A bit freaky....

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