Another day at work

[tropicbreeze]

Took the camera to work today because I thought there'd be good opportunities for some interesting visuals. A lot of palms around, but only one species. Although, nearby there are another two species. Still, most of these photos are scenic.

Being a windy day this Livistona inermis looks a bit windswept on this rocky ledge

This one develops speckled deep dark crimson petioles.

Another with orange red petioles.

Although they mainly flower at the start of the wet season, they can also flower intermittently any time of year.

Quite common along the rocky ridges.

Not a clumping palm, but seeds often germinate close together.

This feature looks great, water gushing out of cracks/gaps in the cliff face

[BS Man about Palms]

You work there!?!?!?

[MattyB]

ahhhhhh man that is awesome!!!! Are you a mermaid?

[Jeff Searle]

ahhhhhh man that is awesome!!!! Are you a mermaid?

Da Matty, he's a dude. No dude mermaids.

[PalmatierMeg]

Stellar views. I tried germinating L. inermis but no luck. I'd love to find one although I've heard they may not take kindly to my FL heat/humidity.

[MattyB]

Meg,

Here's one taking quite kindly to Miami heat and humidity.

[MattyB]

ahhhhhh man that is awesome!!!! Are you a mermaid?

Da Matty, he's a dude. No dude mermaids.

There's dude mermaids, they just have no boobies under the shells. And they can turn sharper due to their rudder.

[Jeff Searle]

ahhhhhh man that is awesome!!!! Are you a mermaid?

Da Matty, he's a dude. No dude mermaids.

There's dude mermaids, they just have no boobies under the shells. And they can turn sharper due to their rudder.

matty,

you never cease to amaze me. I'm just smiling and at a lost for words. I'm sure if you know who reads this,you know, Mr. Sushi, he'll have something to add. Sushi,mermaids, arn't they all related?

[RyManUtah]

i wish i worked there!

[tropicbreeze]

Stellar views. I tried germinating L. inermis but no luck. I'd love to find one although I've heard they may not take kindly to my FL heat/humidity.

Meg, you are of course kidding, LOL!

[tropicbreeze]

Okay, perhaps I should clarify a little. This is part of the area I work in. For the past several weeks a lot of my work was near the bottom of the gorge. Then (yesterday) I did a trek up the gorge onto the plateau for about 4 kilometres, and 4 kms back (also part of work).

And I'm NOT a mermaid, and keep my rudder out of this! It's an innocent by-stander, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[ariscott]

Nice place to work, Zig... You never did tell me where you work...

At least, the weather is beautiful to work outdoor...

Regards, Ari

[Wanderanwills]

Hi Tropic Breeze,

Which set of gorges are they? Do you work for National Parks. Awesome scenery and great photos.

Where is photo 7? I think I may have been there before, it looks familiar.

Regards

Stephen

Edited June 27, 2010 by Wanderanwills

[newcal]

Ziggy,is it safe to go swimming there or are there salties lurking? Looks like barra territory as well....Cheers Mike Green(Newcal).

[Kim]

Fantastic scenery! Nice place to work.

[tropicbreeze]

Ari, now you know

Stephen, it's called Jarrangbarnmi, all the photos are from the same system. The section in photo 7 we call the Black Pool. Do you grow Amorphophallus titanum, or was that an opportunistic photo?

Mike, up the gorge there's only freshies, freshies are everywhere whether you see them or not. At the bottom there are salties, that was part of the job, getting them out. We removed a 3.5 metres one, an accompanying smaller one vacated of it's own accord when I saw what happened. Another over 3.8 metres we'd put a satellite tracker on so we'd know its movements. It was hanging around and then the signals were coming from the one position. Either the croc was dead or had thrown the tracker. Later we found the tracker and no croc. They're really facinating animals, the largest reptile predator on the planet.

Kim, for sure. I could think of a lot less desirable places to work.

[ariscott]

Zig,

You should've gone to the Orchid extravaganza last weekend. A friend pick up A. titanum!! Not sure how much he paid for it... though. And yes... now I know....

Regards, Ari

Edited June 28, 2010 by ariscott

[John Case]

Zig,

You should've gone to the Orchid extravaganza last weekend. A friend pick up A. titanum!! Not sure how much he paid for it... though. And yes... now I know....

Regards, Ari

The titanum is the Holy Grail for aroid collectors, who clearly have no sense of smell....very difficult to get to flower...it is always an event around here when one of the botanical gardens has success..

[tropicbreeze]

Ari, I think was working that weekend. It's always a bit difficult getting to these things, unless you're living in Darwin.

Bepah, I have one A. titanum but would like another. So they can whisper sweet nothings' into their smelly ears and provide me with some seeds.

[ariscott]

Men and smelly stuff

Regards, Ari

[Wanderanwills]

Ari, now you know

Stephen, it's called Jarrangbarnmi, all the photos are from the same system. The section in photo 7 we call the Black Pool. Do you grow Amorphophallus titanum, or was that an opportunistic photo?

Mike, up the gorge there's only freshies, freshies are everywhere whether you see them or not. At the bottom there are salties, that was part of the job, getting them out. We removed a 3.5 metres one, an accompanying smaller one vacated of it's own accord when I saw what happened. Another over 3.8 metres we'd put a satellite tracker on so we'd know its movements. It was hanging around and then the signals were coming from the one position. Either the croc was dead or had thrown the tracker. Later we found the tracker and no croc. They're really facinating animals, the largest reptile predator on the planet.

Kim, for sure. I could think of a lot less desirable places to work.

Hi Tropic Breeze,

Looked up the location, looked at my GPS tracks, drove straight past it! Bugger...

I work at the Botanic Gardens in Sydney, is was one of my babies, I had been given the job to flower a titan as the garden had them for 13 years with no success. I flowered the first one in 2004 and had 16,000 people come to view it. It was the second flowering in Australia behind Cairns the year before with a small one. We have had 4 flowerings to date. In relation to titans, I have seen some on ebay in the last two weeks for sale.

Regards

Stephen

[ariscott]

Stephen,

You are working there???? Hhhmmm.... I might need a help or two... I have to pm you...

Regards, Ari

[tropicbreeze]

Stephen, Jarrangbarnmi is a place you go near only of your going to it. The nearest you get to going past is if you go up the South Alligator River valley to Gimbat. Going that bit extra into Jarrangbarnmi is rough but well worth it.

I don't know when my Titan will flower but I would like to get some pollen for it. It probably still has a couple of years to go but it would be good to find out if and how pollen might be accessible. Also, pollen from mine could go to someone else who could use it. Is there a "trade" in Titan pollen?

[Wanderanwills]

Stephen, Jarrangbarnmi is a place you go near only of your going to it. The nearest you get to going past is if you go up the South Alligator River valley to Gimbat. Going that bit extra into Jarrangbarnmi is rough but well worth it.

I don't know when my Titan will flower but I would like to get some pollen for it. It probably still has a couple of years to go but it would be good to find out if and how pollen might be accessible. Also, pollen from mine could go to someone else who could use it. Is there a "trade" in Titan pollen?

Hi Tropic Breeze,

There is some titan pollen around but very hard to come by. Only seems to store for a short period of time as well.

How big is your tuber (kg)?

Regards

Stephen