Unleashed in Urbenville

[Daryl]

Pete, this is just north of the border and is where we first saw Bangalows...

I forgot to mention earlier, the counter lunch at the Woodenbong Hotel was great...here is Wal about to devour the local burger and chips...

Another shot of the Shuttlecock Bangalow leaves...

More of the purple crownshafts...

And a nearby glaucous green one for comparison...

[Daryl]

Here is a short video...the Bellbird (Bell Miner) calls were constant all day long...the Ratpack calls were more sporadic...

http://youtu.be/KEvYUX2sqjo

[zootropical]

Wonderfull palms. Hope we can get seeds in the near future.

[Ken Johnson]

Post of the year so far! Thanks gents!

[DoomsDave]

Oh, I hope some Linospadix seeds can find their way to new homes where they will be loved and appreciated . . .

[Alberto]

Oh, I hope some Linospadix seeds can find their way to new homes where they will be loved and appreciated . . .

Dave, I´ll say amen!!!!

[Alberto]

Very nice walking sticks. This also could be hardier? Besides Livistona australis and bangalows, are there other palms in this region?

Hi Alberto, there are Calamus meulleri palms in the area, I think the others said they saw a plant or two. Personally I love seeing Linospadix monostachya palms in these rainforest areas, as they look so dainty and grow in narrow gaps of the understory, plus, they come in different forms of wide leaf, narrow leaf and a combination of both, some are tall, some are short. Whilst Archo cunninghamiana are the palm kings around these parts, and that can sometimes be argued against from the Livistonas in the red corner, it is the beauty of the walking stick palm that captures my attention every time.

Thanks !

I heard Calamus caryotoides can be pretty hardy! Is C. muelleri "cold hardier"?

[Palmdude]

Wow! Gorgeous photos! Makes me wish I was there! Those purple crown shafts are amazingly beautiful!!!!

[Walter John]

Very nice walking sticks. This also could be hardier? Besides Livistona australis and bangalows, are there other palms in this region?

Hi Alberto, there are Calamus meulleri palms in the area, I think the others said they saw a plant or two. Personally I love seeing Linospadix monostachya palms in these rainforest areas, as they look so dainty and grow in narrow gaps of the understory, plus, they come in different forms of wide leaf, narrow leaf and a combination of both, some are tall, some are short. Whilst Archo cunninghamiana are the palm kings around these parts, and that can sometimes be argued against from the Livistonas in the red corner, it is the beauty of the walking stick palm that captures my attention every time.

Thanks !

I heard Calamus caryotoides can be pretty hardy! Is C. muelleri "cold hardier"?

Yes indeed Alberto, muelleri is far more cold hardy than caryotoides. C.caryotoides lives in tropical North Queensland rainforests, and C.muelleri is way further south in cooler sub tropic areas bordering on temperate in Sth East Qld and Northern Mew South Wales.

Glad you liked the thread, we don't take it for granted and regard it as special living near these places where marvellous palms grow in habitat. We love sharing the experience as best we can.

[Pedro 65]

Even though Mt Barney is a "good 2hrs drive " from here, we can see it from the top of Tuntable falls / The Channon rd,( up behind us) will take a snap soon 1 day.

Daryl re the border clearing , when we visited Rathdowney via Lions rd and then headed to Mt Barney etc it was along that route somewhere when looking sth back to NSW the border was easy to see as Qld was fully cleared to show the border. That drive was my 1st ever encounter with the "very robust" shuttlecock Bangalows a few yrs ago in winter and the low pasture paddocks where still very green and showed no signs of frost where feedgrass turns yellow/brown, maybe it was a warm winter ? Pete

btw the rains a nice change eh .

pic below is from Aeiralphotography of the QLD NSW border taken at Rathdowney Qld