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Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

12/29/2007 04:40:51 AM · #1

I'm lazy and don't feel like searching :)
Please, what kind of tree is this? I know the bird is a rainbow lorikeet. Thanks in advance, guys!

Monique64

Canon EOS-30D

12/29/2007 04:43:52 AM · #2

What state are you in?

12/29/2007 04:51:01 AM · #3

Oh, this was taken in Sydney, from our hotel room. The tree was about 5m tall, I think.

Message edited by author 2007-12-29 04:52:08.

Stagolee

Kodak Easyshare C180

Canon EF 50mm f1.2L

12/29/2007 04:51:38 AM · #4

Looks like a Coral Tree: botanical name: Erythrina x sykesii family: FABOIDEA.

Bit hard to tell but you would know if it has heaps of large thorns on the branches and trunk.

12/29/2007 04:53:00 AM · #5

I don't think it had thorns, but I didn't search for them, either. I'll see if I have a shot that gives a better general view.

12/29/2007 05:08:08 AM · #6

This is the best I could find. I'd say more than 5m, since you can see the flat roof of the carwash through it, and definite tree, rather than bush. The lorikeets absolutely loved it, spending all day collecting from every blossom.

And keegbow, thanks! :D

Message edited by author 2007-12-29 05:14:42.

Stagolee

Kodak Easyshare C180

Canon EF 50mm f1.2L

12/29/2007 05:15:39 AM · #7

I'm pretty sure that is a coral tree and yes lorikeets love it. I can always remember trying to climb one as a kid and getting some huge thorns from the trunk which was very painful.

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

12/29/2007 05:19:02 AM · #8

Wow, now I wish I'd taken a closer look! The leaves and flowers looked so soft that I assumed the rest of the tree was as innocuous :)

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

12/29/2007 05:22:33 AM · #9

It's not necessarily a native Australian tree, but i don't know what it is.

Monique64

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

12/29/2007 05:28:23 AM · #10

I just googled coral tree, but it doesn't look the same.

Stagolee

Kodak Easyshare C180

Canon EF 50mm f1.2L

12/29/2007 05:31:00 AM · #11

It looks to me as some type of coral tree here is a link for a seed reseller.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

12/29/2007 05:42:32 AM · #12

I think it's the variety that they call the "cockspur" coral tree?

Erythrina crista-galli

Apparently it's native to S. America.

Message edited by author 2007-12-29 05:48:18.

Monique64

Canon EOS-30D

12/29/2007 06:11:51 AM · #13

Originally posted by BeeCee:

I think it's the variety that they call the "cockspur" coral tree?

Erythrina crista-galli

Apparently it's native to S. America.

That definately looks like it.