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California Poppy in Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
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After traveling over 7,000 miles from San Diego to Tasmania, I
discovered that the California Poppy is very popular in that area. In fact, much of the Tasmanian flora is similar or identical to that in Southern California. I guess the climate must be similar. Here is a keeper taken in the Botanical gardens. Bob Williams |
California Poppy in Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
"bobwilliams" wrote . After traveling over 7,000 miles from San Diego to Tasmania, I discovered that the California Poppy is very popular in that area. In fact, much of the Tasmanian flora is similar or identical to that in Southern California. I guess the climate must be similar. Here is a keeper taken in the Botanical gardens. Bob Williams You sure that's a Californian Poppy (Eschscholzia californica), doesn't look right to me, not in flower or leaf. Looks more like a Papaver species/variety possibly an Icelandic Poppy or Welsh Poppy. The latter I let seed itself around my garden, it grows where it likes and is easily weeded if it should come up somewhere you don't want but it seldom seems to preferring places other plants don't want to grow like right against walls etc. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
California Poppy in Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
In article bobwilliams
wrote: After traveling over 7,000 miles from San Diego to Tasmania, I discovered that the California Poppy is very popular in that area. In fact, much of the Tasmanian flora is similar or identical to that in Southern California. I guess the climate must be similar. Here is a keeper taken in the Botanical gardens. Bob Williams This isn't California Poppy Amost all of the parts - petals, fruits, anthers and leaves are different The botanical illustration here shows the differences especially the leaves and fruits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_poppy It looks more like Papaver nudicaule - Iceland Poppy |
California Poppy in Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Very nice indeed Bob, I love the crinkled paper look to these flowers.
Did you see any Tasmanian Devils? Cheers Wendy "bobwilliams" wrote in message ... After traveling over 7,000 miles from San Diego to Tasmania, I discovered that the California Poppy is very popular in that area. In fact, much of the Tasmanian flora is similar or identical to that in Southern California. I guess the climate must be similar. Here is a keeper taken in the Botanical gardens. Bob Williams |
California Poppy in Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Garrapata wrote:
In article bobwilliams wrote: After traveling over 7,000 miles from San Diego to Tasmania, I discovered that the California Poppy is very popular in that area. In fact, much of the Tasmanian flora is similar or identical to that in Southern California. I guess the climate must be similar. Here is a keeper taken in the Botanical gardens. Bob Williams This isn't California Poppy Amost all of the parts - petals, fruits, anthers and leaves are different The botanical illustration here shows the differences especially the leaves and fruits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_poppy It looks more like Papaver nudicaule - Iceland Poppy You and Bob Hobden are the ID experts. I just take the pics and try my best to get it right. This sign in the garden led me to believe it was a California Poppy, but maybe that is a local common name for the flower....A papaver. See Below:.... Bob Williams |
California Poppy in Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
"bobwilliams" wrote ... Garrapata wrote: In article bobwilliams wrote: After traveling over 7,000 miles from San Diego to Tasmania, I discovered that the California Poppy is very popular in that area. In fact, much of the Tasmanian flora is similar or identical to that in Southern California. I guess the climate must be similar. Here is a keeper taken in the Botanical gardens. Bob Williams This isn't California Poppy Amost all of the parts - petals, fruits, anthers and leaves are different The botanical illustration here shows the differences especially the leaves and fruits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_poppy It looks more like Papaver nudicaule - Iceland Poppy You and Bob Hobden are the ID experts. I just take the pics and try my best to get it right. This sign in the garden led me to believe it was a California Poppy, but maybe that is a local common name for the flower....A papaver. See Below:.... Bob Williams Interesting! The first photo is not like any Californian Poppy I've ever seen or grown, the leaves are usually a distinct grey/green colour and very finely divided. The leaves in the original photo look much more like an Icelandic Poppy although in the nameplate photo they are more like the species it says. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
California Poppy in Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Bob Hobden wrote:
"bobwilliams" wrote ... Garrapata wrote: In article bobwilliams wrote: After traveling over 7,000 miles from San Diego to Tasmania, I discovered that the California Poppy is very popular in that area. In fact, much of the Tasmanian flora is similar or identical to that in Southern California. I guess the climate must be similar. Here is a keeper taken in the Botanical gardens. Bob Williams This isn't California Poppy Amost all of the parts - petals, fruits, anthers and leaves are different The botanical illustration here shows the differences especially the leaves and fruits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_poppy It looks more like Papaver nudicaule - Iceland Poppy You and Bob Hobden are the ID experts. I just take the pics and try my best to get it right. This sign in the garden led me to believe it was a California Poppy, but maybe that is a local common name for the flower....A papaver. See Below:.... Bob Williams Interesting! The first photo is not like any Californian Poppy I've ever seen or grown, the leaves are usually a distinct grey/green colour and very finely divided. The leaves in the original photo look much more like an Icelandic Poppy although in the nameplate photo they are more like the species it says. There was a whole bunch of poppies in the little plot where the nameplate was placed. It is very possible that only those flowers immediately adjacent to the nameplate were in fact California Poppies and others in the plot were similar varieties but not the California variety. Bob |
California Poppy in Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
In article bobwilliams
wrote: I just take the pics and try my best to get it right. This sign in the garden led me to believe it was a California Poppy, but maybe that is a local common name for the flower....A papaver. See Below:.... This one is a hybrid Eschscholzia californica, the finely divided leaves are the easiest way to tell them apart, the long, narrow seed pods are another. The pinkish disk(torus) at the base of the pod makes it E. californica rather than another species -- 09=IX |
California Poppy in Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:32:23 -0800, bobwilliams wrote:
After traveling over 7,000 miles from San Diego to Tasmania, I discovered that the California Poppy is very popular in that area. In fact, much of the Tasmanian flora is similar or identical to that in Southern California. I guess the climate must be similar. Here is a keeper taken in the Botanical gardens. Bob Williams Those don't look like the California Poppies I'm used to seeing. -- Travis in Shoreline Washington |
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