Botany Nerds Ahoy
Ackee I think Fitz?
Doesn't look like it @craig.
Ackee foliage look different and fruit is way bigger.
Foliage on my plant has jagged edged leaves, fruit about $1 coin size, the black inside is like lots of mini berry's like caviar.
Aghh, Google image search let me down ha.
fitzroy-21 wrote:Here's another one from the same spot. Fruit is about the size of a dollar coin. Can anyone identify please?
Fitzroy-21. Hi mate. Looks like a species of Diploglottis
Leaves with partial jagged margins. See what others think, I’m not home, got no references. AW
AW are you O R landscaping?
AlfredWallace wrote:fitzroy-21 wrote:Here's another one from the same spot. Fruit is about the size of a dollar coin. Can anyone identify please?
Fitzroy-21. Hi mate. Looks like a species of Diploglottis
Leaves with partial jagged margins. See what others think, I’m not home, got no references. AW
Greenjam would be the person to help identify, he’s a forester and he’s worked in East Arnhem Land
recently.AW
Hi AW,
Whilst searching through images of Diploglottis, they weren't quite right, BUT, the images pointed me towards Pittosporum.
Through that search, it turns out that it is Pittosporum moluccanum (Atlas Moth Plant). Whilst the foliage in the images aren't exactly the same, the flowers and fruit are definitely same.
https://www.territorynativeplants.com.au/pittosporum-moluccanum
Thanks.
Thats why it looked familiar to me.
Fitz, that was my first reply and then I changed ha!
Craig wrote:Fitz, that was my first reply and then I changed ha!
Haha, all good Craig. You got the first plant (Kopsia) and I had been google searching unsuccessfully for weeks on that one.
That second one (pittosporum) had me fascinated with the fruit. Wasn't game enough to taste it though :).
Thanks all for the input.
Gday all. Yeah, I was thinking some form of Pittosporum from the image. Not familiar with the moluccanum species, but looks like the right ID.
A favourite Pittosporum I grow here is P. angustifolium, also known as Gumbi Gumbi/Native Apricot. Check it out, its a really attractive looking small tree, fine-leaved drooping foliage, very hardy, and been a bit in the news with some cancer curing claims. Actually, I think I've mentioned it on here before...
https://tuckerbush.com.au/gumbi-gumbi-pittosporum-angustifolium/
^^ wooooah!
seeds wrote:How cool is this
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-28/quoll-thought-extinct-found-south...
Seeds. Howdy. I saw my first one in the Midlands in Tassie 15 years ago en route to Launceston. About 7am in February, a car about 1km in front of us clipped a male animal, left it for dead, we pulled over, i picked it up, cradled in my arm, still very warm, i couldn’t believe how heavy and how large it was.
I’d never seen one before, and for the first time, the only encounter i have is a dead one ,it infuriated me that someone could leave such a majestic animal for dead and just fucked off, i was in tears the whole time i held it. The spots and its port wine colour was something to behold.
It’s often said you should always wear your heart on your sleeves, well here it is. AW
TRIVIA The only Australian animal with a spot on its tail.
Sweet.
Arachnids get a bad press around here but this little friendly lime green jumping spider was a pure delight.
Cool spider!
I know, almost looks psychedelic.
This is interesting that a quoll was caught on a cam at Yaroomba recently. I thought they were gone around here.
I owned a block of land at Brooloo, Mary Valley, in the 90’s We used to camp there. Permanent creek flowing through with rainforest. Went once and in an old cast iron bath we had up on bricks to light a fire under, there was a dead quoll. I think even back then the were supposed to be extinct in the area.
“Records of both the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) and northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) exist in the Mary River Catchment region from 30–35 years ago; however, no confirmed sightings of either type of quoll in the area were reported until a spotted-tailed quoll (possibly a vagrant) was seen on a council camera at Yaroomba in 2021.
Both quoll species are listed as nationally endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.”
Beautiful Steve!
Mopsus mormon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mopsus_mormon
freeride76 wrote:Sweet.
Arachnids get a bad press around here but this little friendly lime green jumping spider was a pure delight.
Freeride76. Great photo, love spiders, here’s a few from around here of late. All on iPhone.AW
A Badge Huntsmen inside a plastic forestry tube.
People might need a trigger warning on that post there AW ;p
Craig wrote:People might need a trigger warning on that post there AW ;p
Craig. Hi, shit, didn’t think of that. Arachnids, what great biodiversity. AW
Nice one AW.
Spiders don't bother me at all- mostly.
I had a hand sized huntsman living in my old Camry that occ used to do a tour of the car at night when I was driving.
I was praying it wouldn't drop onto my head.
freeride76 wrote:Nice one AW.
Spiders don't bother me at all- mostly.
I had a hand sized huntsman living in my old Camry that occ used to do a tour of the car at night when I was driving.
I was praying it wouldn't drop onto my head.
Freeride76. Hi. Yep, i simply don’t understand the fear with spiders, all preconceived notions.
Whats it with Camry’s and spiders, i have a mate who had the old syndrome of the huge Huntsmen dropping down from the visor, bailed mid grid of a busy city intersection.
My Ute has more biodiversity than some natural systems, im not a car cleaner or washer.
Years ago i had HX Holden utes when landscaping, one day i decided to clean the cabin, pulled the bench seat forward and saw i had my own door to door linear patch of turf grass beautifully growing, Tall Fescue seed from a box had gone down the back of the seat, rear window seal was a little leaky, an accumulation of soil and bark on the floor, all the ingredients for a lawn. AW
hahahaahah.
I think certain types of mould possibly hallucinogenic can grow on that Fescue.
I've heard of it affecting livestock.
I'm pretty sure this one is as easy as it looks.
Just a bit weird it was all on it's own, in some low lying occ. flooded swamp where I have got some great frog recordings.
freeride76 wrote:I'm pretty sure this one is as easy as it looks.
Just a bit weird it was all on it's own, in some low lying occ. flooded swamp where I have got some great frog recordings.
Freeride76. Interesting your comment about Fescue fungi.
Nice photo of the ti-tree
Leptospermum polygalifolium , maybe.. AW
yeah, coastal ti-tree.
just used to seeing them in stands.
What about this medium sized tree AW, or anyone.
Bees absolutely going ballistic on these shows of small, creamy flowers.
Magpies have taken a bath today (first time) - is this an omen for the AFL final?
Lots of flowering going on, cherry is going to have so much fruit this year, kangaroo paw is in fine form.
freeride76 wrote:What about this medium sized tree AW, or anyone.
Bees absolutely going ballistic on these shows of small, creamy flowers.
Do you think it’s a native ? If its an exotic it looks very similar to Viburnum odoratissimum, planted a plenty in my time.AW
velocityjohnno wrote:Magpies have taken a bath today (first time) - is this an omen for the AFL final?
Lots of flowering going on, cherry is going to have so much fruit this year, kangaroo paw is in fine form.
VJ. Hi mate. Glad to hear your Maggie’s have taken a bath.
I sincerely hope its not an omen for tomorrow, I’m a long time Collingwood supporter, the result of an uncle who threw a magpies beanie in my bassinet in Apollo Bay hospital. Still have it. Hope your family is doing well. AW.
Not sure it's native AW.
could that be a coastal almond FR?
and loving the quoll stories - an absolute favourite native animal for me. I wish I could have one as a pet. I hadnt heard about the Yaroomba sighting Seeds - that's awesome. I wonder if its home would be the rocky areas around Mt Coolum. That is their preferred type of habitat. Part of the reason I like to trek into such rocky mountainous areas very early mornings - always hoping to catch a glimpse of one. No luck yet in these parts. But did see plenty when in Tassie. And I'm not surprised about the Brooloo example, I reckon they are still around these parts, just very elusive. And I did hear a story that Parks had a confirmed sighting in this general area a couple of years ago, but they were very cagey about revealing the actual location.
This latest discussion has reinstated my intent to stash my trail camera up on the mountain where I believe they must be, leave it for a week or so, and then retrieve. I find its always exciting checking through what you've captured
GJ, Which mountain. Give us a cryptic clue.
Free ride at first I thought it was an Emerald Lustre but not sure
Thats the tree I thought was a coastal almond GJ.
Now I'm not so sure.
Looks like Terminalia catappa Coastal Almond has a different inflorescence and different shape flowers with pointy petals.
Viburnum odoratissimum inflorescence has rolled back petals like in FR76 photo. Who knows. AW
GJ. love ya love for Spot-tailed Quolls, the Dasyurids, what a great family of marsupials. I wish they were as widespread today as they were prior European settlement. AW
Cheers Alfred. Good luck to your team! Huge amounts of fruit on everything we have in the garden presently. After 3 wet years of La Nina they've had a dry one and have responded with abundant fruit. It's flower and bee paradise at the moment.
in that case, I too would lean towards a viburnum - unfortunately, as I really dont like them. Looks pretty good I know, but just a weed in my opinion (I'm quite a firm natives man...)
seeds - aah, named after a rock, next to a mother of a mountain... that likely makes it pretty obvious. But all good, I dont see big crowds flocking there anytime soon. I rarely encounter any others on my dawn treks. I recommend it though, and there's the option of a brisk wash off in the creek after the walk
and cool tat AW. I also have a love of the tassie tiger - hoping it is still hanging on out there... I was close to getting a tat of it when I lived in tassie, but didnt and remain a cleanskin
Thanks GJ
And CARN THE LIONS
Kick some arse just like 20 years ago
GreenJam wrote:in that case, I too would lean towards a viburnum - unfortunately, as I really dont like them. Looks pretty good I know, but just a weed in my opinion (I'm quite a firm natives man...)
seeds - aah, named after a rock, next to a mother of a mountain... that likely makes it pretty obvious. But all good, I dont see big crowds flocking there anytime soon. I rarely encounter any others on my dawn treks. I recommend it though, and there's the option of a brisk wash off in the creek after the walk
GJ. Ditto, early 90’s that Viburnum was very popular for hedging in Victoria, as a landscaper in large cities, it was ‘trending’ as young folk would say today. I agree I’m strictly a local flora person first and foremost, second to native plants in general.
It’s very pleasing that we have a bevy of surfers who all share similar interests in life, it’s very encouraging and brings music to my ears. I think its a reflection of where it all started, beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Good stuff. AW
GJ I know of where you speak;)
GreenJam wrote:and cool tat AW. I also have a love of the tassie tiger - hoping it is still hanging on out there... I was close to getting a tat of it when I lived in tassie, but didnt and remain a cleanskin
GJ. Other arm.AW
awesome AW - another real favourite! They've been in abundance around here lately. Big ones. Can be a little annoying with all the digging, but I can handle it. Quite incredible the size of the rocks they can budge, some that I've had to use a wheelbarrow to move a singe rock, they seem to get under and nudge aside.
just two evenings ago, I was wandering around just after dusk, a bit of spotlighting here and there, and actually heard an echidna before I saw it. An unusual low groaning sound, looked around, and here was one fixated on digging under a decent sized rock. I think we must be a hotspot for them here, I see them very often. Which is great.
Yeah, same here.
Always get a visit from echidnas on the full moon.
Beautiful creatures.
Mr.Brown and I meet again.AW
Seems a keen interest for some, so why not.