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Tea Tree (Leptospermum sp.) Photographed along a cliffside trail near Fitzroy Falls in Morton National Park, near Kangaroo Valley in New South Wales, Australia.
I am posting 10 images in this upload which will be boring for some, but I like them. The reason I like these, is the artistic points I see in them. I like free flowing lines and shapes and I think these look nice, even though they represent destruction. The way the dead branches reach upwards in a crisscross disarray often set against the late afternoon cloud, appeals to me. This area is close to Finch Bay a few kilometres out of Cooktown.
It was in 2001/2002 in very poor rainfall seasons, that the whole extensive swamp area dried out allowing the salt water to rise towards the surface into the root zone of these splendid, large paperbark trees (swamp melaleucas) - "tea trees" to some. After that the whole area was taken over by many invasive weed species and rubbish trees. The Cook Shire is trying to repair the damage but gets no help from the State Government, but some from the Federal Govt environmental schemes.
Some more photos of the suspected Woolly Teatree (Leptospermum lanigerum), this time with a fully intact flower. They are sizeable! I am not great at Tea Tree I.D. so any corrections always welcome. [Kanangra-Boyd National Park, NSW]
I was astounded to see this. I went for a walk through a lot of the area but it is really extensive and I just saw a bit of it. All these dead trees like someone had killed them. I am doing this posting in three groups. This is the first.
I took lots of photos and recently I contacted the Cooktown Shire Council by email and phone and spoke to the man who handles the environment for the Shire. He explained that for the 2 years 2001 and 2002 there was very reduced rainfall and this whole wetlands area dried up with the water table rising allowing the salt water to rise and contact the roots of these magnificent paperbark trees. (melaluecas). These are the swamp tea trees that can be hundreds of years old and can be massive. As a result they died and that allowed the whole area to be infested by weeds (more on that later). I think this swamp must drain into the small creek that exits at Finch Bay
This is just one of the many views in this area. It makes it look stark and I was there in late afternoon but I can just imagine what full moon would look like.
Wild stands around the junction of the Jimboomba - Mandolin Road and Ann Street, Jimboomba.
These stands of M. irbyana occur only in a geographically limited patch of southeast Queensland; on heavy, cracking clays developed from Mesozoic, Cainozoic and Quaternary sediments with impeded drainage, in Beaudesert, Boonah, Esk, Ipswich, Laidley and Logan Local Government Areas. The species has paperbark type bark, and the weepiness of the branchlets varies from tree to tree.
On Tuesday 1st June 2021 I was lucky enough to see Ricky Gervais filming series 3 of his Netflix comedy-drama After Life on Hemel Hempstead’s old town High Street! They were filming in The Tea Tree Café for episode 3 of series 3. Both Ricky and his co-star Tony Way who plays Lenny were visible on location, along with Tom Andrews who was also in the scene.
After Life was created, written, produced and directed by Ricky Gervais, who also plays the lead character, Tony Johnson. As well as Ricky and Tony Way, the series also stars Tom Basden, Diane Morgan, Penelope Wilton, David Bradley and Ashley Jenson. It’s a very different series to Ricky’s previous work, dealing with the themes of death and suicide but it has helped people deal with their own grief and dark times which is why Ricky has written a third series for the first time. It is a dark series, but it’s also bloody funny! If you have access to Netflix I’d definitely recommend it
A mimic of a Lycid beetle, a species of Pseudolycus (Oedemeridae), on a flower of a Lemon-scented Tea-tree, Leptospermum polygalifolium. Prince Edward Park, Woronora NSW Australia, October 2011.
Pink flowered Tea-tree, a species of Leptospermum. Open fruit. Limeburners Creek National Park, NSW Australia, December 2013.
Unsure if this is a bee or a wasp (though I suspect a bee!). I took a few photos of it as I had never seen it before. Hopefully an expert sees this photo and kindly identifies it for me sometime :) [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.
Leptospermum amboinense Blume. Myrtaceae. CN: [Malay - Gelam bukit, Cucur atap (sharing name with Baeckea frutescens), Hujung atap], Tea-tree. Distribution - South East Asia i.e. the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Flores, Moluccas, southern Burma and New Guinea, New Zealand and New Zealand. Shrub or small tree up to ca. 8 m height. Outer bark rough, fibrous, longitudinally fissured. Leaves simple, narrowly elliptic, alternately arranged. Flowers white, often solitary. Fruit woody, dome-shape above, dehiscent. Habitat - montane forest. Refreshing tea is made from the leaves, used for fever and lassitude. Other uses in folkloric medicines.
Synonym(s):
Leptospermum flavescens Sm. var. angustifolium Rid.
Leptospermum flavescens Sm.
Leptospermum javanicum Blume
Note: Kew recognize Leptospermum amboinense Blume as a synonym of Leptospermum javanicum Blume.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-111349
pcieerd.theshadedlane.com/plants/leptospermum-amboinense-...
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935
Native flora seen at Cox Scrub Conservation Park, South Australia.
Photos taken with a 50mm lens as I didn't have a macro with me.
Any ID or corrections happily accepted.
A mimic of a Lycid beetle, a species of Pseudolycus (Oedemeridae), on a Lemon-scented Tea-tree, Leptospermum polygalifolium. Prince Edward Park, Woronora NSW Australia, October 2011.
Tea cultivation plantation garden Tee Pflanze Munnar Kerala India - (C) Fully copyrighted. No use of any image whatsoever without written royalty agreement. No answer = no permission at all. - (C) Verwendung generell nur nach schriftl. Honorarvereinbg. Keine Antwort = keine Freigabe.
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa:
in a Melaleuca lanceolata, Dryland Teatree,
Bool Lagoon,
South Eastern South Australia.
Tea cultivation plantation garden Tee Pflanze Munnar Kerala India - (C) Fully copyrighted. No use of any image whatsoever without written royalty agreement. No answer = no permission at all. - (C) Verwendung generell nur nach schriftl. Honorarvereinbg. Keine Antwort = keine Freigabe.
Tea cultivation plantation garden Tee Pflanze Munnar Kerala India - (C) Fully copyrighted. No use of any image whatsoever without written royalty agreement. No answer = no permission at all. - (C) Verwendung generell nur nach schriftl. Honorarvereinbg. Keine Antwort = keine Freigabe.
Pink Tea-tree Leptospermum squarrosum has thick leaves with a sharp point. Flowers are white to pink. Royal National Park, NSW Australia, May 2009.
Opium (Papaver somniferum) flowers and pods in a Tasmanian plantation.
Used for the production of morphine.
Plague Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus sp.) on the leaves of a Tea Tree. There were hundreds of them using these shrubs as mating grounds. [Upper Blue Mountains, NSW]
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A beautiful flowering Tea Tree. Best guess based on its proximity to water is Leptospermum polygalifolium. [Wentworth Falls, Upper Blue Mountains, NSW]
remarkable wind-pruned dwarf dryland tea-tree (Melalueca lanceolata), newland head, newland head conservation park, fleurieu peninsula, south australia
part of the fleurieu coast series, taken on behalf of the adelaide and mount lofty ranges natural resource management board, coastal management branch
Tea cultivation plantation garden Tee Pflanze Munnar Kerala India - (C) Fully copyrighted. No use of any image whatsoever without written royalty agreement. No answer = no permission at all. - (C) Verwendung generell nur nach schriftl. Honorarvereinbg. Keine Antwort = keine Freigabe.
Convolvulus angustissimus (blushing bindweed) flowering in remnant native grassland on the outskirts of Teatree, Tasmania
View across the sand dune regeneration area looking across the Pittwater towards Kuringai Chase. Barrenjoey, Palm Beach, NSW.
The dark areas are poisoned boneseed, the grey - dead branches of living teatree. The bright green is the bright new growth of acacia longifolia sophorae, and coastal banksias at the back.
Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, near shore of Westernport Bay. Flower colour varies from pure white to pale pink, darker in bud.
Best viewed @ large size
Myrtaceae - Australia: Queensland, New South Wales
Tea tree
Shown: Flowering branch displaying foliage, flower buds and fully opened flowers
"Leptospermum is a genus of about 80-86 species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent; but one species extends to New Zealand, another to Malaysia, and L. recurvum is endemic to Malaysia.
"They are shrubs or occasionally small trees, reaching 1-8 m tall, rarely up to 20 m, with dense branching. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, sharp-tipped, and small, in most species not over 1 cm long. The flowers are up to 3 cm diameter, with five white, pink or red petals." (Wikipedia)
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Photographed in San Francisco Botanical Garden - San Francisco, California