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Monday, 18 January 2021

The Marri trees are flowering

I always say there is always something flowering in the Western Australian bush.  It's mid summer here and the marri trees are flowering in the south west of Western Australia. 

Corymbia calophylla - commonly known as Marri - is one of around 80 eucalypts which were transferred in 1995 from the genus Eucalyptus to the newly created genus Corymbia. The species was formerly known as Eucalyptus calophylla and that name is still preferred by some. Australian Native Plants Society

Marri is an indigenous aboriginal Noongar word. Growing to 40-60 metres tall they are not suitable for suburban gardens, but they shade a creek walk near where live. We walked along there this morning. The bees were buzzing in the Marri flowers and the cockatoos where having a good time high in the trees chewing on the new buds and cracking into last year's nuts. 

Here below you can see the buds, the flowers, the nuts (commonly called honkey nuts) and nuts laying on the ground that have fallen after they have been cracked open by cockatoos. 


Below you can see here are red-tailed black cockatoos. We could hear them screeching in the trees. 


The red-tailed black cockatoos use their wide beak to shred the edge of the nuts so they can get to the seeds inside. 



Gum nuts and the gum nut babies were a feature of May Gibbs book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie - an Australian children's classic - May Gibbs

More information:
Kings Park Botanic Gardens
Australian Native Plants Society



Just a short post from me today. I hope yo and yours are safe and well in these troubled times. Thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. 

Take care, stay safe, hug those you love, and enjoy your week. 

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13 comments:

  1. Rain 18 January 2021 at 23:48

    The Marri flowers are beautiful! Loved seeing the Cockatoo! :)

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  2. Su-sieee! Mac19 January 2021 at 04:23

    The Marri trees are very merry! :-)

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  3. Rose L19 January 2021 at 08:01

    Have never seen that kind of cockatoo! So interesting to see your word there.

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  4. Rosie19 January 2021 at 10:57

    The Marri trees grow very tall, but beautiful aand that you can enjoy them on your walks. We have two corymbia ficifolia in our front garden, but thankfully they don't grow that tall, but they have lovely flowers too. The black cockatoos are magnificent. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Angie19 January 2021 at 13:08

    Jill - beautiful, unique flowers. And I love how casually you mention the cockatoos ... Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!

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  6. Lady Fi19 January 2021 at 15:38

    So pretty!

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  7. Tamar SB20 January 2021 at 18:16

    Those fluffy plants are so cool!

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  8. Junie-Jesh21 January 2021 at 02:24

    The white fuzz flowers look great and artsy. Thank you for introducing the gum nuts and its cute children's book at All Seasons.Have a productive week! Jesh

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  9. Jutta.K.21 January 2021 at 15:53

    Beautiful motifs, magical flowers!
    Your photos are great.
    Thank you for your always loyal participation.
    ♥ Greetings
    Jutta

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  10. betty-NZ23 January 2021 at 14:51

    Amazing flowers! I have to get over there one day!

    Thank you for linking up at 'My Corner of the World' this week!

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  11. Arun Goyal27 January 2021 at 13:57

    Stunning blooms of Corymbia tree . It would be my pleasure if you share your post to my Link up party based on Gardening , Nature here at http://jaipurgardening.blogspot.com/2021/01/garden-affair-gazania-beauty.html

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  12. Captured by Jade27 January 2021 at 16:33

    Beautiful! I love seeing the nature that surrounds others in different parts of the world. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Jill28 January 2021 at 22:51

    Beautiful! I love seeing nature that is not something I would normally see here in the Southeastern US. And I've not read the classic children's book but I hope to find a copy to read.

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