Botany Nerds Ahoy
Supafreak wrote:Thought you might like this AW https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCo1dUMSy1I/?igsh=MTZpYzNmc25xZGRsNg==. It’s a better shot when you click over to instagram
Supafreak. Hi mate.
Thanks heaps, made my day.
Blue Throated Bee Eaters. ( Southern China,SE Asia, Phillipines and Great Sunda Islands.)
Here in Oz we have one species only. Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee Eater. AW
seeds wrote:Wow that’s beautiful.
Once babies are grown the missus will have no use for him and give him the flick.
Now. Where have I heard that before ? AW
Chauliognathus lugubris Green Soldier Beetle with a little guy from the Formicidae family trying to cart the big guy away for dinner with 200 mates. AW
AW, got your book mate.
Little mix-up between post office and swellnet office- no ones fault.
Thank you so much mate- very much appreciated.
freeride76 wrote:AW, got your book mate.
Little mix-up between post office and swellnet office- no ones fault.Thank you so much mate- very much appreciated.
Freeride76. Hi mate. All good.
I’m happy it’s in your possession, it’s a great little reference book. All the best. AW
The benefits of planting local native flora, you get local native invertebrates.
Australian Eucalyptus Longhorn Phoracantha semipunctata
Cool, nice photo. What are the white droplets on its back, Alfred?
blackers wrote:Cool, nice photo. What are the white droplets on its back, Alfred?
Blackers. Hi mate. How’s things ?
Well observed. The white droplets are from an Acacia implexa Lightwood Wattle which is a Summer flowering species, indigenous out this way. Produces massive amounts of flowers for a couple of months and then produces copious amounts of seed which the ants vacuum up and store in underground minute silos.
I’ve digressed, again. The liquid is dropping out of the tree tops especially on humid days and days after rain.
This species being a dry land one cannot handle too much liquid in its root plate area, so its sheds it in different ways, aerially is one , the other the most common one is foam coming out of the bark in several locations on the trunk and arboreal branches.
The Longhorn was jizzed on. AW
And we have the winner of today's internet...
"The Longhorn was jizzed on."
No context needed.
Cheers AW.
Hahahaha that’s funny
Jizz is the stuff of life!!
seeds wrote:Hahahaha that’s funny
Jizz is the stuff of life!!
Seeds. Hi mate.
Remember that movie ‘The Jizz Sanger’ !!!!. AW
Whahhaa The Jizz Sanger
No I fecken don’t.
Haha that is funny
seeds wrote:Whahhaa The Jizz Sanger
No I fecken don’t.
Haha that is funny
You’d remember, that actor, Diamond Neil , he was the lead performer. AW
blackers wrote:And we have the winner of today's internet...
"The Longhorn was jizzed on."
No context needed.
Cheers AW.
Blackers here is a photo of that jizz. Under the tree which is 23 years old, today there’s about 15 patches of it, roughly 80mm in diameter.
It’s very humid here today, 15mm overnight and it’s all stormy again today, heat, thunder and rain. More expulsion of water from the root zone.
A lot of noise, dog is shivering away in the dark of my bedroom. AW
Wowsa! It clearly likes to share.
Yes dark and very wet in patches here. Mother of all downpours and now sunshine and rainbows.
Both dogs at my feet under the desk. Settled now the rain has stopped but there is more to come. I can see my lawn growing in front of my eyes.
blackers wrote:I can see my lawn growing in front of my eyes.
quite seriously, in one day, my lawn has gone from yellowish to greenish,
since that storm came here last night.
basesix wrote:blackers wrote:I can see my lawn growing in front of my eyes.
quite seriously, in one day, my lawn has gone from yellowish to greenish,
since that storm came here last night.
Basesix. Hi Caddyshack, get off the ‘ grass’.
Your info tells me you’ve got a warm season grass species on your estate. AW
I've got a delightful mix of bindi, couch, buffalo, rye, dandelion and some other little species in all sorts of weird patches. The joys of having rabbits and guinea pigs when the kids were growing up. It's never uninteresting and part is always green.
blackers wrote:I've got a delightful mix of bindi, couch, buffalo, rye, dandelion and some other little species in all sorts of weird patches. The joys of having rabbits and guinea pigs when the kids were growing up. It's never uninteresting and part is always green.
Blackers . Hi mate. I’d say that’s a fair representation of most Aussie lawns.
You’ve got the monocot & dicot lawn. AW
no worries @AW, I'll try be more of a photo guy,
building sturf thread needs momentum.
b6jr asked me to send you this, and see what you make of it..
https://ibb.co/x1kvFdH
(and mate, anyone that does rammed earth stuff need never have to justify their mettle to anyone, ever. i've seen what it takes, kudos. actually, it's the only thing that Viccos do better than sth aussies, making huts out of mud and trees.. ; )
basesix wrote:(and mate, anyone that does rammed earth stuff need never have to justify their mettle to anyone, ever. i've seen what it takes, kudos. actually, it's the only thing that Viccos do better than sth aussies, making huts out of mud and trees.. ; )
Probably the most enduring physical work I’ve ever done, you become as strong as an ox.
basesix wrote:no worries @AW, I'll try be more of a photo guy,
building sturf thread needs momentum.
b6jr asked me to send you this, and see what you make of it..
https://ibb.co/x1kvFdH
Basesix junior burger. Has he got any foliage with that photo? I’m coming around to thinking I’ve seen it before, just trying to get the process going. AW
reckons he'll go and get some surrounds for you in the morning @AW, cheers,
again, i'll try to offer more up photo-wise, just not my wheel house, but would be fun : )
Is it any wonder that we are losing animal species via gross land clearing, this fucking jerk , who has form should be locked up.
Piss weak governments and governance.
One million dollar fine should be at least 20 million minimum, oh, that one million, that will be paid by kind generous donations by others of his ilk I’d imagine.
Totally and fucking disgusting. AW
AW yes totally agree, hard to believe fukwits like this prick still manage to get away with crimes against Nature as they do........his farm should be taken off him and make him convert all that land he destroyed back into what it was before as punishment.......
simba wrote:AW yes totally agree, hard to believe fukwits like this prick still manage to get away with crimes against Nature as they do........his farm should be taken off him and make him convert all that land he destroyed back into what it was before as punishment.......
Simba. Hi mate. So true. Compulsory reacquire the land.
He’s a jerk I’ve done some research on him, such an ironic name , surname is Greentree., I bet he hates it.
In particular, he has form that’s why I reckon the fine was just a piss in the ocean.
They are just egotistical these type of owners, he just sold another farm for $42 million, not as though he needs the money, that even magnifies how piss poor that fine was.
How much money does an individual or family need ?
I simply couldn’t live with the guilt knowing the wealthy farmers got all of it off the back of our heritage, the flora and fauna of Australia, which in essence belongs to us ALL.
We are only custodians of our land and there should be stringent laws about each generational period of tenure.
Good stuff pal. AW
Why such a large area ? What’s he flying in , fucking jumbo jets ? With these piss poor fines , it really doesn’t deter others from also doing as they please. Government must have known what he was doing , such a large area being cleared wouldn’t have gone unnoticed .
Yes @Supa
Airstrip, my arse. More farming land more like it.
Prick should be jailed given his history.
Or at the very least, have all his homesteads bulldozed.
I hope his chooks turn into emus.....
tubeshooter wrote:Prick should be jailed given his history.
Or at the very least, have all his homesteads bulldozed.
I hope his chooks turn into emus.....
Tubeshooter. Hi mate.
Totally agree, they should take a vast proportion of his holdings off him and definitely jail him.
I dunno what’s wrong in this country but in places like Europe and other countries around the planet, clearing natural landscapes is just off topic full stop.
Suppose we are just following the failures of the US model, clear everything and wonder why wind turbidity increases, desertification , more tornadoes, and then charge people a dollar and a half to visit a tree museum.
It’s just senseless. Why does the average punter know this is all wrong, yet our government watches it take place, there’s gotta be some kind of financial corruption going on in this case.
As Supafreak stated, the land cleared was the size of Sydney Airport, that’s no small piece of land with a few shrubs and a squawking Glossy Black-Cockatoo.
If I had millions I’d instigate legal action and make a big push to the media and get it front and centre in people’s faces.
Words cannot describe how shattered and disappointed I am. AW
Where’s the watermelon party when you need them.
If I had millions I’d instigate legal action and make a big push to the media and get it front and centre in people’s faces.
Words cannot describe how shattered and disappointed I am. AW
Hi AW, Im always checking in on Swellnet and sometimes a topic hits a nerve with me, like this one has, thank you for sharing this info!
So good that you guys are calling this out, this mindless stupidity, as the selfish pursuits and destruction created by a grown up man are allowed to be completed before being found out.
This is not a man of honor in the sense, this is a beast! He should be made to surrender the land as a minimum (He obviously cannot be trusted with it).
After having the land taken from him, he should be made to regenerate a pre-determined portion of it for the bulk of hours in each and every day, month, years, with his own hands. Rain, hail or shine (the savage mid-summer heat) until he well…
Also, he should be ordered to pay from his millions for a professional workforce to look after and regenerate the remaining portion with species specific planting.
I feel for people like the volunteers of Bangalow Koalas, they do wonderful work! The organisation have made much progress regenerating denuded farmland by planting trees for wildlife, especially for Koalas, but a whole ecosystem is also being established, This is amazing! I feel for them when stories like this emerge.
Unfortunately, it’s not only this story hitting the headlines. The destruction of what’s left of our natural spaces is going on in all States of Aust. And.. sorry to say it is legal, as it is approved by the Governments, I don’t get this! We need nature, Nature doesn’t need us but we sure need it!
Look what’s happened over the last 30 – 40 years in Indonesia
I googled the following:
‘In Kalimantan, Indonesia has lost 73 percent of its land area, totaling 3.74 million hectares. 2.29 million hectares of forest land were lost on the island of Kalimantan, with 1.85 million hectares being utilised for plantations.’
Old growth forests are the most concerning from Indonesia and Brazil and in other countries like the Eastern bloc, Russia, Romania.. Illegal and govt approved practice! Humans!
This doesn’t excuse Ronald Greentree!
Said my bit, but always spreading the word. I refuse to buy Indonesian timber or timber from Aust. state forests, I use recycled HWD for decorative features or plantation pine for structural and painted applications.
The majority of plantation trees are genetically modified, this is not good either because nothing can grow under them and the water runoff contaminates the waterways. Cancer linked cases from our drinking water! This is evident and proven for plantation runoff into water catchment zones in Tasmania. I assume also anywhere for that matter. Seems like our forbearers have put us into a spot.. Aggh!
Cheers
Reform wrote:If I had millions I’d instigate legal action and make a big push to the media and get it front and centre in people’s faces.
Words cannot describe how shattered and disappointed I am. AW
Hi AW, Im always checking in on Swellnet and sometimes a topic hits a nerve with me, like this one has, thank you for sharing this info!
So good that you guys are calling this out, this mindless stupidity, as the selfish pursuits and destruction created by a grown up man are allowed to be completed before being found out.
This is not a man of honor in the sense, this is a beast! He should be made to surrender the land as a minimum (He obviously cannot be trusted with it).
After having the land taken from him, he should be made to regenerate a pre-determined portion of it for the bulk of hours in each and every day, month, years, with his own hands. Rain, hail or shine (the savage mid-summer heat) until he well…
Also, he should be ordered to pay from his millions for a professional workforce to look after and regenerate the remaining portion with species specific planting.
I feel for people like the volunteers of Bangalow Koalas, they do wonderful work! The organisation have made much progress regenerating denuded farmland by planting trees for wildlife, especially for Koalas, but a whole ecosystem is also being established, This is amazing! I feel for them when stories like this emerge.
Unfortunately, it’s not only this story hitting the headlines. The destruction of what’s left of our natural spaces is going on in all States of Aust. And.. sorry to say it is legal, as it is approved by the Governments, I don’t get this! We need nature, Nature doesn’t need us but we sure need it!
Look what’s happened over the last 30 – 40 years in Indonesia
I googled the following:
‘In Kalimantan, Indonesia has lost 73 percent of its land area, totaling 3.74 million hectares. 2.29 million hectares of forest land were lost on the island of Kalimantan, with 1.85 million hectares being utilised for plantations.’
Old growth forests are the most concerning from Indonesia and Brazil and in other countries like the Eastern bloc, Russia, Romania.. Illegal and govt approved practice! Humans!
This doesn’t excuse Ronald Greentree!
Said my bit, but always spreading the word. I refuse to buy Indonesian timber or timber from Aust. state forests, I use recycled HWD for decorative features or plantation pine for structural and painted applications.
The majority of plantation trees are genetically modified, this is not good either because nothing can grow under them and the water runoff contaminates the waterways. Cancer linked cases from our drinking water! This is evident and proven for plantation runoff into water catchment zones in Tasmania. I assume also anywhere for that matter. Seems like our forbearers have put us into a spot.. Aggh!
Cheers
Reform. Hi.
Nice writing. I agree with all you stated.
We can do better than this as a nation, but I’m yet to see a template for future progressive management of what’s left of our biota. Legal gross clearing is rife.
What is wrong with us ? AW
seeds wrote:Beautiful
https://au.news.yahoo.com/incredibly-rare-cockatoo-galah-hybrid-01035688...
Seeds. Hi mate. What a beautiful hybrid. The colour is incredible. AW
Two exotic species (not native to Oz) , looking, well, exotic.. AW
A roadside stand near home of Agave americana Century Plant
How’s the 6m tall inflorescences, with flowers about to burst open.
What evolutionary pressures make a plant have such a tall inflorescence ?
AlfredWallace wrote:A roadside stand near home of Agave americana Century Plant
How’s the 6m tall inflorescences, with flowers about to burst open.
What evolutionary pressures make a plant have such a tall inflorescence ?
Just a guess.
Growing tall in expect a low vegetated arid area, might help the birds or even insects find them to pollinate or spread the seed/fruit.?
indo-dreaming wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:A roadside stand near home of Agave americana Century Plant
How’s the 6m tall inflorescences, with flowers about to burst open.
What evolutionary pressures make a plant have such a tall inflorescence ?
Just a guess.
Growing tall in expect a low vegetated arid area, might help the birds or even insects find them to pollinate or spread the seed/fruit.?
IndoDreaming. Hi. Hope ya well.
The most likely reason for height , in concert with spines ( which are modified leaf stems) is keeping the sugary offerings up high and out of the reach of ground dwelling animals.
The flowers generally attract desert dwelling insects, hummingbirds and bats.
We all know species of Yuccas planted by many in Oz.
They are also arid/desert dwellers in their native homelands. i.e The Joshua tree
( Yucca brevifolia), synonymous with Joshua Tree National Park, California
We’ve all seen the beautiful creamy/white almost translucent fragrant flowers on mature plants.
They can never be a natural pest in Oz because they are pollinated by a nocturnal moth that does not exist in this country, thus, doesn’t produce seed.
Any unwanted spread of Yucca in Oz is by way of mechanical spread, for example, humans dumping vegetative pieces. AW
AlfredWallace wrote:Two exotic species (not native to Oz) , looking, well, exotic.. AW
The two exotics are; Strawberry Clover ( Trifolium angustifolium) a pastoral legume .
A 7 spotted ladybird from Nth. America and Eurasia right across to the Western Pacific.AW
Ah that was a bit sneaky Alfred. I can only see 3 spots in the ladybird. Nice pic of the clover, going macro is a good thing.
blackers wrote:Ah that was a bit sneaky Alfred. I can only see 3 spots in the ladybird. Nice pic of the clover, going macro is a good thing.
Blackers . Hi mate. A 7 spotted has three dots up each side of the body and one at the top of the abdomen. Bit hard to see, but I know the pattern.
Out of interest, here in Oz we have around 500 species of ladybirds.
Globally 6000.
There are predatory ladybirds they prey on other ladybirds, but the real asset in biological control in glasshouses are the ladybirds that prey on aphids. AW
Edit. That clover is a pest in pastoral areas, farmers don’t use it anymore, like all weeds out here, they were from farm crops that jumped the fence.
Seems a keen interest for some, so why not.