Flowers 2010

[Greg Beetham]

What's that one Yildiz, a sortof wild pumpkin maybe? pretty colour cobination the violet blue and yellow. Nice crisp photo btw.
Greg

The Euodia tree is in bloom again, I just went and took a couple of photos, the noisy Lorikeets are there chasing one another off 'their' patch.
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[aster]

Thank you, Birma. : )

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Hi Greg, : )

It's Primrose or Primula vulgaris. It's no bigger than the palm of one's hand in size as a plant. I don't know if it has any connection to pumpkin plant in taxonomy.

Incredible bird variety you get everyday in your garden! : )) I'm absolutely in envy since we don't see such exotic ones so easily on our trees here; we have to go to a pet's shop or the bird section of the zoo to see such beauties.

Again an interesting endemic tree with enigmatic flowers. I like the Euodia tree...and thanks for bringing some colour to our pretty grey skies in the Northern hemisphere. : ))

Your job is well-defined; you are the colour-painter of the forum until we get some exciting ones like yours!

Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz

[Greg Beetham]

Thanks Yildiz, you're still talking to me, and I'm thankful for that. Ah Primula vulgaris of course that's what it is, I should have known, just joking ha ha, I took a wild guess before. Actually I'm not sure there is THAT much variety in birds around the garden, not the sedentary ones anyway like the peaceful doves, mynah birds, sparrows, figbird, peewees, friarbird, greater bowerbird, brown honeyeater and whitegaped honeyeater, oh and the pigeons of course, and that's about it. We used to have the Zebra finch and the Nutmeg finch in numbers but since the Norfolk pine died I haven't see much of them.
The occasional ones (depending on what's in bloom and what season etc.) are the Rainbow Lorikeets, Scaly Breasted Lorikeet, Yellow Honeyeater, Blue Faced Honeyeater, White Throated Honeyeater, Yellow Bellied Sunbird, Mistletoe bird, Rainbow Bee Eater, the ever crazy Spangled Drongo (love that bird, there is one that comes every year and it's the same one because I sortof taught it to do half of a wolf whistle, it got used to me giving it cheek. When I hear one calling, and I give 'that' whistle it answers me back straight away, it stops doing it's normal call, it's the only Drongo in the country that whistles like that I think...on request ), Blackfaced Wood Swallow, about three species of Cuckoos, the occasional Owl, Kookaburra, Mopoke, Crows, Magpies, Forest Kingfisher, White Cockatoo, Eastern Rosella and numerous birds of prey come and go from time to time. I have see the very occasional Rainforest bird in the yard, like the Fantails and Wampoos, Orioles, Flycatchers and the like, but very rarely.
So you see Yildiz, the first list is the more normal ones, (not that many) and the latter list is some that come seasonally or if you get really lucky.
Greg

[aster]

Thanks Yildiz, you're still talking to me, and I'm thankful for that.

Still ? Now, you really are funny! : )) I have quite a lot in store to 'talk' yet, just warming up for the time being. Watch out!

Ah Primula vulgaris of course that's what it is, I should have known, ...." Greg

Well, mine was an easy input but I have a whole of a homework of bird species in your post! : )) I've already bookmarked several bird-related websites to get to know them better, which I'm happy to learn, by the way. Still, I think the variety is incredible when compared to the limited bird types we have here.

I read from books that, once Istanbul and its woods were full of all kinds of birds and deers, and that there would be major hunting parties all year round for different species. From the ancient times to the the Ottomans this was so and it's unbelievable that where I reside at the moment, ancient people hunted deers and falcons and lots more...now it's all concrete,.. well, almost, quite shamelessly!

Thanks for the wonderful info, : )

And I'm glad you are always talking to me no matter what! We appear to be good social, down-to-earth and peaceful world people here...and cheers to that! : )


Yours truly, always talking,

Yildiz

[Greg Beetham]

Thanks Yildiz, it would be nice to do what some do, just concentrate on photography and nothing else. The vine on the back fence likes all the rain, it'll probably start annoying the back neighbours soon, but at the moment it looks nice and cheerful.
Greg

ps. Yes it's shame that the wildlife has been reduced so much, not just where you are, it's ongoing at a rapid pace...still.

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[aster]

Hi Greg,

That's a beautiful vine with lovely yellow flowers! I doubt it can annoy anyone when so beautiful. : )

What is it called?


Yildiz

[Greg Beetham]

Hi Yildiz 'ol chum,
I called out to the chief botanist here, "oi wot's that yellow flower on the back fence called, Yildiz want's to know" She said, it's a mumble mumble, member of the 'sunee' plants/vines. So I did a quick search for 'sunee' and found Dwarf Allamanda, and that is apparently the one that this is, (so I have been informed/confirmed). http://www.growmeinstead.com.au/plant/d ... manda.aspx
Greg

[aster]

Hi Yildiz 'ol chum,
I called out to the chief botanist here, "oi wot's that yellow flower on the back fence called, Yildiz want's to know" She said, it's a mumble mumble, member of the 'sunee' plants/vines. So I did a quick search for 'sunee' and found Dwarf Allamanda, and that is apparently the one that this is, (so I have been informed/confirmed). http://www.growmeinstead.com.au/plant/d ... manda.aspx
Greg

Dwarf Allamanda...hmm, wonder what the giant one is like ? It appears pretty tall climber to me!

Thank you very much for the link and calling out to the chief botanist that keeps everything under a name tag for easy access for us! Much appreciated...

Doves moved out to their own 'apartments' yet, leaving their temporary 'condos' in your garden trees? : )


Yildiz

[Birma]

Sorry I'm late in replying Greg - those are certainly images to warm us up in the Northern winter. Great colours, and a lovely brightness. The Lorikeets are so dazzling they look like they have been coloured by genetic engineering . Fanatastic to have them in thew garden. I bet the doves move out as they feel dowdy in comparison .

If my neighbours had plants that strayed in to my garden that looked like your yellow climber I would be very happy.

Keep up the summer colours. I hope the storm clouds bring enough moisture to keep the blooms going.

[mvanrheenen]

Don't know the species or name of this flower, but it was the one thing I saw when I looked out of the bathroom windows when I was taking a leak in our studio on our holiday in Lagos, Portugal last October.

If somebody can identify it, I'd be grateful!

Made this one especially for my father as how he loves to shoot flower macro's!

[Dr. Harout]

That's a Hibiscus, Mark.

[mvanrheenen]

That's a Hibiscus, Mark.

Dr. Harout,

Thank you for identifying the flower. As I understand it, it's a common enough flower, but for someone with no floral knowledge whatsoever, it's hard to find!

Cheers!

[Birma]

A very attractive flower Mark and some welcome warmth and colour. A very nice view from any bathroom I would think .

[Greg Beetham]

I forgot about the flower thread while I was over in the weather one, thanks Birma, yes the Lorikeets are pretty birds but they are quite noisy when they are feeding and move around the tree quite a lot chasing interlopers, screeching and quarreling, it looks like sortof different families kind of thing, group (a) don't want group (b) in 'their' tree. I have absolutely no idea how they know one from the other, it's quite amazing really.
Yes I'm trying to fit a bit of photgraphy in here and there, I've just had to stop for a few days and make myself a router bench so I can make imperial sized tongue and groove planks for the soffit, most of the timber now is metric, so I have to get a metric blank plank and re-size accordingly so the result will match what is already up there, luckily I was able to find an imperial router bit.
Greg

ps. Yes the Doc was spot on Mark, it's a Hibiscus, a very pretty flower with quite a colour variety, and that's a nice specimen.

[aster]

That's a lovely Hibiscus blossom indeed, Mark.

Nothing like seeing something so tantalizing out the window when powdering one's nose, in my case that is.

Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz