the nectar hunters - bluey in the golden penda

Its' autumn and the golden pendas are in full bloom everywhere - parrot feast for the rainbow lorikeet (bluey) in our golden penda in the rain!

Golden Penda was selected as the theme plant for World Expo 88 in Brisbane planted en-mass in flower as small shrubs presenting as a 'Sea of Gold'. It was marketed as ‘Expo Gold’ and has been popular ever since for gardens in south-east Queensland and beyond. The golden penda was first described in 1864 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller as Metrosideros chrysantha, after being collected by John Dallachy on 12 April 1864 from Rockingham Bay in northern Queensland. It was reclassified in the genus Xanthostemon by George Bentham in the third volume of his Flora Australiensis in 1867. The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek words chrysos "golden", and "anthos" "flower". Xanthostemon chrysanthus grows as a tree to 10–15 metres (33–49 ft) high and 5–8 metres (16–26 ft) wide in the wild. It is generally much more compact in gardens. The bark is rough and the habit bushy. The shiny green elliptic leaves measuring 7–22 cm long by 2–9.5 cm wide. They are arranged in whorls along the stems.

The flowerheads, or racemes, are terminal or axillary and measure up to 15 cm (6 in) in diameter. They are made up of numerous small (1–2 cm diameter) individual golden flowers. Flowering is followed by small (1-1,5 cm) green or brown woody capsules which are ripe between August and February. Flowers can appear at any time of year.

The range is from Cardwell northwards into Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland. It grows in open forest or rainforest, often along the banks or creeks and rivers.

The Rainbow Lorikeet, is a species of Australasian parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The Rainbow Lorikeet mostly forages on the flowers of shrubs or trees to harvest nectar and pollen, but also eats fruits, seeds and some insects.
(Sources: Wikipedia and www.birdsinbackyards.com )
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Taken on: March 5, 2013

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