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sulkyrob
Ballarat
(Australia)
November 23, 2008
12:58 AM Post #5821593
| Spiky bush about 1m high and wide flowering now in Victoria. Identification appreciated please? 
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ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
November 23, 2008
1:08 AM Post #5821610
| Looks a little bit like Calothamnus villosus [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] but I'm not that familiar with the genus so it could be a different species. Or it could be another genus altogether for all I know! |
sulkyrob
Ballarat
(Australia)
November 23, 2008
1:14 AM Post #5821630
| Thanks - that's spot on! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
November 23, 2008
1:39 AM Post #5821673
| Isn't Calothamnus villosus supposed to have a more silvery color to it. I was thinking it might be Calothamnus chrysantheros, the Australian "Claw Flower". |
sulkyrob
Ballarat
(Australia)
November 23, 2008
2:52 AM Post #5821751
| So far haven't located a picture of Calothamnus chrysantheros. Do you have one so that I can do the comparison please? |
Stake
Barmera
(Australia)
November 23, 2008
4:47 AM Post #5821800
| G'Day
It could be Calothamnus quadrifidus that has the dark green foliage and has just finished flowering here and I would expect you to be a bit later than us. The most usual common name is "One Sided Bottlebrush". Some of the Calothamnus are so alike that it takes a Botanist to separate them.
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sulkyrob
Ballarat
(Australia)
November 23, 2008
6:23 AM Post #5821849
| Certainly the foliage shape and colour matches Calothamnus quadrifidus but the flowers on mine appear to work their way around stem joins as well as extending along one side of the stems. Could this just be a natural variation? |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
November 23, 2008
2:15 PM Post #5822847
| Calothamnus quadrifidus had specifically one sided flower spikes.
There are pictures of Calothamnus chrysantheros in A. Graf "Tropica".
There are about 25 species of Calothamnus native to Western Australia. |
Stake
Barmera
(Australia)
November 23, 2008
8:45 PM Post #5824071
| G'Day All
No argument on C. quadrifidus being one sided but the comment "around the stem joints" fits OK because where multiple limbs exist each limb has flowers on the outer surface. If the joint is taken as one entity then the plant has flowers all around the joint but not all around each limb. Sulky Bob's photo seems to indicate that is what was meant but if not then it can't be C. quadrifidis.
The photo is Mammilleria haniana (not mine). Isn't it a ripper should win some sort of prize I reckon.
Regards
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sulkyrob
Ballarat
(Australia)
November 24, 2008
2:51 AM Post #5825085
| I've had a closer look at the plant and while the majority of the flowers currently blooming surround the stem joints there are also numerous flower bud clusters on the stems - on one side only in every case. Happy to conclude it is C. quadrifidus on that basis.
Thanks for all the input.
The cactus is very different isn't it? |
