george 94 Posted May 29 The second one has red flowers that look very similar to bottle brush flowers, but I know its not that. Thanks in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Richmond 1,011 Posted May 30 Those two I can't help you with unless you have shots of them flowering but I can help with 2B02FW4 - that's a Brugmansia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
george 94 Posted May 30 50 minutes ago, John Richmond said: Those two I can't help you with unless you have shots of them flowering but I can help with 2B02FW4 - that's a Brugmansia. thats great John thank you. I will see if I can find an image of the top one in flower, (I think I had one that I was not happy to upload), and will get out an take a photo of the bottom one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sally R 152 Posted May 31 Hi George, I'm really not sure, but I'm just wondering if the second one is a New Zealand Rata tree. They do have red flowers that are a bit bottlebrush-like. I'm going by the shape of the leaf and the look of the buds here. There is a southern Rata (Metrosideros umbellata) and a northern Rata (Metrosideros robusta). There are other species too that grow in NZ plus other areas of the Pacific https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosideros So I'm guessing maybe the genus Metrosideros, but beyond that I'm not too sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
george 94 Posted May 31 9 minutes ago, Sally R said: Hi George, I'm really not sure, but I'm just wondering if the second one is a New Zealand Rata tree. They do have red flowers that are a bit bottlebrush-like. I'm going by the shape of the leaf and the look of the buds here. There is a southern Rata (Metrosideros umbellata) and a northern Rata (Metrosideros robusta). There are other species too that grow in NZ plus other areas of the Pacific https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosideros So I'm guessing maybe the genus Metrosideros, but beyond that I'm not too sure. Hi Sally, I think you are correct and that it is one of the Metrosideros. I did not manage to get out yesterday to get an image of the flowers, I have them on my mobile but not sure how to upload that here. I did ask on a local FB page and that seems to be the consensus of opinion. I should of mentioned the photograph is taken in Portugal and they do grow well here along the coast. I will try to get out and take some pics today and get them uploaded to confirm, the other one I now think is a quince bud, again need to upload a photo of the flowers open. Hopefully I will manage to get around to it today. Thanks for your imput. Jenny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sally R 152 Posted May 31 3 minutes ago, george said: Hi Sally, I think you are correct and that it is one of the Metrosideros. I did not manage to get out yesterday to get an image of the flowers, I have them on my mobile but not sure how to upload that here. I did ask on a local FB page and that seems to be the consensus of opinion. I should of mentioned the photograph is taken in Portugal and they do grow well here along the coast. I will try to get out and take some pics today and get them uploaded to confirm, the other one I now think is a quince bud, again need to upload a photo of the flowers open. Hopefully I will manage to get around to it today. Thanks for your imput. Jenny No problem Jenny. I am not familiar with the other one at all, but the Metrosideros is familiar as they are sometimes grown here in Australia and I saw them in NZ too. I just googled quince bud, and that does indeed look like what you have there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
