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Tristania conferta aka Losphostemon conferta - Brisbane Box


Tristania conferta aka Losphostemon conferta - Brisbane Box

A close up of the flowers with hundreds of bees flying around them.



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I like all the names of this one :o)
Tristania conferta :o) :o)

17 May, 2009

 

Such delicate flowers... do they have a smell?

17 May, 2009

 

Aleyna:

Yes, they are fragrant. However, I wasn't going to chance putting my nose up to the flowers of the hundreds of bees flying around these trees.

Do these trees grown in Brazil?

18 May, 2009

 

Terratoonie:

I think the official name is now Losphostemon conferta...however, it has been sold for so many years here as Tristania conferta...it is still sold under this botanical name in CA.

18 May, 2009

 

Andy:
I found one placed in the Botanic Garden with the following information:
In 1982 the Australian genus Tristania was divided in three: Tristania, Lophostemon e Tristaniopsis, the original tristania was designated in honor to the french naturalist Jules de Tristan (1776-1861).
They seem to be an eucalyptus.

18 May, 2009

 

Aleyna:

Thanks for the information.

However, they are not a Eucapytus...although they are related to Eucalyptus, being in the Myrtaceae (Myrtle) family.

18 May, 2009



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