04.24.11: Painting at the Phoenix

Canberra to Australia Capital Territory, Australia

Travels Down Under:
Flea Markets and Botanical Gardens

Sunday, April 24, 2011

* Canberra to Australia Capital Territory, Australia *

Sir Thomas awoke early and headed down for a bite at the Bytes Cafe having a deliciously sweet blackberry and banana pancakes in the Canberra YHA. A brief Skype with his friend Lady Victoria back in the Etats-Unis, shortly thereafter Sir Bluey was waving and honking down below with a chariot awaiting Sir Thomas. Sir Thomas and Sir Bluey then headed over to the Phoenix Flea Market in downtown Canberra. Unfortunately, there were no other vendors for the market and hunches were being thrown around it was because of the bus strike and/or Easter Sunday. Nevertheless, Sir Bluey and Sir Thomas Leaf set up a face-painting table and waited for patrons. The bartender and Sir Bluey got painted up. Lady Mikki joined us soon after, they all grabbed some Indian cuisine to go, and hung out in the Phoenix hoping some others would arrive. Very few. Lady Mikki bestowed the knights with chocolate bunnies that they were very thankful for. After Lady Mikki left, Sir Bluey drove Sir Thomas Leaf to the Australian National Botanical Gardens. Sir Thomas of course was in bliss as he is an avid botanist and photographed every plant he could. Brief encounters with kangaroos and numerous species of various Eucalyptus he made quite a few additions to his compendium he’s creating. That evening, Sir Bluey made the duo some leftover kangaroo as a culinary feast. A good night’s rest was had by all.

Body painting at the Phoenix

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Phoenix
Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia

Bytes Cafe
* Canberra YHA * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia *

Facepainting at the Phoenix
Phoenix
Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia

Has Turkish Kitchen
* Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia *

The Season of Fall

Fall Foliage in Canberra, Australia – April 2011

Australian National Botanical Gardens*
Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia *

Eucalyptus Amplifolia
“Cabbage Gum” * family: Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus dawsonii
“slaty box” * family : Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus blakelyi
“Blakelyi’s Red Gum” * family : Myrtaceae

Zieria baeuerlenii
RUTACEAE

Pimelea spicata

Kunzea rupestris
Myrtaceae

Prostanthera stricta

Acacia viscidula

Rulingia hermannifolia

Acacia pycnantha
Australian Golden Wattle * Family: Mimosaceae

Allocasuarina portuensis

A She-oak * family: Casuarinaceae

The Friendes Cascades

Jasminum simplicifolium
subsp. suavissimum * Forest Jasmine * family: Oleaceae

Eria javanica
* The Javanese eria * widely distributed from India west to China and south through southeast Asia.

Duraboculum imthurmil

Liparia viridifloria

* The green-flowered liparia *

Eustrephus latifolius

* Wombat berry * family: Geitonosplesiaceae *

Sarcochilus falcatus
Family: Orchidaceae

Platycerium bifurcatum
Family: Polypodiaceae

Hakea pulvinifera

sign: “Discovered in 1950, this highly endangered species is found only in a single population near Gunnedah, NSW, Research indicates that this species is sterile, the only natural means of reproduction being the occasional suckering from the root system. It is suspected that the entire population of Hakea pulvinifera is a single plant, since the ability for reproduction sexually has been lost. The nursery holds a propogating stock of these plants, some of them held for over 20 years. These have produced the first observed fruiting for these species. This was achieved by hand pollination as the plant is unable to produce fruit naturally. The threat of extinction still overshadows this species. Its tenuous position close to a major reservoir continues to be its major threat to existence. The Australian National Botanical Gardens have after several years of research into propogation techniques by nursery staff managed to propogate plants in sufficient numbers to enable the first reintroduction of Hakea pulvinifera into its endemic region.”

Macrozamia johnsonii
family: Zamiaceae

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Banksia spinulosa
“Birthday candles” * Family: Proteaceae

Philotheca myoporoides
* subsp. acuta * Wax flowers * family: Rutaceae *

Phebalium daviesii
family: Rutaceae

Darwinia wittwerorum
* family: Myrtaceae *

Zieria obcordata
* family: Rutaceae *

Grevillea johnsonii
family: Proteaceae

Astroloma foliosum
family: Epacridacea

Eucalyptus morrisbyi
* “Morrisby’s Gum” *

Sir Joseph Banks

(1743- )

Canospermum huegelii

* Family: Proteaceae *

Banksia serrata
* Old Man Bank’s * family: Proteaceae *

Adenanthos
spp.

Eremophilia ternifolia

Family: Myoporacea

Swainsona formosa
Family: Fabaceae * Common name: Sturt’s Desert Pea *

Acacia cognata

“Green Mist” * family: Mimosaceae *

Rulingia magiflora

Dicksonia antarctica

“Soft Tree Fern” * Family: Dicksoniaceae *

Brachyscome segmentosa
Family: Asteraceae

Casuarina glauca
(prostate form) * family: Casuarinaceae *

Acacia sp.
Family: Mimosaceae

Leptospermum Bywong Merinda

Eucalyptus Summer Beauty
family: Myrtaceae

Leptospermum Aphrodite

Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius
* Silver Jubilee * family: Asteraceae *

Banksia spinulosa
* Hairpin Banksia * family: Proteaceae *

Blechnum penna-marina
Family: Blechnaceae

Derwentia decorosa

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Eucalyptus baeuerlenii

* Baeuerlen’s Gum * family: Myrtaceae *

Banksia spinulosa
* Hairpin Banksia * family: Proteaceae *

Rainforests

Zieria arborescens
* family: Rutaceae

Rainforest

Rhodamnea argentea
* White Myrtle * Family: Myrtaceae *

Dockrillia pugioniformis
* family: Orchidaceae *

Doryphora sassafras

* Yellow sassafras * family: Monimiaceae *

Tasmania insipida
Brush Pepperbush * Family: Winteraceae *

Vesselowskya rubifolia

Southern Marara * family: Cunoniaceae

Acmena smithii
* Lilly Pilly * family: Myrtacea *

Syzgium australe
Brush Cherry * family: Myrtacea *

Backhousia myrtifolia
* Ironwood * family: Myrtaceae *

Ehretia acuminata
* Koda * family: Boraginaceae *

Pittosporum undulatum
* Sweet Pittosporum * family: Pittosporaceae *

Allocasuarina verticillata
* a she-oak * family: Casuarinaceae *

Eucalyptus dwyeri

Acacia pendula

Eucalyptus leptophylla
* Family: Myrtaceae *

Dianella revoluta

Bossiaea walkeri
* cactus Bossiaea * family: Fabaceae *

Eucalyptus socialis

Red Mallec * family: Myrtaceae *

Grevillea rosmarinifolia

Eucalyptus viridis
* green mallee * Family: Myrtaceae *

Acacia havilandii

* needle wattle * family: Mimosaceae *

Eucalyptus flindersii
South Australian grey mallee

Eucalyptus gillii
* curly mallee * family: Myrtaceae *

Mallee Shrublands

Park Sign: “Mallee Shrublands are dominated by eucalypts with many stems. They occur over much of dry southern Australia.
Mallee Shrublands are generally found on sandy soils where the summers are hot and dry and the winters are short and cool with variable rainfall. Fires sweeping through mallee areas often kill off everything above the ground. Mallee eucalypts have large woody rootstocks (lignotubers) from which new stems grow after fire or other damage. Plants growing under the mallee eucalypts may include prickly porcupine grass (Triodia), dense heath, wattles (Acacia), broombushes (Melaleuca) and saltbushes (Atriplex, Maireana, and Rhagodia). “

Cassia nemophila zygophylla
* Desert Cassia * family: Caesalpiniaceae *

Calocephalus lacteus
* Milky Beauty Heads * family: Asteraceae *

Allocasuarina sclenociara

Anigozanthos rufus
* King’s Park Federation Flame * family: Haemodoraceae *

Epacris impressa

Swainsona formosa

* Sturt’s Desert Pea * family: Fabaceae *

Correa “Canberra Bells” “Canberra Bells”

unk. emperorifoila

* Scrambling Guinea Flower * family: Eilleniaceae *

Isopog__ sp.
* Little Drumstick * Family: Proteaceae *

Prostanthera phylicifolia

Unknown

Zieria prostrata

* Family: Rutaceae *

Cordyline obtecta
* family: Agavaceae *

Pelargonium rodneyanum

* family: Geraniaceaea *

Dendrobium x delicatum

* family: Orchidaceae *

Livistona australis
* Cabbage Palm * family: Arecaceae *

Eucalyptus bridgesiana
* Apple Box * family: Myrtaceae *

Xanthorrhoea glauca
* subs. angustifolia * a grass tree * family: Xanthorrhoeaceae *

Rainforest

Eucalyptus mannifera

* Brittle Gum * family: Myrtaceae *

Tasmanian Rainforest

(sp?)arotaxis laxifolia

Acacia melanoxylon

* Blackwood * family: Mimosaceae *

Rainforest

Phyllocladus asplenifolius

Dicksonia antarctica

* soft tree fern * family: Cyatheaceae *

Muehlenbecca gunnii
* family: Polygonacea *

Acacia melanoxylon
* blackwood * family: Mimosaeceae *

Notelaea ligustrina
* family: Oleaceae *

Melaleuca ericifolia
* erica leafed tea tree * family: Myrtaceae *

Blechnum cartilagineum
* *

Eucalyptus melliodora
* Yellow Box * Family: Myrtaceae *

Ellis Rowan Garden

The plants displayed in this garden bed were selected by Gardens’ horticulturalists to suit cool climate home gardens. They were all purchased from local commercial suppliers. The shrubs are planted in groups to accentuate flower and foliage effects. Most plants grow to less than one metre tall, but taller shrubs and dwarf eucalypts are used to provide some height variation. The garden bed includes areas of built up soil to provide good drainage and an interesting change to the surface level. A simulated dry creek bed acts as a natural drainage, creating ideal locations for those plants that occasionally require extra moisture. A sandy gravel mix has been used as mulch. It does not break down like organic mulch and allows good moisture penetration. The light colour to highlight foliage – an effective technique to emphasize small plants in dark or shady places. A planting list is available from the visitor center or the gardens website at http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/. This bed was constructed by the Garden’s staff in 2003 with financial support from the Friends of the Garden.

Callistemon “Little John”
* “Little John” * family: Myrtaceae *

Anigozanthos
spp.
* “Rampaging Roy Slaven” * family: Haemodoraceae *

Banksia Portland Dwarf
* “Portland Dwarf” * family: Proteaceae *

Australian National Botanical Gardens: Botanical Resource Center

sign at the gardens: “Botanica Resource Center: Plant identification at your fingertips
The Botanical resource center is a learning place for visitors to discover, identify, and explore flor of the A.C.T. and southeastern N.S.W. This self help collection is available for use by students, plant surveyors, and people who want to learn more about plants. To explore this library of pressed plant specimens and computer plant identification resources contact the Australian National Botanical Gardens Visitor Centre.”