Re: Another mystery tree

Well, you've got me checking all my books.


>What about Brachychiton discolor?
>

The leaves seem to be the right shape, but the books say it flowers 
when leafless, and my tree is never leafless.  This might be because 
it is in my greenhouse, but the fig always loses its leaves for a 
couple of months in there, and so do all the grapes. It is humid in 
there, though, and trees that lose their leaves in the dry season 
might need some sort of trigger that my greenhouse doesn't provide.


>
>Any chance it is a dombeya?

All the dombeya leaves I have pictures for look soft and hairy.  This 
is shiny, and if you rub it, it gets even shinier.

Diane Whitehead   Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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