Yep Mark, Only a few this time. Re photo 2 "B spherocarpa var dolichostyla": Are the flowers as 'open' or 'sparse' looking as they appear? Are the leaves as...
... Just added a close up photo of a flower see what you think ... Very thin but rather stiff ... Aprox 1 mtr 3 yrs old ... aprox 1.8 mtrs ... Not sure, this...
Hello fellow banksia enthusiasts, My name is Rachel and I have chosen to study banksias for a uni assignment because I have always found them to be quite...
Hi Rachel, I'm sure as a group we can help you. To first identify the plant, either attach a photo to your email message or you can go into the photos section...
Hi Phil, I have now added some photos in the photo section called Rachel's Banksia. Hopefully they are decent enough for identification (I'm not taking...
Rachel - I will intersperse answers below. The two speices in the Blue Mtns are Banksia spinulosa and Banksia cunninghamii. collina is now a subspeces of...
Hi Cas, Wow, thanks for all that. I have added a photo of the leaves, they are green leaves which are narrow, stiff and straight, toothed on the upper half;...
Here is one page with some info on inflorescence structure. I do recall a better one... http://www.anbg.gov.au/banksia/index.html this should help a bit. the...
Rachel (and others), I stuck a table outlining the differences within the broad Banksia spinulosa complex in a document - 'banksia hairpin ID' in the files...
Hi Rachel, I can't add much to the answers from Cas. It looks to me like B. cunninghamii, but the easy way to tell is to see if the plant has a lignotuber,...
Thanks all for sharing your knowledge on this magnificent native. I have definitely learnt alot about this species which is very prominent in the mountains...
have you been on the lyrebird dell walk yet? :) cheers Cas ... From: banksias@yahoogroups.com [mailto:banksias@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of princess19578 Sent:...
No but I plan to this week while by son is at preschool. I did however take a trip down to Minnehaha Falls to do a community study and saw a lot of Banksia...
Hey Gang I am a bit of a lurker from SW Newcastle, and this talk of what Rachel has seen about Katoomba just leaves me wanting to share details of a recent...
Welcome Mark, must get up to some of those places. Have you been to Catherine Hill Bay which is where the cultivar of spinulosa collina 'Stumpy Gold' arose....
I just thought, any dwarfed integs at mark point? cas ... From: banksias@yahoogroups.com [mailto:banksias@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Mark Simpson Sent:...
G'day Mark, You tell em! Although I now reside in North Queensland, I was rasied quite near you in Cooranbong, and No-I am not a Seventh Day Adventist even...
A New Book on Banksias and a Request for information Good news on the Banksia book front as Alex George and Kevin Collins (see below) are collaborating on...
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060511/21/yxaw.html Friday May 12, 09:29 AM Land purchase to aid banskia conservation An area of land on the south coast of Western ...
Good news :) ... From: Dan K To: banksias@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 9:58 AM Subject: [banksias] Land purchase to aid banskia conservation ...
Hello, I have approved a few people lately - is anyone a botany student in Sydney, Melbourne or Perth as I have an idea for a molecualr study which may be good...
Hello Cas I am not a botany student but can make comment on your question. Normally, students don't initiate projects; their supervisors do. I suggest that you...
I know someone who just finished a botany degree. What do you exactly mean? ... From: Cas and LISA Liber (& family) To: Banksia Discussion Group Sent:...
Hi Ian, Cas, and others, While I agree Supervisors do initiate most projects (as they have the funding) they nevertheless are quite willing to take on students...
Hi All I have a problem with Possums eating one of Mark Ross's grafted Banksia Brownii which I put into the ground a few weeks ago. The possums are pretty...
Hi Iain, maybe a dumb suggestion (but then I'm not an Aussie, so I may be excused) couldn't you 'simply' build a cage around it for the time that your possums...
Hello Iain I am no expert on this subject, but from what I have heard none of these chemicals will ultimately deter a hungry possum. There are setups using ...
Iain, What an interesting problem. If you want possums out of your roof you put up a possum box nearby and close off access. How big is the banksia? Can you...
Or you have to find the money. However check out this link, first from a google search: http://www.bio.fsu.edu/faculty-mast.php an Austin Mast at Florida...
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