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Guess what this is 38 - now solved

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Alisdair

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Re: Guess what this is 38
« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2013, 04:40:44 PM »
Well done, Annie! The amazing Tree Fuchsia, Fuchsia excorticata, which we saw in New Zealand, particularly in the forests on the slopes of Mount Taranaki (Mount Egmont), North Island.
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pamela

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Re: Guess what this is 38 - now solved
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2013, 05:12:31 PM »
Lovely picture of New Zealand Bush Alistair. Very typical .  I am really surprised to hear of a tree fuschia with trunk of 1 metre.....
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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 38 - now solved
« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2013, 06:19:25 PM »
No wonder I couldn't guess this one, I have never heard of such a fuchsia.
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Re: Guess what this is 38 - now solved
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2013, 06:57:00 PM »
Nice one Alisdair, I've never spent so much time googling

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Re: Guess what this is 38 - now solved
« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2013, 08:15:08 PM »
We saw Fuchsia excorticata in NZ, South Island, in the damp forests of Fiorland National Park, on the slopes of Key Summit.
Flowers can grow directly on the trunk, as shown on the picture.

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