[Fwd: Corymbia ???]
- To: Medit-plants <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: [Fwd: Corymbia ???]
- From: J* &* B* E*
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 21:05:26 +0800
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Julius and Beverly Elischer
Perth, Western Australia
Ph. +61 8 9386 5244
Charles Dills wrote:
> I'm trying to document the flowering trees of San Luis Obispo as
> they bloom. I am putting pictures on my page of the tree, the flower and
> the leaf of each tree and placing them in a files by month.
> I've just had a pair of trees blooming that I thought were the
> same. When I took samples of the flower of each I find the capsules quite
> different. The leaves do not appear identical, only similar. The tree is
> what used to be called Eucalyptus ficifolia which I understand from this
> list has been transferred to Corymbia.
>
>
Charles, I have not noticed anyone more knowledgeable answering your query -
perhaps they did so direct - I would say both your trees are Corymbia
ficifolia, it is just that the tree is rather variable. Compare the fruits
("gumnuts") and the pattern of oil glands in the leaves (with a hand lens
against the light). Here, even experts have trouble sometimes deciding
whether something is C. ficifolia, C. calophylla or a hybrid between the two,
which are closely related but C. calphylla is usually white or pink, not red
Beverly.
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Julius and Beverly Elischer
Perth, Western Australia
Ph. +61 8 9386 5244
