{"id":2952,"date":"2015-10-02T18:56:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T01:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/?page_id=2952"},"modified":"2022-01-04T14:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:54:21","slug":"the-rainforest-garden-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/?page_id=2952","title":{"rendered":"HP 6.4: The Rainforest Garden Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A native rainforest tree, the Native Gardenia called Randia Fitzalanii<\/a> …. see\u00a0 the many images of<\/p>\n

the tree.\u00a0 It grows as a woody shrub or small tree some 3-10 m (9.8 – 32.8 ft) in height.<\/p>\n

The trunk is covered by smooth grey bark. The large glossy dark green leaves are obovate<\/p>\n

to oval-shaped and range from 1018 cm (3.97.1 in) long by 35 cm (22.0 in) wide.<\/p>\n

The yellowish veins and midrib are prominent on the leaf. The new growth is a bright lime green<\/p>\n

in colour. The small (2-2.5 cm or 1 inch) white fragrant flowers appear from September to November,<\/p>\n

occur singly and have five lanceolate petals around a tube. The round- or oval-shaped fruit is 34 cm<\/p>\n

in diameter and ripens in April to June. The fragrance of the flowers resembles<\/p>\n

that of the common gardenia<\/a>, and fruit can be eaten fresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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….. Bangalow Palms above and below ….<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>…\u00a0 Newly Planted Rainforest\u00a0 Garden area from 2012 ….<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The Rest of the Rainforest Garden Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"IMG_0003\"<\/a>\"IMG_0006\"<\/a>Possum in the branches of a low growing rainforest tree in the middle of<\/p>\n

the day …. instead of night when they come out.<\/p>\n

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:\u00a0 Alocasia macrorrhizos<\/b><\/i> is a species of flowering plant<\/a> in the arum<\/a> family, Araceae<\/a>, that it is native to rainforests<\/a> from Malaysia<\/a> to Queensland<\/a><\/sup> and has long been cultivated on many Pacific islands<\/a> and elsewhere in the tropics. Common names include Giant Taro<\/b> and Elephant Ear Taro<\/b>, while words for the plant in the various Polynesian languages<\/a> include Kape<\/b> (Futunan<\/a>,<\/sup> Niuean<\/a>,<\/sup> Tongan<\/a>, Wallisian)<\/a>, Ape<\/b> (Cook Islands M\u00c4\u0081ori<\/a>, Tahitian<\/a>, Hawaiian<\/a>), “ta’amu<\/i>” in Samoan language<\/a>, and Pulaka<\/a><\/b> (Tuvalu<\/a>).<\/sup> In Australia<\/a> it is known as the “cunjevoi” (although that term also refers to a marine animal). It is edible if cooked for a long time but its sap irritates the skin due to calcium oxalate crystals, or raphides<\/a> which are needle like. <\/sup> Alocasia<\/i> species are commonly found in marketplaces in Samoa<\/a> and Tonga<\/a> and other parts of Polynesia. The varieties recognized in Tahiti<\/a> are the Ape oa, haparu, maota<\/i>, and uahea<\/i>. The giant heart-shaped leaves make impromptu umbrellas in tropical downpours.<\/p>\n

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See the next post: Post 5: Subtropical Garden Room<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 A native rainforest tree, the Native Gardenia called Randia Fitzalanii …. see\u00a0 the many images of the tree.\u00a0 It grows as a woody shrub or small tree some 3-10 m (9.8 – 32.8 ft) in height. The trunk is covered by smooth grey bark. The large glossy dark green leaves are obovate to oval-shaped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4630,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2952","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5591,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2952\/revisions\/5591"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}