Flower Shows

They taste terrible raw.
I roast them on My BBQ.
They taste much like Chest Nuts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut

Talking of 'Lawn Cemetery's'
This is the one in Copenhagen where 15 generations of My Family rest.
I rather like the simplicity of a big lawn area.
Here in Ozz, Cemetery's are a total mess.
Untidy and unkept.

I'm impressed that you know where 15 generations of your family are buried. Goodness knows where my lot are!

I have not visited any Canadian cemeteries, but from what I have seen from driving by them, they seem tidy and well-kept. Even the little rural graveyards that formed around now-vanished churches are looked-after by some organization.

I planted 12 of the Bunya Nuts at first.
After 2 weeks I dug one up to see if they were growing.
When cut in half for science sake I found this growing progress.
I wonder if anyone has ever sacrificed a Nut to discover this ?

This was after cutting each half in half.
The actual Plant is a silver Colour.

Very interesting! I guess the plant does not need to produce any chlorophyll until the shoot has emerged into daylight, and so conserves energy by growing without coloration while below ground. How many weeks did it take for the other Bunya nut sprouts to reach the surface?

About one more month.

This is one of the Bunya Pines I have grown from seed.
It is now 8' tall after 4 years.
It was planted straight into the ground.
The ones in pots are still only 3' high.
They always grow much faster straight in the ground.

Two feet every year is a fantastic growth rate! Did you just plant one seedling in the ground, or do you have a grove of them?

Unfortunately I only planted this one.
My passion is Poincianas and they take pride of place.
I just love the Red Flowers and the Canopy they create.
The Hoop Pine by My Front Gate drives me cracy with all the Pine Needles.
Give Me Poincianas any time. ^_^

Do Poincianas bloom year-round, or do they have a specific season for flowering?

Here in Brisvegas they Flower for 6 weeks in December-January.
As you travel further south they Flower later and later.
I will try to dig up a Picture from last years Flowering.

I am totally disappoint looking for a Good Poinciana Picture.
This is the best I can do.
I will need to wait 8 months before I can take a whole lot of Pictures with this Tree in Flower.

I will try to remember to remind you in 8 months time, but you may need to remind me to remind you to take the pictures.

You said you like Trees with gnarly trunks.

Here is one you have probably never encountered before ?

Ooh, that one is smooth! Smooth-barked trees - such as beech - look like skin over muscle to me. I don't think this is beech, though. It might be something with aerial roots that have joined together, such as a climbing fig?

Climbing fig is very close.
This is closer to the ground but same Tree.

Back of Tree.

Is it a Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla)?

No it's not a Moreton Bay Fig.

They notoriously kill other Trees.
And that's why they are hollow up the middle.
That's where the host Tree used to be.
The first Picture shows that really well.

This is a wider angle but not as much detail.
Every other Tree in this Picture is Camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora)

I see this is only the second Thread of yours to reach 100 Posts.
I feel honoured to have made Post #100 here.

This Ficus Tree is only ½ kilometer up the road from Me.

I still don't know what kind of fig it is! I give up.

Nice pic for your "avatar", Kell, but it's a shame the image isn't as sharp as it should be. I think several DG members have already complained to Admin about their avatar pics being fuzzy, but you might want to add your voice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangler_fig

Aaah! Strangler fig - I should have known that!

Do you know what type of trunk this is ?

Have all those zig-zag marks been caused by some kind of larvae eating the tree underneath its bark? I've seen those sort of marks on American Elm trees attacked by borer beetles (which carry Dutch Elm Disease). I'm not sure what the tree is in your pic, though.

You guessed it without knowing it.
It's a Zig Zag Gum. (Eucalypt)
I will try to find a link that describes why the Zig Zag marks are there.

I'm waiting patiently to find out about the zig-zag marks. Are you there, Kell?