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Newsletter Wizard ISOPOGONS & PETROPHILES The Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants Isopogon & Petrophile Study Group Newsletter ISSN 1445-9493 Number 6 Jan 2005 Isopogon alcicornis. Near Esperance, WA, October 2003. (See page 9 for more details about this species) CONTENTS 2 EDITORIAL 3 MEMBERS’ LETTERS & EMAILS 9 ISOPOGON ALCICORNIS 10 LUDWIG DIELS 11 PETROPHILE DIVERSIFOLIA 12 QUESTIONNAIRE UPDATE 13 SMOKE’S SECRET DISCOVERED 14 GLOSSARY, BALANCE SHEET 15 SEED BANK, REFERENCES E DITORIAL Well here we are at last. Edition number 6 has number of seedlings and struck cuttings ready to finally rolled off the production line. As per usual, I plant in the autumn. must apologise for the delay. My excuse is two This issue is a bumper one at 15 pages and contains gorgeous young girls who occupy every waking some great letters and articles from you the moment, and most of the night as well. Ahh a full members. Thanks very much to everyone who night’s sleep- those were the days! Because of my contributed, as it makes for great reading, in tardiness all memberships will be rolled over until addition to adding to our knowledge of the genera. the end of June. There’s a look at Here in Melbourne the weather has finally turned to Petrophile diversifolia summer with long with wonderful hot days and drawings of its thankfully some unique foliage by fairly cool nights. Margaret Pieroni. We had some Thanks very much excellent rain over Margaret. The the winter and featured species is spring, and although Isopogon alcicornis, a the drought is not rare taxon from WA, over and the and one of my reservoirs are still at favourites. There’s less than 60% full, also a look at the we are much better botanist Ludwig off than many of Diels, an update on “Woorikee” you in other areas. the study group questionnaires and an article on the As a result of these important discovery of smoke’s active germination Isopogon formosus rains, this spring I ingredient. was treated to a To those that haven’t sent in material, it’s never too wonderful flowering display in my garden. late to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. Tell Particularly good were Isopogons formosus, us what you know about Isopogons and sphaerocephalus, trilobus, and anemonifolius “woorikee” Petrophiles, your successes and failures, or just how and Petrophiles biloba and aff. brevifolia. I also had the they are going in your garden or their natural first flowering of Isopogon habitat. Who knows, you may “Stuckey’s hybrid”, and an get your words in print! unknown Isopogon that may Finally, a big thanks goes to be I. sp. Watheroo. All has Margaret Pieroni and Tony not been positive though Cavanagh for sending in with the death of my Isopogon photos for the study group’s latifolius, soon after the first virtual photo library. I am rains of winter. It wilted and always looking for more died with over twenty photos and will copy/scan developing buds! Just before them and return the originals this I had straightened it up if you wish. and staked it, and hope that I I hope that you all had a hadn’t damaged the roots in wonderful festive season and doing so. (I did get a grafted Petrophile aff. brevifolia that 2005 is a great year. one from “Gardening Australia Live” though and Remember the ASGAP 2005 conference, with tours fingers crossed it will last longer.) More recently, I to the heart of Isopogon and Petrophile territory lost a Petrophile longifolia, I‘d grown from seed that before and after, is in Perth in October. I hope to had flowered for the first time in spring. Most see you there. Enjoy this issue and all the best with things, however, are still going well, and I have a your Isopogon and Petrophile growing. David Lightfoot ☺ Isopogons and Petrophiles Number 6. Page 2 Members’ letters and emails From Margaret Pieroni. Attadale, WA. Coast up to Hyden and even further North. It is a July 2004 shrub up to 65cm tall. The leaves are about 15mm Unfortunately none of the I. alcicornis long and simple, hugging the stems. The inflorescence germinated using my tried and true leaf is cup shaped, with prominent bracts and bright burning method. I still have one plant of P. yellow flowers that appear from September to filifolia left, still in its pot, about 10cm high December. I would really like some photos of this and several P. helicophyllas, most of which are species. If anyone has any could they please forward waiting for me at the Banksia Farm [Mt them to me? Thanks Ed Barker, WA. http://www.banksiafarm.com.au]. Some of the mystery Isopogons and December 2004 Petrophiles from Morande Nursery have not During our most recent reconnoitre for the flowered or have died. I. dubius is sprawling northern Conference [ASGAP 2005] tour, on the ground, showing no signs of in October, Elizabeth George and I saw flowering. I thought it was because it doesn’t quite a few Isopogons and Petrophiles. The get enough sun but paradoxically it is pink Petrophile serruriae, near the coast, south growing towards the shade of the house! of Jurien was very striking. One unidentified plant with very fine, divided terete leaves has terminal buds, so if and when it flowers, I’ll send you a specimen [Thanks looking forward to it-Ed]. It looks like the flowers will be yellow. Stuckey’s hybrid has also failed to flower. August 2004 My plant of P. filifolia was dead when I got back from Cape Arid. The plants left with Kevin Collins, [the owner of the Banksia farm,] are doing extremely well- P. helicophylla in bud and others e.g. I. dubius and formosa in flower. We found an interesting Petrophile on the Diamonds Hill- Could be a range extension of P. cyathiforma- or a new species. I’ll show it to Mike [Hyslop] or Barbara [Rye] [at the WA herbarium]. It was not flowering. Dr D Foreman, of the National Herbarium of Victoria, described P cyathiforma in 1995 in the Flora of Australia Vol 16. It is one of a number of Petrophile serruriae species allied to P ericifolia. According to Australia’s Virtual Herbarium On top of the hill on Passinto Road, north (http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/avh/) it has been east of Western Flora Caravan Park [near collected from The Stirling Ranges in the West to Eneabba], Allan Tinker showed us the P. aff. Ravensthorpe in the East, and from the South ericifolia, a lovely shrub about 2m tall. [I think Isopogons and Petrophiles Number 6. Page 3 this Petrophile is actually P. recurva, a plant first Isopogons and only one Petrophile, P. described in Flora Of Australia Vol 16, and one I diversifolia. have seen in that area-Ed] Margaret has moved to Denmark, which is West of My potted P. helicophylla plants did very well Albany on the South Coast of WA and close to the at the Banksia Farm at Mount Barker. Most Stirlings and Fitzgerald River areas- Isopogon and of them are still there awaiting my move to Petrophile heaven. Please let us know how the potted my new home. Kevin used three plants with plants go in the garden, and if they set seed flowers in bud, in a display garden during Margaret. Ed their Wildflower Festival, in October. He buried the pots so that they appeared to be Petrophile recurva growing in a garden bed. The foliage attracted a lot of interest. I brought one of them back here to Denmark because the pot was deteriorating. The flowers stayed unopened for several weeks, even though they seemed to be fully developed, but as soon as I re-potted the plant into a bigger pot with more room to water it, they started to open and I took the photos. I'm looking forward to planting them and other Petrophile helicophylla Isopogons and Petrophiles at my new house. Those that I want are available at local From Barbara Buchanan. Myrrhee, Vic. nurseries. We planted two I. formosa and one March 2004 I. dubius that I'd left at the Banksia Farm, in The next Growing Australian [the Vic APS the garden of the house where I'm living at regional newsletter] will carry a glowing present. They had flowered well in August - article on New life (or some such title) about September and needed planting out. regrowth after the drought. I should have I'm looking forward to growing such as known better than to tempt fate. We have Isopogon latifolius and Banksia coccinea, which had no more than a few mm a couple of don't do well (B. coccinea won't flower,) in times, too small to be of any use in the Perth. There are so many wonderful plants ground, since Dec 22nd. January was cool, on the block that I won't want, or need to but February and March to date have been plant many others. I'm finding 'new' ones very hot again and the garden is suffering every time I go there. There are no badly again. It is a rainfall pattern very Isopogons and Petrophiles Number 6. Page 4 similar to the SW and some plants are in fact Re the germination trial, my heartfelt thriving, (I’ve probably put a jinx on them sympathies. I used to get similar results with by saying so) but there are lots of fresh gaps. the daisies. What I did learn was that there is Borers are partly to blame and increasing an easier way to apply smoke treatment, with crowding and competition as the garden a layer of smoke impregnated vermiculite ages.
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