Observaciones de dalnzl

I've seen this speciment flowering off and on over the past few years along Campbell Road. But this year they were looking particularly splendid.

This is probably best example of about 10 specimens planted in the berms located along the stretch of Campbell Rd bounded by the RoyalOak roundabout and Mariri Rd (southern-side of Campbell Rd only, all planted by the council of the time I can only suppose)

Located just outside 75 CampbellRd, opposite 58 Campbell Rd.

Quick to flower and drop - they were only on show for about 2 weeks this year.

Cornwall Park has added a wee natives garden bed, including a few specimens of this grass around it's outside border.

Quite different seeing such speciments of this grass presented as "singles" like this.

Pruned off this rat-chewed fruit from the kiekie set near the Cornwall Park Info Centre for some dissection purposes. I've been trying to figure out what the seeds look like. Are they simply those 00's of little brown flecks inside. The specimen(s) at CWP all seem to be female so I'm supposing these are all sterile seeds (if that's what they are).
The specimen-set overall is more in flowering mode than fruit setting or development mode.

I've been waiting for this planting of this vine to reach the "top" of the EMA CarPark Building in Grafton for years. I think it made it to the bottom rail of the 5th floor last year (2019) and this year has managed to clear the top posts. Has been flowering profusely over the years too, makes quite the spectacle when you check out the flowers from the lower levels of the car park.

Definitely a Crimson Rata. This specimen sparked a bit of discussion and investigation trying to figure out if a Crimson or a Scarlett Rata. The deciding factor was whether it would flower in April or September - and it's definitely September.

See observation for discussion on this from back in March2020.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/39899088

Have been watching these fruit fill out since they were flowering back in Nov2019, and now the new flowers are out?! Odd, pretty, but odd. Fruit are NOT ready for (ahem) "research purposes" in case you are thinking about it....

Updated observation on this specimen - starting to zero in on it being a Scarlett Rata, first pic shows developing flower buds, and with flowering in April for the Scarlett Rata that seems to be on track. Will post an update in April.

I'm having trouble with id'ing this myrtle - anyone have any ideas? The oddest characteristic is the long flower stems with no apparent leaf formation - unless another characteristic is all the leaves fall off each flower-stem. Haven't seen it flower yet, but clearly flowers like a fury.

Checking in on this specimen @StephenThorpe first posted on in 2017.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9261868.
Budding up nicely at the moment, recent obs from SthAfrica have theirs flowering currently (20Jan) so quite likely these ones will "pop" open soon - in the next week or so my current guess.
The specimen isn't looking that flash, but currently surviving. Just over 2m tall, and nothing nasty obviously on it (eg no discernable trace of myrtle rust)
Located in the small (and rather quirky/interesting) garden behind the AKLUni Fale and AKLBizSchool.

i really don't know where to begin with this species. Looks vaguely like a large Pukanui (Meryta Sinclarii), but isn't. Being near a nursery I'm presuming it's been put there on purpose.

Vaguely fig-like in structure and REALLY tall - 10m off ground level perhaps.

Crazy looking fig, could only be planted here on purpose given it's positioning and size I reckon. Location is "public" if the gate is open.
I took a few of the fruits home (from off the ground), a bit squishy, a bit of research suggested they were edible - not YET they're not. Too hard, but recognisably fig-like inside.

I do not know WHAT this is. I await the embarassment of finding out everyone else does! Tasty tho', verging on apple like, but sour. Pips/seeds inside kind of apple like with a pentagonal star like structure. Yellow on the inside, fruit are abt 10mm diameter.