I went to Sydney Botanic Gardens today and came across this flowering tree. The tree looks like a tropical plant to me. The leaves and the flowers look similar to a tree in the family of SAPOTACEAE. I might be wrong though. Can anyone help me identify this flowering tree please? Thank you very much. Kadai
Looks like a magnolia of this type. http://toptropicals.com/html/toptro...mPerPage=20&NumPerLine=4&listonly=0&first=300 Not exactly the same as any of these but perhaps a less familiar relation. Opening up the center of one of the flowers to see if it has the characteristic magnolia structure (a cone-like central portion with a ruff of stamens at or near the base) would help decide if it belongs with this group.
From their web site it looks like the garden has plenty of services, try contacting them for the name.
Thanks again Ron. I just looked up and they seem to charge for plant identification :( http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/plant_info/botanical_info/plant_identification
Am I??? I have no idea :P Anyway, they should be able to identify this plant as it grows in their garden. Will find out soon.. Thanks :)
Yes: They are not identifying plants for you when merely telling you what a tree in the botanical garden is. In fact, it should have had a sign or label telling you what it was when you first saw it in their collections.
Hmm strange they want to charge you, how un Australian, we are usually a friendly bunch. I am going to Sydney tomorrow and may go the the Botanical Gardens. If you can give a rough direction as to where it is I will look out for it and see if it has a sign or ask if you like, but I will only be there for one day. Let me know Ed
Thank you very much Ed. I think it's in Middle Garden(?) on the way to the Pyramid green house. There was one sign there that I thought it was the for this tree. I took a photo of the sign. When I came back home and googled, it turned out to be a palm tree (Carpentaria acuminata) next to the plant. :(
Sorry! Every person in the world is a member of the public . . . the public is everyone ;-) So, yes, sending them 6 plants every year for identification free of charge is open to you, as it is to everyone else in the world.
No problem Ed. My friend Tony from Flickr just told me that this tree is called Galbulimima baccata which is native in rainforests of eastern Queensland.
