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Jun 16, 2011 18:08:34 GMT
Post by Kimby on Jun 16, 2011 18:08:34 GMT
an inflata-tree!
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Jun 20, 2011 17:08:40 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2011 17:08:40 GMT
That did indeed make me go back to the previous page.
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Sept 9, 2011 12:26:20 GMT
Post by tod2 on Sept 9, 2011 12:26:20 GMT
Sometimes a visit to the hairdressers results in more than just a swish new hairdo! I picked up a magazine and found this interesting article: The Carrot Tree ~~~~~ A Living Fossil - Botanical name: Steganotaenia araliacea Africa is not only the cradle of humankind, it is also the cradle of the carrot family. The living Carrot Tree- which grows from South Africa right up through East and West Africa - matches one of the very few fossils ever found of any tree anywhere in the world. The fossil of a carrot tree was found in the 7o's in the Omo region of south-western Ethiopia and, on investigation, it was confirmed that the wood was clearly related to the modern carrot tree. This carrot tree fossil was a rare find and offers one of many examples of how we still need to learn about everyday plants. It has been revealed it to be an ancient plant dating back some 1.8 million years but the exact time of it's origins still remain obscure. Which goes to show that the good old carrot - a rather modest sort of vegetable - deserves far greater respect! toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Steganotaenia_araliacea.htmThis brings me to ask if anyone has seen this tree growing? I'm thinking of OnlyMark way north of me?
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Sept 9, 2011 12:37:18 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Sept 9, 2011 12:37:18 GMT
I've never heard of that before tod2 but I think I would like one...
No jokes about the Omo region though...
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Sept 9, 2011 12:38:11 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Sept 9, 2011 12:38:11 GMT
This is an 800 year old Oak tree -
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Sept 9, 2011 14:11:54 GMT
Post by tod2 on Sept 9, 2011 14:11:54 GMT
I am going to make some enquiries at our botanical gardens but you never know Mick, you may have one right there at Kew!
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Sept 9, 2011 14:53:37 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Sept 9, 2011 14:53:37 GMT
No go tod2. Checked their database and although they have specimens they have no living plants.
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Sept 9, 2011 14:58:29 GMT
Post by onlymark on Sept 9, 2011 14:58:29 GMT
tod, I very much expect I wouldn't have noticed one even if I'd been slapped in the face with it. I'll keep my eyes open but it's a bit the same as me asking you if you've seen an Ariel square four motorbike.
Don't hold your breath.
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Oct 17, 2011 17:59:48 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2011 17:59:48 GMT
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Nov 21, 2011 13:43:25 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Nov 21, 2011 13:43:25 GMT
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Nov 22, 2011 7:54:01 GMT
Post by nycgirl on Nov 22, 2011 7:54:01 GMT
Very pretty. The color of that first one is stunning.
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Nov 22, 2011 9:04:31 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Nov 22, 2011 9:04:31 GMT
Isn't it just. It's Ginkgo biloba btw.
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Dec 10, 2011 14:39:43 GMT
Post by tod2 on Dec 10, 2011 14:39:43 GMT
Looking down onto a little stream called 'Dorpspruit' ( which in English means Town Stream) and viewing the Blue Gum trees which have a Crowned Eagle nest on one of the branches: A closer look - you can just make it out:
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Dec 11, 2011 10:52:22 GMT
Post by cheerypeabrain on Dec 11, 2011 10:52:22 GMT
I love gum trees ;D I saw a lot in Madeira altho they're not native there...I really like the bark on them.
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Dec 12, 2011 13:40:45 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Dec 12, 2011 13:40:45 GMT
I love gum trees ;D I saw a lot in Madeira altho they're not native there...I really like the bark on them. Much better than their bite.
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Dec 12, 2011 16:33:05 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Dec 12, 2011 16:33:05 GMT
*snork!*
Beautiful pictures, Tod. However did you spot the eagles's nest? Is that view near your house?
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Dec 12, 2011 18:10:09 GMT
Post by tod2 on Dec 12, 2011 18:10:09 GMT
Bixa, the Crowned Eagle's nest was spotted by another bird-watching friend who told us where to look. It can be viewed from a road down below in the valley but is too far for a photo, or like we did, go up the hill and wander through an open field until one comes to the edge and can look down. The city is in a flat valley surrounded on the one side by small hills. This one is the first and further on opposite the next valley is the hill I live on. Our city is slowly annihilating all the gum trees as they suck up too much moisture from the soil. Thank heaven they haven't seen these!
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Dec 13, 2011 13:48:15 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Dec 13, 2011 13:48:15 GMT
From Kew - Black Locust Bean tree planted 1762- With grandson-
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Dec 13, 2011 15:27:53 GMT
Post by tod2 on Dec 13, 2011 15:27:53 GMT
Wonderful old survivor Mick! Was it planted by anyone special or by the gardener of the time?
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Dec 13, 2011 15:42:44 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Dec 13, 2011 15:42:44 GMT
Wonderful old survivor Mick! Was it planted by anyone special or by the gardener of the time? Gardener of the time I guess tod2. There are a few of that age still at Kew and very expertly looked after. Kew was originally just the gardens for Kew Palace, the smallest royal palace.
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Dec 14, 2011 18:13:50 GMT
Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2011 18:13:50 GMT
It is always so tragic when any of those great old trees gets destroyed in a storm or some other event.
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Dec 15, 2011 9:00:04 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Dec 15, 2011 9:00:04 GMT
It is always so tragic when any of those great old trees gets destroyed in a storm or some other event. Indeed. In the massive 1987 storm Kew lost some 600 trees.
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Dec 15, 2011 9:02:11 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Dec 15, 2011 9:02:11 GMT
Wow -- that first photo of the tree is outstanding, Mick. Is what's called in the UK "black locust bean tree" a Robinia? I know black locust if it's the same. They grow in the forests by my home town & the flowers smell like White Shoulders cologne.
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Dec 15, 2011 10:36:29 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Dec 15, 2011 10:36:29 GMT
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Dec 15, 2011 10:36:57 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Dec 15, 2011 10:36:57 GMT
Wow -- that first photo of the tree is outstanding, Mick. Is what's called in the UK "black locust bean tree" a Robinia? I know black locust if it's the same. They grow in the forests by my home town & the flowers smell like White Shoulders cologne. Yes - Robinia.
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Dec 15, 2011 10:59:11 GMT
Post by tod2 on Dec 15, 2011 10:59:11 GMT
Mick - When I read the Kew tree was a Robinia I pricked up my ears because the oldest tree in Paris is also out there for everyone to admire. It is also referred to as a Locust tree but I have only ever known it as a Robinia Pseudoacacia! It was planted in 1601 and still looks mighty good!
I did some poking around on the internet and found this: Kew’s Magnificent Robinia is an “Old Lion” -
“The Old Lions” are some of the few remaining trees with the oldest actual known planting date of 1762. They comprise: Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair Tree), Sophora japonica (Pagoda Tree), and Platanus orientalis (Oriental Plane) to the West of the Princess of Wales Conservatory; Robinia pseudoacacia (False Acacia) on the lawn to the front of the Orangery; and the Zelkova carpinifolia situated in the Herbarium paddock.
They were brought from the estate of the Duke of Argyll in Twickenham to the new 5-acre arboretum (originally laid out by Aiton) by the Duke’s nephew, Lord Bute who was the botanical advisor to Princess Augusta in 1762.
The ginkgo, a male tree, was one of the first of the species to have been planted in Britain, following the introduction of ginkgos via Europe in 1754. Its hardiness was unknown, so it was planted against the wall of the Great Stove glasshouse for protection. This was subsequently demolished in 1861, which left the ginkgo standing alone. It is a multistemmed tree, probably due to the transplanting and moving early in its life which may have accounted for it losing its growing point.
In 2002 it rightly became one of the 50 “Great British Trees” in a scheme run by the Tree Council to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.
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Dec 15, 2011 13:11:24 GMT
Post by mickthecactus on Dec 15, 2011 13:11:24 GMT
Thanks tod2.
I know all of them other than the Zelkova. I must check that out.
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Dec 29, 2011 21:54:48 GMT
Post by Kimby on Dec 29, 2011 21:54:48 GMT
One of the tree house trees blew down. My dad took the next picture so I can't post it openly here:
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Feb 4, 2012 22:37:00 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2012 22:37:00 GMT
A baobab in Senegal
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Feb 7, 2012 4:44:50 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2012 4:44:50 GMT
Bao - bab, that's good!
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