FancyPants Posted September 20, 2014 Please bear with me it's been a while since I've tried to identify acacia... Was out on a bit of a nice quiet outlying suburban bushland (sandstone gully cool damp microclimate) drive and saw one acacia ("A") that looked noticeable different to most of the others ("B") around it. I think it's maidenii or obtusi? The "A" tree itself was smaller than the other "B" acacias and not flowering. There was more traffic near-ish by than we'd liked so we took one small branch off each (won't ever take live branches again, was just to ID). Most of the glands at base of phyllodes of "A" were pale green/yellowish, but the twigs/branch bark (more like glabrous skin at the moment than dry bark) were pretty obviously D-red The more common species "B" is the one on the left (floribunda?), compared to the other one "A" on the right Plant "A" has tiny red globules on the edges of the growing phyllodes, the youngest of which have soft reddish tips the same as my old Maidenii. Also, on the inside of the branches of plant "A" there is a little reddish brown substance which is not there on plant "B" Plant "A" again: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paradox Posted September 20, 2014 Hey FP, how large were the biggest mature trees of B?from what i can tell i reckon Obtusifolia is a pretty good id on A.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FancyPants Posted September 20, 2014 I'd guess around 6-8m? I was thinking the phyllodes are a bit wider on A than on maidenii? It's such a beautiful area man I wish I was caretaker of a slice of that landscape Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby Posted September 21, 2014 B looks to be A.binervia 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FancyPants Posted September 21, 2014 This is B again, holy shit just noticed the photobomb 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby Posted September 21, 2014 Pretty certain it would be binervia:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paradox Posted September 21, 2014 yep i agree, they're such beautiful trees 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nailthesnail Posted September 23, 2014 photo bomb game 100 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FancyPants Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks so much guys :D Now I'm going to have re-read up about propagating from phyllodes. There was another acacia we noticed a few weekends ago in the same region though we didn't stop closer that time. It's funny, I wasn't even really looking out for them but plant A and the one the other weekend both sort of drew my attention to themselves. I really do believe they wanted to be noticed. When we can we're going to bring back an ice-cream container of the sand/soil from the gully, Would that be appropriate to inoculate future phyllode props? Or should the soil be directly from the ground from which the already-fallen leaves are on? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theuserformallyknownasd00d Posted September 23, 2014 How do you propagate from the leaves?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby Posted September 23, 2014 Should be seed to varying degrees on both of those in the next small while Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
