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[ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 11:05 am
by MoGanic
After an ID on the below tree - been waiting on a flower for a while now!
Any good for Bonsai?
Thanks all.
-Mo
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Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 11:31 am
by Jason
Kind of looks like a Silk Tree (Albizia) but the flowers don't look quite right. Curious to hear what the answer is
Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 11:37 am
by MoGanic
Flower almost looks bottle-brush-y.
It's popped out hundreds of seed pods which look similar to a Jacaranda seed pod.
Research continues! (While at work of course... What you think I actually work hard at my day job? Haha)
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Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 11:42 am
by Jason
MoGanic wrote:Flower almost looks bottle-brush-y.
It's popped out hundreds of seed pods which look similar to a Jacaranda seed pod.
Research continues! (While at work of course... What you think I actually work hard at my day job? Haha)
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Of course at work! I figure they give me the internet to use, I may as well use it
Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 12:08 pm
by MoGanic
Jason wrote:MoGanic wrote:Flower almost looks bottle-brush-y.
It's popped out hundreds of seed pods which look similar to a Jacaranda seed pod.
Research continues! (While at work of course... What you think I actually work hard at my day job? Haha)
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Of course at work! I figure they give me the internet to use, I may as well use it
Absolutely!
This is just leading into my dream of working Bonsai 24/7 anyway!
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Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 3:59 pm
by MoGanic
The bi-pinnate leaves are just throwing me off completely.
I can find tree's with a similar flower, or a similar leaf, but unable to find one species with both features.
This is a real mystery to me!
Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 4:11 pm
by Sno
Try googling Albizia yellow flowers .
[ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 4:19 pm
by MoGanic
I actually thought of Albizia, but couldn't find any with a flower similar to the one pictured.
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Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 6:31 pm
by Jason
Sno wrote:Try googling Albizia yellow flowers .
The Albizia flowers looked finer then this one did and the leaves larger... which is what was throwing me off. Am very curious now
Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 7:16 pm
by Sno
Could be Paraserianthes lophantha which is sometimes called Albizia . native to parts of WA .
Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 7:21 pm
by MoGanic
Spot on mate!
Thank you Sno!
Now, any good for bonsai??
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Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 7:33 pm
by Sno
Glad to help . As for potential I don't know , hopefully you can tell me in ten or so years .
Cheers Sno
Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 7:50 pm
by MoGanic
Sno wrote:Glad to help . As for potential I don't know , hopefully you can tell me in ten or so years .
Cheers Sno
Hmm well I can imagine the bipinnate leaves making it slightly inconvenient...
But sure I'll have a crack at it!
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Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 6th, 2014, 9:45 pm
by Jason
Sno wrote:Could be Paraserianthes lophantha which is sometimes called Albizia . native to parts of WA .
And from WA too! Thanks for that
Re: [ID] Native?
Posted: May 7th, 2014, 2:43 pm
by MoGanic
Collected some seed today and noticed some, which had fallen to the ground among debris of old leaves and twigs had already germinated. Also noted back buds growing strongly on some old trunks of the trees.
Despite the bipinnate compound leaf I think this species will look pretty good as a medium size bonsai due to the small size of the lobes.
Will start a new thread to follow the progression.
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