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An ash tree in the tropics to remind us of the tree of life
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An ash tree in the tropics – the evergreen tropical ash (Fraxinus griffithii)Â
Temperate botanists might raise an eyebrow at a tropical ash tree. The tropical botanist might not know what an ash tree is. Ash trees, the genus Fraxinus, are mostly temperate, but have both temperate and tropical members (see also my recent post). In the Wet Tropics, the Tropical Evergreen Ash (Fraxinus griffithii) is a commonly cultivated tree.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/fraxinus-griffithii/
9 months ago
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New speices of pitcher plant recently described!
cosmosmagazine.com/nature/plant...
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Giant carnivorous plant newly described to science
Inspired by photographs on social media, an expedition trekked into the remote Borneo and confirmed a new and amazing species of pitcher plant.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/plants/giant-carnivorous-plant-science/
9 months ago
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Meet a stately endemic – the Grey Satinash (Syzygium gustavioides) The Grey Satinash (Syzygium gustavioides) is a large endemic tree found in the Wet Tropics, recognizable by its brown-orangey bark and buttresses. Its unique rough-skinned fruits differ from typical satinash berries, while its…
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Meet a stately endemic – the Grey Satinash (Syzygium gustavioides)
The Grey Satinash (Syzygium gustavioides) is a large endemic tree found in the Wet Tropics, recognizable by its brown-orangey bark and buttresses. Its unique rough-skinned fruits differ from typical satinash berries, while its mature leaves are leathery and elliptic. It thrives in both lowland and upland forests.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/syzygium-gustavioides/
9 months ago
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Enjoying a treat of tropical raspberries – Rubus probus Temperate raspberries and blackberries are great treats, but I love also the tropical counterparts, if I can get to them before the birds. It is nice to know that the tropics produce "berry" like fruits that are more associated with temperate…
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Enjoying a treat of tropical raspberries – Rubus probus
Temperate raspberries and blackberries are great treats, but I love also the tropical counterparts, if I can get to them before the birds. It is nice to know that the tropics produce "berry" like fruits that are more associated with temperate regions. In the Wet Tropics of north Queensland there are four native species of the genus Rubus, R. moluccanus…
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/01/23/rubus-probus/
10 months ago
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Gold stamen rays of the Fibrous Satinash (Syzygium fibrosum) When I first arrived in Far North Queensland, one of the first native Syzygiums I encountered was the Fibrous Satinash. I had seen it at Cattana Wetlands, where I frequented in my free time. "Fibrous Satinash" really is a poor choice of…
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Gold stamen rays of the Fibrous Satinash (Syzygium fibrosum)
When I first arrived in Far North Queensland, one of the first native Syzygiums I encountered was the Fibrous Satinash. I had seen it at Cattana Wetlands, where I frequented in my free time. "Fibrous Satinash" really is a poor choice of a name for this beautiful native satinash (Syzygium fibrosum). The flowers are showy, and are borne in the leaf axils.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/syzygium-fibrosum/
10 months ago
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Marsh Parsley (Cyclospermum leptophyllum) in the Wet Tropics Probably few people would notice, but this little non-native annual herb must be one of the most common members of the carrot family in the Wet Tropics. Now that I am sensitized to its threadlike green leaves and and small umbels of…
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Marsh Parsley (Cyclospermum leptophyllum) in the Wet Tropics
Probably few people would notice, but this little non-native annual herb must be one of the most common members of the carrot family in the Wet Tropics. Now that I am sensitized to its threadlike green leaves and and small umbels of spherical flowers, I see it often in open field or near urban dwellings. Depending on whether it is growing in drier or wetter conditions, the plant can also vary in height and appearance (shorter in dry places, lengthier in moister places).
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/cyclospermum-leptophyllum-apiaceae/
10 months ago
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Leaves without feet – meeting the endemic Rex Satinash (Syzygium apodophyllum) Delving into the Syzygiums is one of my favourite learning activities as a botanist. There is a strange satisfaction learning about them one by one, and unravelling their individual quirks. The small tree, Syzygium…
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Leaves without feet – meeting the endemic Rex Satinash (Syzygium apodophyllum)
Delving into the Syzygiums is one of my favourite learning activities as a botanist. There is a strange satisfaction learning about them one by one, and unravelling their individual quirks. The small tree, Syzygium apodophyllum is another one of the many species of Syzygium in the Wet Tropics region, and an endemic of Queensland. At the moment, I have only gotten to know one specific individual at the Cairns Botanical gardens near the Gondwanan collection.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/syzygium-apodophyllum/
10 months ago
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Northern blood vine (Austrosteenisia stipularis) – climbing beauty of the Australian Wet Tropics Let me put it straight to you. Few families do vines like the great Fabaceae. If you think that vines are dainty or feeble little things, it's time to change your perspective. Come to the tropics to…
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Northern blood vine (Austrosteenisia stipularis) – climbing beauty of the Australian Wet Tropics
Let me put it straight to you. Few families do vines like the great Fabaceae. If you think that vines are dainty or feeble little things, it's time to change your perspective. Come to the tropics to experience the power and majesty of true vines. And vines from the great Fabaceae family are truly some of the most magnificent I have seen.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/austrosteenisia-stipularis-fabaceae/
10 months ago
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Grotesquely spectacular – the exuberant cauliflory of the bumpy satinash One of the most striking botanical phenomenon in the tropical rainforest is cauliflory, in other words the bearing of flowers or fruits on the main trunks of a tree. Cauliflory does not happen with every species of tree, but…
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Grotesquely spectacular – the exuberant cauliflory of the bumpy satinash
One of the most striking botanical phenomenon in the tropical rainforest is cauliflory, in other words the bearing of flowers or fruits on the main trunks of a tree. Cauliflory does not happen with every species of tree, but it is very conspicuous, and occurs in members from diverse families, including the soursop family (Annonaceae), the Hibiscus family (Malvaceae), the Mahogany family (Meliaceae) and the Lychee family (Sapindaceae), among various others.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/01/07/syzygium-cormiflorum/
10 months ago
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Botany both hot and cold. Join me on my 20+ year and ongoing journey looking for links between the tropical and temperate flora
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Discovering the links between the temperate and tropical flora
How are the tropical and temperate floras linked? I spent a good part of my time as a botanist thinking about this. I was born in the tropics, and weaned on a tropical flora. There in the tropics, there is so much variety - enough for lifetimes of study. I thought I would stay there forever, exploring the great southeast Asian tropical flora.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/discovering-the-links-between-the-temperate-and-tropical-flora/
10 months ago
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Endless Eucalytus globulus on the bus trip from Porto to Coimbra, Portugal
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10 months ago
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An orchid for farmers? – the picture perfect Dendrobium farmeri During the new year, let's treat ourselves to some eye candy. Join me in appreciating the picture perfect Dendrobium farmeri
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An orchid for farmers? – the picture perfect Dendrobium farmeri
During the new year, let's treat ourselves to some eye candy. Join me in appreciating the picture perfect Dendrobium farmeri
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/dendrobium-farmeri/
10 months ago
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🌼 The Native Gardenia: A Star of the Australian Savanna 🌞 Meet Larsenaikia ochreata, the member of the Rubiaceae family that thrives under the sweltering sun! Discover its beauty, fragrance, and charm in my latest post, complete with a haiku tribute
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The native gardenia (Larsenaikia ochreata) – a delight of the Australian tropical savanna
🌼 The Native Gardenia: A Star of the Australian Savanna 🌞 Meet Larsenaikia ochreata, the maverick of the Rubiaceae family that thrives under the sweltering sun! Discover its beauty, fragrance, and charm in my latest blog post, complete with a haiku tribute. 📖✨ 👉 Read the full post here #NativeGardenia #AustralianFlora #TropicalSavanna #Botany #NatureBlog
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2024/12/29/larsenaikia-ochreata-rubiaceae/
11 months ago
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🌸 Discover the dainty Beetle Orchid, a rare gem of Australia’s tropical rainforests! 🌿 Dive into the story on my blog! 📖✨
#Orchids
#NatureBlog
#PlantConservation
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Fieldwork Finds: the dainty Beetle Orchid (Peristeranthus hillii) in recovering rainforests
In 2019 while doing fieldwork with a group of directed research students in an old Acacia-dominated secondary forest within the Centre for Rainforest Studies property, we found a dainty little pendulous and epiphytic orchid in the understorey of the forest. I love the way the adventitious roots clasp the trunk of the host tree, and how the stem seems to stretch away from the host trunk as if to reach for more light.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2024/12/26/peristeranthus-hillii-orchidaceae/
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Centella asiatica: The humble healing herb of the Tropics As the warm sun bathes the lush tropical landscapes, many might overlook a humble herb that has been revered for centuries—Centella asiatica, commonly known as gotu kola. This resilient plant, with its small, rounded to kidney-shaped leaves…
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Centella asiatica: The humble healing herb of the Tropics
As the warm sun bathes the lush tropical landscapes, many might overlook a humble herb that has been revered for centuries—Centella asiatica, commonly known as gotu kola. This resilient plant, with its small, rounded to kidney-shaped leaves and delicate white flowers. I like it's Portuguese name, Pé-de-Cavalo (literally - foot of horse), which seems like an accurate description of the shape of it's leaves.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/centella-asiatica-apiaceae/
11 months ago
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Wings for stems that don’t fly – the Tinkling satinash (Syzygium alatoramulum), a Wet Tropics endemic Among the native Syzygiums, there are a number of them that have very strongly flanged (or winged) twigs, making them rather distinctive at first glance, and the Tinkling Satinash (Syzygium…
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Wings for stems that don’t fly – the Tinkling satinash (Syzygium alatoramulum), a Wet Tropics endemic
Among the native Syzygiums, there are a number of them that have very strongly flanged (or winged) twigs, making them rather distinctive at first glance, and the Tinkling Satinash (Syzygium alatoramulum) is one of those. Indeed, the specific epithet "alatoramulum" refers specifically to this (from Latin: alatus meaning "winged" and ramulus meaning "small branch"). The "wings" on the twigs are so conspicuous that they can easily be spotted even when looking up from underneath.
https://florafnq.wordpress.com/2024/12/21/syzygium-alatoramulum/
11 months ago
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phys.org/news/2024-12...
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Rainforest emissions linked with new particle formation at high altitudes
Why are there so many newly formed aerosol particles in the upper troposphere over tropical regions such as the Amazon? Tropical forests play an important role in global climate regulation. However, t...
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-rainforest-emissions-linked-particle-formation.html
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www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
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When They Hear Plants Cry, Moths Make a Decision
A new study suggests that the insects rely on the sounds made by distressed vegetation to guide important reproductive choices.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/science/moths-hearing-plant-sounds.html
11 months ago
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Hello everyone, finally found the strength to start posting on a microblogging site again I was previously on Twitter/X but I can no longer support that platform) Looking forward to posting regularly again.
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