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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...

Can one of you please tell us what it is

Probably not common in the countryside but rather common in our streets

As far as I know Albizia is "made in India"

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...

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...

Good to know that a few Selmunett lizards are still around - so not all may be lost after all - hopefully attempts to eradicate rats will be successful and the population will recover

Pity - as MWP said - it does look very edible

I do not think that it is Acacia - perhaps Albizia

It must be Schinus molle - not Pistacia

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

I do not know whether I am right but I have a strong feeling that it is a detail from the flower of Orbea (Stapelia) variegata

Yes, to have guessed Ajuga iva from that tiny bit does take an expert - I have seen Ajuga many times, and have also photographed it but I would not have guessed this quiz in a hundred years - good for you jackpot

Fruits are nice too - however my identification skills are strictly restricted to plants in flower - I have absolutely no idea of what the fruits of most plants, even the common ones look like - I guess i need to work harder - However these quizzy things do help

Yes, except for the reddish colour it could well be our friend Sdravko - when cliff hanging (or doing some other similar dangerous stunt in the name of botany) on a nice windy day, I bet he will look rather similar

Better to be joking to hide my ignorance - I have no idea what this is

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 ...

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...

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...

It must be Helichrysum - is this picture from the Dwejra area?

I am embarrased and ashamed at the way we treat our country - No wonder really when the authorities that are supposed to control and regulate matters take such things so lightly

On the other hand it is nice to know that a fern new for Malta has been discovered

No, jackpot - others are also interested but they are too ignorant about ornamentals to come up with any ideas

Thanks Sdravko for the ID

It seems that Floriana is the place to go for naturalised garlics - Allium triquetrum is also found here

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...

German botanists - whether professional or amateur sure know their stuff - Congratulations

German botanists - whether professional or amateur know their stuff! Congratulations