tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post8190079716610382322..comments2024-03-09T18:27:46.282+11:00Comments on The Nature of Robertson: Pink Beard-heath - Leucopogon ericoidesDenis Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-1149784577471055052008-07-24T00:29:00.000+10:002008-07-24T00:29:00.000+10:00Hi Jarrett.Welcome.Interesting point you raise abo...Hi Jarrett.<BR/>Welcome.<BR/>Interesting point you raise about the naming of Australian flora and fauna. Early settlers were massively homesick, and looked for signs of anything which seemed familiar.<BR/>Everything seemed alien<BR/>to them - a feeling you obviously appreciate, judging by your story about the Petrophile.<BR/>Magpies, Cuckoo-Shrikes, Shrike-thrush, Wrens, etc ... the list of creatures which vaguely resemble other creatures, but which are totally unrelated to those whose names they share - is almost endless.<BR/>As for the Leucopogon ericoides, the whole related group of plants are known as "heaths", in fact there is a class of habitat known as "heathlands". Not a "heather" in sight.<BR/>This species is in fact atypical of the genus because it opens its flower so wide. Most are small tubular flowers, which do in fact resemble Ericas. Perhaps it was named from a specimen in the bud stage.<BR/>Do visit again.<BR/>DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-3541368246433944832008-07-24T00:22:00.000+10:002008-07-24T00:22:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Denis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-63671996585406090482008-07-23T23:11:00.000+10:002008-07-23T23:11:00.000+10:00Hmm. Leucopogon ericoides? I wonder why someone ...Hmm. Leucopogon ericoides? I wonder why someone thought that this one especially resembled an Erica (old-world heather).<BR/><BR/>I had the same thought encountering Grevillea oleiodes, which has resemblence to an olive that I could discern. I wondered if early botanists, after three months on the boat, had largely forgotten what European plants looked like, in their despair to pretend that something here was familiar. <BR/><BR/>Wonderful photos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-85919053115796045802008-07-23T13:38:00.000+10:002008-07-23T13:38:00.000+10:00Hi ChaiWell might you ask if it is real! I have to...Hi Chai<BR/>Well might you ask if it is real! I have to admit to being pretty pleased with that photo. It did come out nicely.<BR/><<BR/>From the two other comments you will see people from Tasmania to Queensland love their Leucopogons.<BR/>Pretty and scented.<BR/>Just a shame they are sharp, twiggy little plants, with small flowers.<BR/>But when you look inside these tiny flowers, a whole other world opens up.<BR/><<BR/>I recommend getting a 10 power magnifying lens (a "Hand Lens") - and start investigating the small things around us all. You can get them from optometrists shops, and some "outdoors" shops. Expect to pay about $30, from memory. <BR/><<BR/>If stuck out in the bush, with something tiny but fascinating to look at, and a pair of binoculars, you can reverse the binoculars, by looking through the large lens, and holding the object very close to the eye piece. It is a bit rough, and hard to control, but it does work.<BR/><<BR/>There is a whole world awaiting you, Chai. And, of course, there is another world beyond that, in proper microscopes, but you probably know about that, from laboratory work.<BR/><<BR/>Regards<BR/>DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-34403506495378982592008-07-23T11:35:00.000+10:002008-07-23T11:35:00.000+10:00The flower in the last photo - is that even real!?...The flower in the last photo - is that even real!?Tsun-Thai Chaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841401328312859856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-85245881281468468072008-07-23T10:10:00.000+10:002008-07-23T10:10:00.000+10:00LOL - I was thinking yesterday that I'll have to p...LOL - I was thinking yesterday that I'll have to post a plant on the blog soon and the Leucopogon up the backyard/hill is about to flower so I thought that would be a good choice :-)<BR/><BR/>I love their flowers as to the naked eye ( mine at least) they seem so insignificant and yet close up they are really spectacular.Mosurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786494432479216149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-61348076342760050602008-07-23T04:29:00.000+10:002008-07-23T04:29:00.000+10:00Lovely photos of the flower. I like the descripti...Lovely photos of the flower. I like the description and photo of the area. There is a similar flower just coming into bloom up here right now - Leucopogon pimeleoides - and it has a beautiful perfume too.mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.com