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Post by Lou78W on Oct 2, 2011 14:10:10 GMT
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Oct 2, 2011 16:28:48 GMT
I never ceases to amaze me how large our pot plants grow when they are in the ground. Are they thorns on the Acacia
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Post by Lou78W on Oct 2, 2011 16:40:39 GMT
They are indeed WF,...vicious looking arn't they ...how giraffe's eat them is beyond me!!!
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Post by steve on Oct 2, 2011 16:53:27 GMT
Many of my kind of plants there
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Post by Cherry on Oct 2, 2011 19:19:40 GMT
It looks a very dry place.
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Post by Lou78W on Oct 2, 2011 20:26:43 GMT
Many of my kind of plants there I did think of you and SteveN when I took the pics
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Post by SueA on Oct 2, 2011 20:49:52 GMT
Are they thorns on the Acacia I was wondering that too, never seen those before! I thought the two Steves (&W.F.!) would be salivating over the plants there Lou! ;D
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Post by grindle on Oct 3, 2011 4:29:48 GMT
Lovely pictures Lou, I almost thought I was looking in WLF conservatory ;D ;D
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Post by peony on Oct 3, 2011 7:51:20 GMT
Lovely pics Lou, reminded me of my visit to Kew, but much better to see them in their true setting
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Post by Rosie on Oct 3, 2011 8:13:09 GMT
What a fantastic place it looks, love the Angels Trumpets and the cacti.
I have seen pictures of clouds over the rock like that before, fascinating stuff.
Ta for posting them Lou ;D
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Post by Lou78W on Oct 3, 2011 14:45:15 GMT
My pleasure Rosie ;D
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Post by Louise on Oct 3, 2011 17:27:00 GMT
Lovely photos Lou, didn't realise you'd been off on your jollies again. Those thorns are unbelievable, until WF said the word thorns i thought they were spears or tusks ;D It looks very arrid there, didn't realise it was so.
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Post by Lou78W on Oct 3, 2011 20:17:02 GMT
I very tentatively touched those thorns.....ouch!!!!.....seriously sharp ......The Garden was unbelievably dry..."arrid" is a good word for it!!!....I expected it to be quite lush......they have seep hoses but they do not appear to be very effective.......Rainfall is minimal.....if it does rain it is a "downpour" and runs off the land...They have to be pretty "self sufficient" and EVERYTHING is either flown in or "sailed in". They do have salination plants....but obviously this is costly......the loos are flushed with sea water and the hotel's pool was salt water. I was amazed with the hibiscus trees.....a lot of them were grafted and had several colours on them....some double. The bouganvillea and lantana and other well known "pot plants" were huge.....and grew like weeds.....
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Post by Fractal on Oct 3, 2011 23:01:42 GMT
Yes, lovely and interesting plants. That shrubby Groundsel (Senecio petasites) caught my eye! Love that shot of the misty cloud scraping the top of the rock
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Post by merlin on Oct 4, 2011 6:02:04 GMT
I very tentatively touched those thorns.....ouch!!!!.....seriously sharp ......The Garden was unbelievably dry..."arrid" is a good word for it!!!....I expected it to be quite lush......they have seep hoses but they do not appear to be very effective.......Rainfall is minimal.....if it does rain it is a "downpour" and runs off the land...They have to be pretty "self sufficient" and EVERYTHING is either flown in or "sailed in". They do have salination plants....but obviously this is costly......the loos are flushed with sea water and the hotel's pool was salt water. I was amazed with the hibiscus trees.....a lot of them were grafted and had several colours on them....some double. The bouganvillea and lantana and other well known "pot plants" were huge.....and grew like weeds..... Very interesting Lou, I'm always amazed how things survive such 'arid' conditions. As for 'EVERYTHING being flown/sailed in' I'll have to PM you as I'm an Englishman.
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