Platycerium bifurcatum and hillii

[Tropicgardener]

Platycerium bifurcatum (top) and Platycerium hillii (below) growing on the same tree in Conway National Park, Whitsunday Region, North Queensland.......... This area appears to be the only overlap of the southern Elkhorn P. bifurcatum and the northern Elkhorn P. hillii...... Very unusual to see them growing together.

[Really full garden]

What is amazing is that they look untouched by the cyclone that recently hit your region. The trees look completely defoliated.

[Tropicgardener]

7 hours ago, scottgt said:

What is amazing is that they look untouched by the cyclone that recently hit your region. The trees look completely defoliated.

Scott, yes the ones that managed to stay attached to trees seem to look almost perfect...... the destruction of the tropical rainforest in the area was immense with many of the older trees totally destroyed. Piles and piles of epiphytes rotting on the ground which is a crying shame.

[Tropicgardener]

How lucky is this little Asplenium......... The cyclone snapped off its host tree right where it is attached!!............. Archontophoenix alexandrae flowering in the background.

[aussiearoids]

After Yasi , I salvaged heaps of Platycerium hillii , poor things were destined for the giant grinder . Got a boot load of orchids [ not natives ] and a heap of Hoya from a mates garden 

[Tropicgardener]

4 hours ago, aussiearoids said:

After Yasi , I salvaged heaps of Platycerium hillii , poor things were destined for the giant grinder . Got a boot load of orchids [ not natives ] and a heap of Hoya from a mates garden 

I managed to salvage a bit of stuff from around the place......had to be quick though. Lots of Golden Orchids on footpath heaps but I don't have enough trees to put them on.

 

[doranakandawatta]

On 15/5/2017 02:39:10, Tropicgardener said:

How lucky is this little Asplenium......... The cyclone snapped off its host tree right where it is attached!!............. Archontophoenix alexandrae flowering in the background.

I hope all these trees will recover soon, it seems the Archontophoenix is blooming but all leaves are broken...

[Tropicgardener]

Just now, doranakandawatta said:

I hope all these trees will recover soon, it seems the Archontophoenix is blooming but all leaves are broken...

Many of the trees are reshooting but many have been totally destroyed.......... Can now look across to the other mountains and see A. alexandrae in bloom everywhere, a nice sign and a promise of recovery and regeneration.

[aussiearoids]

Imagine a giant boulder covered in Golden Orchids . Remember seeing Grammatophyllum seedlings mounted on fence posts all the way through small villages in Sulawesi.