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BOTTOM LEFT: mammillaria magnimamma (I just call it "Magnimamma" for short)
LOWER RIGHT: Weeping Cabbage Palm. (An Australian rainforest native that is the southernmost growing fan palm. It grows naturally along the eastern coast from Qld to Victoria. Known as daranggara to Eora people. A very popular hardy landscaping plant. It is a solitary, tall palm with a slender grey trunk and a crown of large deep green shiny fanshaped fronds about 4m long. Massed cream flowers are followed by black fruits. Beautiful when young with upright fan fronds coming out from the ground, lovely when mature with the points of the fans drooping in a weeping habit. The Cabbage Tree Palm occurs in open forest, often in swampy sites and on margins of rainforests. )
MIDDLE: Prickly Wattle Tree (just like the name). Various explanations are given as to why the plant is called "Dead-finish". It is an extremely hardy plant and some people reckon that its name simply means that this plant can survive longest, and when droughts are so severe that even Acacia tetragonophylla dies, then everything else is "well and truly finished".
UPPER RIGHT: Owl Eye Cactus. (Mammillaria nejapensis - My Cactus Plants Common Names: Silver Arrows, Owl Eyes .)
UPPER LEFT: Mother of Hundreds Cactus. Once again, you gotta love the name. (Origin: Central Mexico (Hidalgo, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi). Growth Habits: Clumping globular cactus, stems are up to 4 inches in diameter (10 cm), up to 10 inches tall (25 cm)
LOWER RIGHT: Weeping Cabbage Palm. (An Australian rainforest native that is the southernmost growing fan palm. It grows naturally along the eastern coast from Qld to Victoria. Known as daranggara to Eora people. A very popular hardy landscaping plant. It is a solitary, tall palm with a slender grey trunk and a crown of large deep green shiny fanshaped fronds about 4m long. Massed cream flowers are followed by black fruits. Beautiful when young with upright fan fronds coming out from the ground, lovely when mature with the points of the fans drooping in a weeping habit. The Cabbage Tree Palm occurs in open forest, often in swampy sites and on margins of rainforests. )
MIDDLE: Prickly Wattle Tree (just like the name). Various explanations are given as to why the plant is called "Dead-finish". It is an extremely hardy plant and some people reckon that its name simply means that this plant can survive longest, and when droughts are so severe that even Acacia tetragonophylla dies, then everything else is "well and truly finished".
UPPER RIGHT: Owl Eye Cactus. (Mammillaria nejapensis - My Cactus Plants Common Names: Silver Arrows, Owl Eyes .)
UPPER LEFT: Mother of Hundreds Cactus. Once again, you gotta love the name. (Origin: Central Mexico (Hidalgo, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi). Growth Habits: Clumping globular cactus, stems are up to 4 inches in diameter (10 cm), up to 10 inches tall (25 cm)
Dec 08 2011