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- Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:51 pm
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: What Acacia
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36746
If flowers are yellowish white, it could possibly be Albizia lophantha - I have just looked up Albizia in the PIN book on trees and shrubs - that is where I must have read that it was from India since it is clearly stated so here - according to this source A.lophantha with cream flowers is also in M...
- Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:39 pm
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: Emm... emm... "tree"
- Replies: 17
- Views: 29262
- Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:36 pm
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: Little carpeting plant
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16744
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:48 pm
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: What Acacia
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36746
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:48 pm
- Forum: Open discussion about Maltese flora
- Topic: Should we help spreading our local wild flora at will?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 68802
Yes, rats are probably somewhat like me - they can swim but would rather not unless they have to. Yes it should be possible to eradicate rats - it has been done on various small islands - the greater problem seems to be to eradicate the messy human rats that leave rubbish about during the summer mon...
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:41 pm
- Forum: Open discussion about Maltese flora
- Topic: Is this a native, is this present anywhere in the wild?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 72852
A truely huge Agave - From the taxonomic point of view cacti and other succulents including Agave can be rather confusing - since they are very popular plants among collectors, there has been a tendency (and still is to a certain extent) for various authors to give new names (species, sub-species or...
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:06 pm
- Forum: Open discussion about Maltese flora
- Topic: Should we help spreading our local wild flora at will?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 68802
- Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:05 pm
- Forum: Ornamentals and cultivated plants in Malta
- Topic: Looks edible ! ! !
- Replies: 14
- Views: 30571
- Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:03 pm
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: What Acacia
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36746
- Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:34 pm
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: Schinus spp.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 50851
- Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:58 pm
- Forum: Open discussion about Maltese flora
- Topic: Should we help spreading our local wild flora at will?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 68802
You are 100000% right about the St. Paul's island subspecies of the lizard which might as well be extinct - this was obviously a case of unforgivable collective slumber on the part of the authorities involved - notwithstanding warnings about the decline in numbers of the lizard - when they woke up f...
- Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:55 pm
- Forum: Open discussion about Maltese flora
- Topic: Should we help spreading our local wild flora at will?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 68802
Thanks Sdravko - I am not really a conservation expert (although I hope that I might one day be something more or less like that since I am studying biodiversity conservation) Yes, even collecting a few seeds for the gardens should be done carefully and should be strictly restricted to species that ...
- Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:42 pm
- Forum: Open discussion about Maltese flora
- Topic: Should we help spreading our local wild flora at will?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 68802
Whilst as you have said I do not have to agree with you, the fact is that I do agree with most of the points you have raised. Of course plants do not choose the habitats they live in - plants happen to end up in a habitat by through random processes (primarily seed dispersal) - as you have clearly e...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:46 pm
- Forum: Open discussion about Maltese flora
- Topic: Should we help spreading our local wild flora at will?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 68802
It is a little bit late to go into details about all the interesting points that you have again brought up - however I will just touch on one or two points. Your concerns about the fate of our plants are very real and I am sure that they are shared by most of us - however the underlying argument is ...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:11 pm
- Forum: Education and Quiz Mania
- Topic: MWP Quiz 23 - Hairy Joe
- Replies: 33
- Views: 69075
Thanks guys for the congratulations - I do know the plant - however this is mainly due to the fact that I have a small collection of succulents growing in pots on my roof terrace rather than due to my knowledge of botany - I had grown this plant a few years ago (and have recently obtained a couple o...
- Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:01 pm
- Forum: Education and Quiz Mania
- Topic: MWP Quiz 23 - Hairy Joe
- Replies: 33
- Views: 69075
- Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:43 pm
- Forum: Education and Quiz Mania
- Topic: MWP Quiz 24 - More fruit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18402
- Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:32 pm
- Forum: Education and Quiz Mania
- Topic: MWP Quiz 23 - Hairy Joe
- Replies: 33
- Views: 69075
- Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:28 pm
- Forum: Education and Quiz Mania
- Topic: MWP Quiz 24 - More fruit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18402
- Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:36 pm
- Forum: Education and Quiz Mania
- Topic: MWP Quiz 26
- Replies: 36
- Views: 76296
- Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:20 am
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: Thistle like involuvre
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14017
I am not doubting HC Weber (and Jackpot) as to the identity of this plant. While most plants can occasionally flower out of season, it seems that this is a regular thing with G.tomentosa - HC Weber records this in his book, while MWP and myself have both come across such specimens. What is somewhat ...
- Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:02 am
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: Thistle like involuvre
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14017
Very interesting - I had taken a photo of this very similar plant in December of two years ago at Lija about 5 m away from my home. At that time I had not managed to identify it properly - like MWP the leaves had confused me (I had labelled it tentatively as Galactites tomentosa not because I knew w...
- Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:48 pm
- Forum: How to Improve our Environment
- Topic: When greed is not enough
- Replies: 17
- Views: 43314
Again, it is all a question of whether the activity - hunting, trapping or whatever is against the law or not - if the hunting or trapping being carried out is legal there is nothing 'wrong' even though many may not like it or agree with it (I here include myself and probably most forum members) I a...
- Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:25 pm
- Forum: Open discussion about Maltese flora
- Topic: Beautiful...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18449
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:11 pm
- Forum: How to Improve our Environment
- Topic: Mass dump at Wied Incita
- Replies: 43
- Views: 112317
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:58 pm
- Forum: Education and Quiz Mania
- Topic: 3 ornamentals
- Replies: 26
- Views: 51813
- Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:18 pm
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: Allium species
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17911
- Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:22 pm
- Forum: Identification of Maltese Wild Plants
- Topic: Allium species
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17911
Allium species
Could one of the experts out there please identify this Allium species for me - I have no idea of what it is - these two pictures were taken at the end of March at the Scouts headquarters in Floriana - (sorry about the poor quality of the pictures - the plants were in the shade of a largish tree, an...
- Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:01 pm
- Forum: Education and Quiz Mania
- Topic: 1 week time withou any help
- Replies: 22
- Views: 52598
- Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:59 pm
- Forum: Education and Quiz Mania
- Topic: 1 week time withou any help
- Replies: 22
- Views: 52598