Dunc
October 8, 2016, 12:20pm
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I for one am not great at identifying plants. I find it particularly difficult living in Australia having grown up in the UK.
The idea is to post a pic of a plant so that others can have a go at identifying it. The reasons i can think of posting are:
i) you want to know what a plant is
ii) you or your bees love a particular plant and want everyone to know
iii) you already know what it is but want to stump everyone else
iv) another reason that i’ve not thought of.
I’ll start it off…
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Dunc
October 8, 2016, 12:23pm
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The bees were loving this plant in a park in West Perth this week. What is it?
Anon
October 8, 2016, 12:45pm
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There’s an app that allows you to focus your camera phone on the plant and it will identify it for you…or at least try.
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Dunc
October 8, 2016, 1:15pm
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Where’s the fun in that! Only joking. I’ve found it and will give it a go.
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Looks a bit like Indian Hawthorn to me. Was it a shrub? This is the right time of the season for it to flower too.
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What is the name of the app?
Anon
October 8, 2016, 4:42pm
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The app is called “Garden”
Eva
October 8, 2016, 4:47pm
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I’m pretty clueless about Australian plants & trees but to me that looks like it’s in the rose family
Dunc
October 9, 2016, 7:53am
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From other photos on the web… Indian hawthorn is right. Full points to @Dawn_SD .
Apparently some varieties have edible berries that are good in jam making.
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Eva
October 9, 2016, 4:09pm
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Those nice berries would be rose hips
Indian Hawthorne belongs to the family Rosacea
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Eva
October 10, 2016, 11:05am
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Thanks for the likes…but c’mon, no points?!
Dunc
October 10, 2016, 2:15pm
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@Eva the early bee gets the nectar
Try this weed instead.
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Too easy @Dunc , An introduced species here called Pattersoms Curse. Echium plantagineum.
Eva
October 10, 2016, 9:54pm
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We call them lupines here
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Patersons Curse has a different leaf and looks like this…at least in South Australia…
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Eva
October 10, 2016, 10:25pm
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Lupine! Just ask this guy
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Dunc
October 10, 2016, 10:44pm
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Congratulations @Eva , you’ve got your points!
Who’s the highway man?
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Eva
October 11, 2016, 12:04am
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That’s Dennis Moore - old Monty Python skit.
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Eva
October 11, 2016, 12:16pm
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hope the link works. Lots to learn from our friends in the Flying Circus
Apologies in advance if you get the same ad I did (- but there’s a lovely irony there too, wonder if intentional on YouTube’s part…)
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