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SocietySociety forfor GrowingGrowing AustralianAustralian PlantsPlants CairnsCairns BranchBranch Newsletter 165 November 2016 In this issue... EXCURSION REPORT - JUMRUM CREEK CONSERVATION PARK.......1 JUMRUN NATURE TRAIL SPECIES LIST.........................3 YABBA AT ROCK- HAMPTON 7 – 9 OCTOBER 2016 ....4 QUEENSLAND'S BEAUTIFUL PLANTS............5 ERYTHRORCHIS CASSYTHOIDES.......................5 EEXCURSION RREPORT -- JJUMRUM CCREEK WHAT'S HAPPENING.........6 CAIRNS BRANCH ..........6 CCONSERVATION PPARK TABLELANDS BRANCH....6 Stuart Worboys TOWNSVILLE BRANCH....6 October's outing commenced under grey skies and passing showers. A small group met at the car park on Barron Falls Road, well equipped with ponchos, raincoats and umbrellas. I'd left a waterproof-paper notepad in my bag, which proved quite useful for noting down the observed plants in the drizzle. Jumrun Creek wends its way through a reserve in the middle of Kuranda. Despite more than a century of settlement and disturbance, the small reserve here protects a surprisingly well developed rainforest. The Jumrun Creek Walk is popular with tourists, as we saw on Sunday, and they have a strong chance of seeing Bush Turkeys or goannas. Botanically, the nature trail was a bit quiet. We started off picking up the fallen flowers of Gardenia ovularis, some still with a faint scent. Vines were common, with native relatives of the philodendron (Rhaphidophora australasica and Epipremnum pinnatum) noted. Hoya pottsii was on the cusp of flowering. We passed four types of Calamus, including the aptly named Vicious Hairy Mary (Calamus radicalis). Sadly, Graeme Carnie was feeling a bit sore, and had to retreat back to the car. Along the creek, weeds seemed to have found their way into the forest, including the ubiquitous Singapore Daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata) and Fire Spike (Odontonaema tubaeforme). The walk ended with a steep climb up the hill which led us directly into a fine coffee shop. We all enjoyed an al fresco refreshment and chat. In The beautifully patterned leaf of the fern, Colysis ampla the meantime, Val was on the phone to Graeme, who was able to pick us up and take us back to the start of the walk. Hoya pottsii Native Grape: Cissus vinosa Myrsine subsessilis subsp. cryptostemon ARECACEAE Elaeocarpus angustifolius (blue Jumrun Nature Archonthophoenix alexandrae quandong) (Alexandra palm) Sloanea langii Trail Species List Calamus australis (hairy mary) Trail Species List EUPHORBIACEAE Compiled by Stuart Worboys and Calamus moti Homalanthus novoguineense Mary Gandini. More species in Linospadix minor (bleeding heart) the text! CYPERACEAE FABACEAE Ferns and allies *Cyperus involucratus Austrosteenisia stipularis (blood vine) ASPLENIACEAE FLAGELLARIACEAE Asplenium nidus (birds nest fern) Flagellaria indica (supplejack) ICACINACEAE Apodytes brachstylis BLECHNACEAE ORCHIDACEAE Blechnum cartilagineum (cartilage Cymbidium madidum MENISPERMACEAE fern) Hyperpa decumbens PANDANACEAE OPHIOGLOSSACEAE Freycinetia excelsa (climbing MORACEAE Ophioglossum pendulum pandan) Ficus variegata Pandanus monticola MYRTACEAE POLYPODIACEAE Eudicots Colysis ampla Syzygium cryptophlebium Drynaria rigidula (basket fern) ACANTHACEAE Syzygium kuranda (Kuranda satinash) Platycerium hillii (elkhorn fern) *Odontonema tubaeforme (fire Pyrrosia longifolia (felt fern) spike) Syzygium tierneyanum (river cherry) PTERIDACEAE APOCYNACEAE PASSIFLORACEAE Vittaria elongata (ribbon fern) Alstonia scholaris (milky pine) Passiflora kuranda Basal flowering plants Hoya pottsiii Melodinus australis (bellbird vine) PRIMULACEAE ATHEROSPERMATACEAE *Ardisia crenata ARALIACEAE Doryphora aromatica (northern PROTEACEAE sassafras) Polyscias australiana Cardwellia sublimis (northern silky ASTERACEAE LAURACEAE oak) *Sphagneticola trilobata Cryptocarya mackinnoniana Musgravea heterophylla (Mackinnon's walnut) BIGNONIACEAE Opisthiolepis heterophylla Neolitsea dealbata (bollywood) Pandorea pandorana (wonga vine) RHAMNCAEAE MONIMIACEAE CLUSIACEAE Alphitonia whitei Austromatthaea elegans Garcinia warrenii (native RUBIACEAE Palmeria scandens mangosteen) Gardenia ovularis PIPERACEAE CONNARACEAE RUTACEAE Piper hederaceum Connarus conchocarpus Brombya platynema WINTERACEAE CUNONIACEAE Flindersia ifflaiana (Cairns' hickory) Bubbia semecarpoides Davidsonia pruriens (Davidson's Monocots plum) THYMELAEACEAE Lethedon setosa DILLENIACEAE ARACEAE Tetracera nordtiana (fire vine) VITACEAE Pothos brownii (pothos) Cissus penninervis ELAEOCARPACEAE Rhaphidophora australasica Cissus vinosa Aceratium sp. SGAP Cairns Branch Newsletter 3 Region President Ian McMaster coloured photos for the various chaired a meeting of members at stops, making I.D. a possibility. YABBAYABBA ATAT which the subject matter often One of the lists was compiled by strayed but Ian “masterfully” Ann McHugh, an old friend from ROCK-ROCK- brought it back on track. A Orchid Study Group days, with number of items were sorted, whom we were hoping to re- HAMPTONHAMPTON including constitutional connect but Ann is having health amendments and the difficulties problems and we sincerely wish 77 –– 99 OOCTOBER of obtaining collecting and her well. propagating permits 20162016 for native plants. A lack of suitable By Don Lawie, Cairns Branch applicants for the Pauline and I drove our ute/slide- Geoff Simmonds on caravan just over 1,000 Bequest was put in kilometres to the venue at context by a sensible Parkhurst, a northern suburb of comment by Glenn the City of Rockhampton. We Leiper: seed booked in to an en-suite van site, collecting trips often very comfortable. Action need to be repeated commenced with a Friday and some travel and Mt Etna cave. Photo: John Agusteyen, Qld Government evening “get to know you” accommodation barbecue and we mingled, cover would take the After a morning tea break at renewed old friendships and financial pressure off individual Yaamba we went to the limestone rapidly made new ones. members. cave area of Mount Etna, a The venue was Parkhurst Hall, a An 8 o’clock departure on triangular monolith which was one-time dance hall still with the Saturday morning, fifty-plus previously mined by a cement original wall seating and redolent conventioneers in a comfortable company but is now National of memories of my youth spent in bus expertly handled by Driver Park. We inspected a re- such halls on Saturday nights. John who excelled in every way. vegetation project under the We travelled north control of Cassandra Bouna, who to the “serpentinite explained the history of the country” – named project and their modus operandi – for the unusual which is certainly working well. geology of the area Healthy young trees, shrubs and which was fully vines are thriving over a wide explained to us area. A walk to a bat cave was along with an followed by lunch at The Caves, excellent geological then a plant walk where Neil printout authored pointed out the many species of by Bob Newby. A plant which co-exist in this dry Parkhurst Hall, Yaamba. Photo: Google Streetview display of the rainforest. Cyclone Marcia did serpentinite rocks much damage in 2015 and there Catering was first-class and it and endemic plants on the back of was ample evidence of it here. remained so throughout the a ute gave us an idea of what to Back to Parkhurst, travelling via weekend with an abundance and expect. The area had been recently Trachyte Plug country, the variety of provisions, cheerful burnt , making progress easy and geology of which was revealed by cooks, delectable finger food, and we wandered, botanised, Neil as well as an intriguing perfect timings for breaks from conjectured and called for help dissertation on the way in which botanising to refreshing. from the experts. We were each salt sea air, wind and soil all supplied with a plant list plus SGAP Cairns Branch Newsletter 4 interacting with a delicate plant cover. The barbecue cooks again put on a first class spread for dinner and people circulated and chatted freely. The Bill Tulloch Memorial lecture was the feature of the evening, presented by bursary recipient Leslie John Lowe who focused on native use of medicinal plants. A 7 am bus departure on Sunday, travelling to the vast Blackdown Tableland, with en route commentary by John McCabe, drawing our attention to land forms, vegetation and land uses, making the long trip an interesting journey. A steep climb led to the stunning view from the lookout, morning tea, then on to Mimosa Creek for a circular walk along a well defined path. Here, a real treat was revealed: numerous Erythorchis cassythoides - Climbing Orchid specimens of a saprophytic, it is closely related to the familiar leafless, climbing orchid UEENSLAND S north Queensland rainforest Erythrorchis cassythoides were in QQ '' orchid, Pseudovanilla foiliata, and flower. BBEAUTIFUL falls within the Vanilloideae This orchid was worth the whole subfamily of the Orchidaceae. weekend for Pauline and I; we PPLANTS Unlike our Pseudovanilla, had read of how it can grow up to Erythrorchis is occupies drier five metres in height by clinging eucalypt woodland habitats. to a suitable tree and was Erythrorchis impossible to propagate . We cassythoides Erythrorchis lacks chlorophyll, looked, photographed and cassythoides and it was long thought to be a marvelled at this remarkable The Climbing Orchid, or Black saprophyte (meaning it fed on plant. Bootlace Orchid, is a very large decaying plant material). climbing orchid endemic to the A late lunch, a walk along Mimosa However, we now realise that Australian east coast. Its Creek,
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