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Plant i.d., in photo 6 years 7 months ago #1344

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Hi Guys,
In 'The Gallery, under 'All Photos', Tim Van Leeuwin has posted three images of Honeyeaters sitting and feeding on a long green plant that also appears to be the flowering section of the plant, can someone please identify that plant species for me?
I haven't posted any of the pics or links to the pics because the images don't belong to me and I'm not sure if we are allowed to fiddle with other's images?
Thanks for taking the time Fellas,
Bruce

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Plant i.d., in photo 6 years 7 months ago #1345

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The plant is a grass tree or Xanthorrhoea sp. It might even be possible to work out the species based on location as sometimes only one species occurs in a particular area - but I'm not that expert. There's no problem posting a link to the photos - feel free to do so next time.
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Thanks for your reply and info Glenn,
I'm now wondering as to whether these are available commercially for a native garden or are they only bush species?
I will have to have a closer look into them, from memory, I think that I've seen them in differing colors?
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Bruce

Woah,
I didn't know they were Black Boys and sold at up to $750 each?
Yeah, I know them now, seen lots of them down in the Grampians. . .
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Plant i.d., in photo 6 years 7 months ago #1347

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Yes, they are expensive because to get a decent-sized plant that may flower, they have to be very old: many decades. I think all the big ones on sale for megabucks are wild harvested under licence. It's possible to buy small plants but you'll wait a lifetime for them to do anything spectacular like flower. All have white flowers as far as I know.
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Yeah, that taking 100years to grow to a decent height idea, kinda takes away the fun bit about setting a couple up in the backyard for photographic reasons. . . :oops:
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