my first thought was thats no Bird of Paradise this is a Bird of Paradise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia
it is also an exotic from south Africa .. could pretty plants introduced for the prettification of household gardens not be the stupidest thing the list in Australia of feral introduced plants is incredible ... Strelitzia isn't to bad it is easily constrained .... but there are these other "pretty" plants like lantana, morning glory, Aspidistra that i wage a constant never ending losing battle with i loathe the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistra the most some time in the past in must have been over 20 years ago as we have live at the house for at least that long somebody planted it as a border between the house lawn and the rain forest .... it pops up colonies if I relax my guard it isn't even pretty .. it flowers underground ... and builds this web of roots and tubers that make an underground mat that stops any other plant from growing my experience of it is it just need some microscopic piece of root or tuber to return to its plan of world domination .. the matt of roots doesn't go very deep so planking borders and stones at least detained it while i got rid of it took days and rouge ones still pop up ..... it wouldn't surprise me to see it jump the fence at any time ... this is how the garden looked 09/2010 http://mxara.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/565/ the rain forest is pic P9060175 it belongs to the Queen ... wont get up there for another month probably a disaster area .. On Monday, August 29, 2011, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 28, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Francis Drouillard wrote: > >> Immaculate germination? >> > > Well, I yanked it out and tossed it in the garbage. If it's not there in three days.....I'll know the garbage men came 8-) > > The seed pods on these plant pop open with explosive force and can send the seeds quite a ways off (this is their dispersal method...the seeds are toxic to keep critters from eating them) I've seen them fly 10-15 feet, so it's remotely possible one popped open into a sufficient wind to carry it up over the roof...I do have one tall plant close to the east side of the house. > > but that would have to be a really freaky wind.. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > > "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
