george 99 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 The second one has red flowers that look very similar to bottle brush flowers, but I know its not that. Thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites
John Richmond 1,124 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
george 99 Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Sally R 509 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
george 99 Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Sally R 509 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
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