Bulbine lilies
I've been along to a couple of the regular working bees at the Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park ('STEP') a.k.a. Forest 20 at the National Arboretum Canberra.
Jokar Photography
John Boyd Macdonald
Jokar Photography
John Boyd Macdonald
Category Plants
Alstonia angustiloba (Pohon punai)
Long time no post… After seven years without a functioning printer, we recently acquired one*. Since then I’ve been having fun: trawling through photos from our years in Indonesia (mostly Kalimantan), selecting, re-editing, printing and framing a small number of…
Fruits of Kalimantan
Just some of the special fruits of Kalimantan – three types of durian, mangosteen, rambutan, chempedak, langsat, and a rare variety of mango. Some of these are rarely seen outside the island of Borneo. All are delicious, and grow at the Kebun…
Durian season (again!) in Tewang Rangkang
Durian! Yes, durian! Loved by many as the Raja Buah (the ‘King of Fruit’), and reviled by others as stinky and disgusting. I’m a durian lover, and can’t comprehend those who aren’t. Perhaps it’s a genetically determined hypersensitivity? There…
Dipterocarpus
Dipterocarpus is a large genus of tall trees (around 70 species) found across South-East Asia. Locally, they are commonly referred to as ‘Keruing’. These are big trees, growing to 40 or 50 metres at their full height, and they form…
Mimosa – the ‘Shy princess’
At the Kebun Raya Balikpapan (Balikpapan Botanical Garden), five different species of Mimosa have been identified. There are over 400 species of Mimosa worldwide, most of which originate in South and Central America. But many of them are now found in tropical regions…
Baccaurea parviflora
There are over 100 different species in the genus Baccaurea, which are mostly found from Thailand and Indonesia across to the western Pacific. At the Kebun Raya Balikpapan (‘KRB’ – the Balikpapan Botanical Garden) there are 99 specimens from four…
Kariangau
On Wednesday I travelled with workmates from the Kebun Raya Balikpapan (Balikpapan Botanical Gardens) to collect plant specimens from the nearby region of Kariangau. Despite the even-more-than-usually hot weather, it was a really enjoyable and very interesting little expedition. It’s…