soma_seeker Posted March 25, 2007 (edited) Hi, I've recently started studying the identification of Acacia maidenii which led me to a local Greening Australia garden. The people there were very helpful and gave me directions to the following tree claiming it was a maidenii. [first 3 pics] I'm in doubt of wether i found the correct specimen since the above tree showed no signs of flowering or seed pods. I thought this was strange for this time of year. My gnome did however collect around 30g of sap from the surface of the tree (that can be seen in the pics), and says he plans on performing an A/B extraction on the material to see what he can see. Do you think he is likely to obtain anything by doing this? I also took photos of another tree i found nearby that was in flower that i thought looked more like a maidenii. Perhaps the leaves are a bit wide and curved for this to be a possibility though. [next 4 pics] If anyone could give me their opinions on these trees i would greatly appreciated it soma Edited March 25, 2007 by soma_seeker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
immanuel Posted March 26, 2007 (edited) The first tree definitely looks like A. Maidenii, thin scalpel like phyllodes, grey fissured bark, exactly like the local A. Maidenii’s around here. Now, I have read that there is one type of A. Maidenii with the thin curved phyllodes and another with thick curved ones like you are showing me. I am assuming the thick one might be a sub-species? I dunno, but there are pictures on erowid of the thick leaved Maidenii, I have never seen it before, I'm only going on what i've been told. Anyways, good luck with your extraction. Btw, could you PM me a link to that Green Australia website? Edited July 19, 2019 by manuel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phloom Posted March 30, 2007 Yeah, i reckon your onto a maidenii there... To be sure you could invest in the CSIROs wattle ID key, it cost a fair bit of $$$ im sure you could download it off someone around here?? coolige, Phloom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soma_seeker Posted April 1, 2007 Yeah, i reckon your onto a maidenii there...To be sure you could invest in the CSIROs wattle ID key, it cost a fair bit of $$$ im sure you could download it off someone around here?? coolige, Phloom thanks phloom, did you think only the first tree i have photos of was a maidenii or both? yeh i found the wattle ID cd at my local library and have it on hold at the moment, looking forward to checking it out. cheers people soma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
