tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post1190687988810265288..comments2023-11-18T09:51:52.115+10:30Comments on Medlar Comfits: Magnificent insignificantanna tambourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-89795668959935856542008-02-09T16:08:00.000+10:302008-02-09T16:08:00.000+10:30Because your mind is not made for such, it's a ple...Because your mind is not made for such, it's a pleasure to shock it. I found you and other wonders, through my favourite circus, Circus of the Spineless.<BR/>invertebrates.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Thank you for searching. I think you are spot on! The "Weeds Australia" site tells more about Cynodon dactylon, known here as 'couch', a naturalised grass not generally considered a weed, though it seems to be listed as one most everywhere. See:<BR/>http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=form.tpl&s=0®ion=&form=grass<BR/>and <BR/>http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/hot_science_topics/Ecology_of_Cumberland_Plain_Woodland/woodland_plants/cynodon_dactylon <BR/>Another site to visit, if you can, is one where you need to take your shoes off. It's the little grass plots at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens. Each little rectangle is about two steps long, and you can compare them by stepping from one to another. The Botanic Gardens are, in my opinion, the best in the world, and though these little close-mowed grass plots are like something out of a suburban version of heaven, you can lose yourself in the middle of the palm forest with the fruit bats pendant above, and forget the city exists. <BR/><BR/>http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/welcome_to_bgt/royal_botanic_gardens<BR/><BR/>But - *sigh* - we can't watch gorgeous carnivorous plants eat their lunches like you can in your glorious Singapore Botanic Gardens, my next-favourite BT in the world. <BR/>http://www.sbg.org.sg/anna tambourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-62173510806584764252008-02-08T23:38:00.000+10:302008-02-08T23:38:00.000+10:30*blush* my mind is not made for such plaudits.... ...*blush* my mind is not made for such plaudits.... I am curious how you found my little nook though. <BR/><BR/>After some searching, I think the grass is question is the cosmopolitan "bermuda grass" (Cynodon dactylon).budakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693717163007410639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-41681375061087699652008-02-08T15:00:00.000+10:302008-02-08T15:00:00.000+10:30are these a grass or sedge? I see them here too, a...are these a grass or sedge? I see them here too, and some have loads of aphids on them.budakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693717163007410639noreply@blogger.com