Hi, I have another unusual little plant if anyone fancies a guess at what it (well they) are... I'm hoping the geographic origin will be a very good clue. Basically, I bought a 'Tasmanian Tree Fern' (Dicksonia antarctica) and within a few weeks some seedlings started growing out the side of the trunk. Suspecting them to be acacias from the leaves I managed to remove them and pot them up (they seem to be doing ok, despite difficulty removing them). The pinnate leaves seem to resemble an acacia sp of some sort, the tree fern has a label to say it was harvested in accordance to sustainability (Tasmania/Victoria?) Close up the initial leaves were very dark green, the newer ones a lighter green. The stems of the leaves appear to produce tiny clear globules (nectaries?) Can anyone suggest a possible species? Anything known to grow in the same areas as the Dicksonias?
Acacia does grow in the same habitat as Dicksonia (read the physical site description for this field study site in Tasmania), but identifying it at this early stage is quite unlikely (note that in the field study, they use Acacia sp.!)
Many thanks for that, really good link. If you click on a link on the bottom left 'common species at this site' it identifies the Acacia sp. It states three altogether, the only one with pinnate leaves being Acacia dealbata. That'd be good as I believ they're hardy outdoors in the UK, I could try planting one or two out (I've always wanted one - bonus to get 4 free seedlings in the trunk of a Dicksonia!)
