Morab Gardens, Penzance

[Chad]

The Johns went to Morab this week.

They are now away from their log ins so have asked me to post some ID's.

I think I know a few of them, but will post the set.

I wasn't there, so I can't answer follow up questions.

ID 1








ID2







ID3




ID4





ID5





ID6






ID7


It is clear from the original file names, which I've changed, they have gotten quite close to most of them.

Any suggestions?

Chad.

[AndyC]

I'll take a stab at the first one as being Arbutus x Andrachnoides but not with a huge amount of confidence.

[Kite]

Maybe no.3 is Casuarina? I'm not sure which one, though.

[Paul S]

Maybe no.3 is Casuarina? I'm not sure which one, though.

That would be my guess, too.

Any reasons why 5 and 6 aren't Chamaerops humilis? From the pictures they certainly look like it. There is a weeping form that would conform with 5. Closer shots of the trunks would help.

[Fillan]

1. Aristotelia chilensis
4. Coprosma
7. Hebe elliptica

[Chad]

1. Aristotelia chilensis
4. Coprosma
7. Hebe elliptica

Ouch!

This isn't easy from pictures is it?

I had, as very tentative offers;

1. Hoheria sexstylosa.  I don't know Aristotelia chilensis, but that looks a very credible offer. I don't think the rufous stem behind is part of it [but I might have gotten that wrong too].

2.  Luma apiculata, but John would know that one.
 
3. I can't tell the difference between Casuarina and Allocasuarina , so I've got no hope in finding a species.

4.  I had Metrosideros kermadecensis, but couldn't find a suitably medial variegated one.

5 and 6 I am confident are palms.

7. I had Hebe elliptica too.  John tells me the quiddity is all wrong and it isn't that.

There is a message here.  If you want an ID please post an establishing shot, and several close ups so we can confidently tell how the leaves attach to the stem, and what the 'trunk' looks like. If there is a flower, it helps if we can at least count the number of petals and stamens and see the form of the style.

I'm not happy with any of my suggestions now!

Chad

[LostInJapan]

5 and 6 I am confident are palms.

Chad

I concur.
Perhaps 5 is a Livistonia. Sure would like to see the stem or some fruits.

[JohnJearrard]

Thanks for the suggestions and help. I guess the Chamaerops was a Chamaerops, it was just very strange. Hebe elliptica, again a strange plant but perhaps due to conditions. Aristotelia an interesting idea, I will have to look at it more closely when I get back there. Wish I had more detailed pictures but it was all done 'on the run' !
Still don't know about the Myrtle, the trunk was all wrong for Luma apiculata, powdery chocolate brown, the growth was in congested bunches. The Casuarina is a Casuarina but I don't think (actually, John doesn't think) it's equisetifolia .

And I didn't even post the (?) Widdringtonia (?).

Thanks to all for the help.

[MICHAEL]

The casuarina could be the dwarf she-oak, Allocasuarina humilis...they're very common around here.