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  4. Posted

    reminds me of Acacia farnesiana

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachellia_farnesiana

    But im no expert

    ^^^thorns...so it can't be this one.

    i got obuse seeds from a well known online store for herbs. i planted them to find they were the exact same plant shown here. so, i looked through all plant seeds on the site i bought from assuming a mix up at some level there. i thought it was acacia baileyana.

    ^^^the leaflets are too fine.

    Thx for the link Sally...

    Thx to everyone for their input...I'm pretty sure it's Acacia spectabilis: Mudgee wattle. The leaflet size is a dead ringer.

    I spent about 4hrs searching through a database last night & spectabilis was the only one with the same type of larger leaflets.

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  6. Posted

    From the reading I've done on this plant recently, with the link above that d00d posted & the subsequent follow-up googling. What I can gather is, this is an under canopy rainforest tree. I have a place picked out that fills this criteria & 1 of the plants will be going in the ground, in this spot at the start of spring.

    I do believe that this plant could survive full sun, but it would need to have sufficient water supply for it to survive an aussie summer. The leaves are typical big juicy rainforest type leaves.

    Nice pic d00d...looking :lol:

  8. Posted · Edited by space cadet 101

    could very well be hostillis, or correctly "Mimosa tenuiflora".

    it self seeds, and the seeds can fly far, i guess yes it can turn invasive, once it produces seeds, which will never happen in pots though (takes 7 years in the ground).

    I have hostilis growing near them & they're not the same to look at. There's no thorns on this plant...this plant seems to have pinate leaf development only, like hostilis but larger leaflets. The seed looked like an acacia seed, not a mimosa.

    Does that help at all..? :scratchhead:

    Also PH, slightly off topic but...if mimosa trees seed at 7yrs, would that have been when the tree would have been harvested..?

    EDIT: You got me thinking, so I went yo check on the 2 species. The mimosa leaf closes back in towards the main trunk at night...folding down nice & neatly. Whereas this plant doesn't, only the leaflets close up....Hmmm

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    So, when I put down this seed I thought they were obtusifolia's, now I've got no idea. There are no thorns on the plant & the taller one stands about 1.5mtr. The pics were taken on dusk so the leaves have closed up, but they are normally open during the day.

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    I need to know the species so I can plant it, or destroy it if it's an invasive species.

    Cheers...spacey

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    after reading THIS article, am i just confused or is it suggesting we are actually growing sananho? unless they got the pictures confused?

    d00d

    I did read something on this just recently, where there was a comparative distribution map & I think it's more to do with the locality of the 2 different species. If I remember right the sananho is found in the more northerly areas of south america, compared to the undulata being still northern, but a tad more south...can't remember where, sorry.

    After googling pictures of both plants leaves, the undulata pictures look more accurate when compared to the actual plant...IMO.

    White (sananho) or red stem into white (undulata) flowers, we may have to wait to be absolutely certain.

    Heres the 2 pics:

    undulata

    http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bocas_database/search/species/1873

    sananho...about 1/2 way down the page.

    http://www.toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?search_op=and&keyword_op=and〈=e&number=10&user=tt&sale=1&first=3191

    The more I look at the 2 types of leaf, the more I'm convinced we are looking at undulata... :)

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    Please forgive my approximate dates & times for these plants in the earlier part

    5 x seeds from "kiwiboancaya" were planted in Jul/Aug 2012. The seeds looked exactly the same as de-husked Iboga seed. The seedlings are hard to tell apart also.

    They were potted into 63mm tubes, with a sandy well drained mix. Placed on a middle shelf, semi-shaded, in a hothouse. Watered once, sometimes twice a week, until germination at 8-10 weeks...3 from 5.

    Potted up into 5" pots when roots were poking out the bottom...at about the 3rd set of leaves. Into a moist medium...I like a bit of vermiculite & a little bit of "5 in 1".

    (NOTE: at this point I put slow release fert on the surface, this came into contact with the 2nd set of leaves & burnt them in half. The leaves droop of a night & touch the soil, until the plant gets taller.)

    So the plants stayed in the hothouse for about 4mths, when I decided to put 1 up for auction. At this point they attracted some leaf miner attention & seemed to be going off the hot/humid conditions of the hothouse. So I treated the leaf miner & moved the plants into the greenhouse.

    Picture #1...app 4/5mths old.

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    Picture #2...10 days later, bifurcating at the crown & 1cm taller.

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    thed00d adopted the girl in picture & she has now moved to the NSW, Sth coast...where he will continue to run updates.

    The other 2 girls reside on the Atherton tablelands, Nth QLD. They are now in 200mm pots & continue to live in the greenhouse :) , until next spring when I will transition 1 into the ground...the other will remain as back-up & hopefully will supply SABer's with cuttings, in the not to distant.

    Once I have some picture updates of interest I will post ... :)

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  19. Posted · Edited by space cadet 101

    From 1 to 10 in order of those I hold closest to my heart ... :wub:

    1. A. phlebophyla

    2. L. williamsii v.caespitosa

    3. P.viridis

    4. Alicia anisopetala

    5. Anadenanthera peregrina

    6. Watertrades "loph lollipop"... :drool2:

    7. B. muricata (haven't got it yet)

    8. Tabernanthe Iboga

    9. Tabernaemontana undulata

    10. Brugmansia aurea culebra

    but my real favorite is a non-ethno, "Boabab adonsonia gregorii"... love it :wub:

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